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Auction: 8026 - Bond & Share Certificates of the World
Lot: 570

Yarmouth Aquarium Society Ltd., £5 shares, various amounts paid, 187(7), vignette of cherubs in boat, brown, GVF. 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. Estimate £ 60-75

Sold for
£40