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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;AuDragon, post: 419697, member: 6974&quot;]I have just read a really interesting paper on retail stores at World Fairs and the subsequent growth of department stores in the cities where the Fairs were held after 1850. It seems not only high-end goods and unique objects were displayed, but retail sales were offered within the Fair. Fairs generated huge interest and sales.</p><p><br /></p><p>Bronwen and John, I also wonder if it is possible these vases are a retail purchase rather than exhibition pieces? They could have been bought in Paris at the time of the Exposition.</p><p><br /></p><p>(Pat P you posted at almost the same time I did. Great minds...)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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