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ENCHERES COTE D'OPALE - DEBACKER & RICHMOND

620 - PHOTOS – 1900 PARIS WORLD EXHIBITION ( * ).
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Estimate €400
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Description
PHOTOS – 1900 PARIS WORLD EXHIBITION ( * ). A very fine, well-bound album, Italian style, 24 x 31.5 cm. In superb, fresh condition, both the album and its contents: 53 photographs mounted on cardboard in the centre of the pages, generally 14 x 16.5 cm, with a few larger ones. Artistic views by the photographer LACAVE: views of pavilions, close-ups of their sculptures and decorations, water features, attractions along the Seine, the Eiffel Tower, views of pavilions and stands under construction beneath the Grand Palais, and industrial machinery. Daytime views as well as rarer night-time views – A magnificent and rare historical album. ( * ) The theme of the 1900 Paris World’s Fair was ‘A Century in Review’ – opened on 14 April 1900 by President Émile Loubet: 50.8 million visitors over 212 days, 40 countries, 83,047 exhibitors (including 38,253 French) spread across 112 hectares, plus the Bois de Boulogne and the River Seine. Numerous notable and innovative attractions: a moving walkway, a Ferris wheel, the Lumière brothers’ cinema, the Maré Rama, a 60-metre astronomical telescope, the diesel engine, the first Metro line, the Palais de l’Électricité…
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About the sale SALE OF COINS – BANKNOTES – MEDALS – PHALERISTICS – OLD PAPERS – POSTCARDS – MILITARIA
Auction location
Auction time 11/25/2026 at 2:00 PM
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