Auction: 1004 - Bonds & Shares of The World
Lot: 585
Yarmouth Aquarium Society Ltd., £5 shares, various amounts paid, 187(7), no.356, vignette of cherubs in boat, scrollwork at left, brown, good very fine. Estimate £ 75 An ambitious project in the Rennaissance style, incorporating a grand hall, aquarium beneath, a winter garden and skating rink. Funds were insufficient and only part of the aquarium was built. Re-opened after closure in 1882 and rebuilt to incorporate a theatre and banqueting hall. Converted to a cinema in 1970.
Sold for
£50
