Mar. 3, 2021: Columbian Exposition Museum Auction

Hundreds of items relating to Christopher Columbus and the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago will hit the auction block on March 3, 2021. The collectibles come from the Christopher Columbus Museum in Columbus, Wisconsin, and include 1893 World's Fair books, tickets, stereoview cards, souvenir coins and ribbons, and an amazing one-of-a-kind, hand-made mechanical model of the Ferris Wheel. The sale will be conducted by Beloit Auction and Realty at 534 W. Grand Avenue in Beloit, WI. An online [...]

By |2021-04-04T05:45:42-05:00February 24th, 2021|Categories: ANTIQUES, EVENTS (past)|0 Comments
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Mar. 2, 2021: World’s Fair Auction #38 closes

Columbian Exposition collectors may be interested in World’s Fair Auction #38, now open for preview. Online bidding closes at 10:00 PM EST on Tuesday, March 2, 2021. The auction catalog can be viewed at: http://www.worldsfairauction.com/cgi-bin/catalog.cgi. Lots 20 through 92 are items related to the 1893 World’s Fair, and include several products commemorating various building of the White City: a "World's Fair 1893" turquoise art glass creamer, an Agricultural Building china vase, and a Machinery Hall china plate; Machinery Hall cuff [...]

By |2021-04-04T05:46:06-05:00February 19th, 2021|Categories: ANTIQUES, EVENTS (past)|Tags: |2 Comments
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Tiffany & Co. Silver Yachting Cup from the 1893 World’s Fair Sells for $62,500

A yachting trophy designed by Tiffany & Company and exhibited in their pavilion at the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition sold for $62,500 at Heritage Auctions’ Fine Silver & Objects of Vertu Signature Auction on November 17, 2020. According to Heritage, Ogden Goelet commissioned two cups for the races that would be held during New York Yacht Clubs Annual Cruise in 1892. The following year the cup was on display in the Tiffany Pavilion at the Columbian Exposition along with [...]

By |2022-03-05T11:00:13-06:00December 18th, 2020|Categories: ANTIQUES|Tags: |1 Comment
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Some New 1893 World’s Fair Products

If you are shopping for a gift to give a Columbian Exposition enthusiast or just want to treat yourself to a little something during the holiday season, check on these products relating to the 1893 World’s Fair. Note: We provide this announcement of new products without any compensation from vendors. Prices and availability subject to change. Ted’s vintage art offers a super-high quality, digitally restored print of a “Vintage Map of Chicago, Illinois 1893” depicting a birds-eye view of the [...]

By |2023-11-04T19:14:04-05:00December 17th, 2020|Categories: PRODUCTS|0 Comments
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The Decline of Christopher Columbus

CoinWeek has published an article describing yet another arena in which the commemoration of Christopher Columbus is in decline: coin collecting. Heinz Tschachler’s “Christopher Columbus: His Decline in Numismatics and the Nation’s Collective Memory” chronicles the “flagging interest” in the explorer due to both the lack of an authentic portrait of Columbus and changing social and cultural views of his place in history. Tschachler includes a description how the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition launched the Columbus half-dollar—the very first [...]

By |2023-12-28T11:44:01-06:00October 21st, 2020|Categories: ANTIQUES|Tags: , |0 Comments
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Sept. 15, 2020: World’s Fair Auction #37 closes

Columbian Exposition collectors may be interested in World’s Fair Auction #37, now open for preview. Online bidding closes on Tuesday, September 15, 2020. The auction catalog can be viewed at: http://www.worldsfairauction.com/cgi-bin/catalog.cgi. Lots 22 through 57 are items related to the 1893 World’s Fair, and include several products commemorating various building of the White City: numerous Columbian Exposition coins and medals; a colorful box for the Picture Puzzles of the "Mines Building"; a letter on Illinois Board of World's Fair [...]

By |2020-12-12T08:55:23-06:00September 8th, 2020|Categories: ANTIQUES, EVENTS (past)|Tags: |0 Comments
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Tiffany Coffeepot from the World’s Columbian Exposition Sells for $68,750

An exquisite coffeepot made by Tiffany & Company and exhibited at the 1893 World’s Fair sold for $68,750 in July by Skinner auctions. The 10¼-inch-tall sterling silver and enamel piece, adorned with lapis lazuli and acid-etched arabesques, far exceeded its estimate of $15,000–25,000. Tiffany showcased eight “after-dinner” coffeepots in the company’s pavilion inside the Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building at the Columbian Exposition. A Tiffany & Co. sterling silver coffeepot sold at Skinner's auction. [...]

By |2020-08-29T10:04:48-05:00August 29th, 2020|Categories: ANTIQUES|Tags: |0 Comments
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In-cider Information on a Columbian Exposition Beverage

The Columbian Exposition adult beverage shelf has a new addition. Reach past those cans of “Fist City” and “All the World is Here” beer, Field Gin, and the long line of products from Few Spirits and grab a can of Virtue Cider’s new Southcider. Crafted in their cider houses in Fennville, Michigan, using local apples and blended with botanicals, Southcider--along with its companion beverage Northcider--honors Chicago’s famous crosstown baseball series. Among several South-side Chicago images decorating the Southcider can [...]

By |2020-08-17T08:21:27-05:00August 17th, 2020|Categories: PRODUCTS|Tags: |0 Comments
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1893 Chicago Midway Playing Cards & History of the World’s Fair Card Deck

1893 Chicago Midway Playing Cards & History of the World’s Fair Card Deck by Stuart Van Leer Bradley. Railway Station Press, 2020. ISBN: 9781951299057. Softcover, 40 pages. $15.00. This companion book to the recently produced set of Midway Playing Cards contains a summary of the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago and the Midway Plaisance, technical notes about the set of Barnhart Brothers & Spindler (BB&S) type foundry printers ornaments, scans of a set of letterpress history cards, and an [...]

By |2020-07-18T10:22:26-05:00July 18th, 2020|Categories: PRODUCTS, RESEARCH|Tags: |0 Comments
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