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Show 0 I when the World's in wax along with other bargains closes and some of its treasures are sold next month You can get one or more a few days after the N. Y. Fair officially shuts For its turnstiles next month, Meadow will become in histhe most fabulous wise of Swarms shoppers will tory. be on the prowl for buys, and, in addition, an unbelievcan be able amount of ordered by mail. For readers who are too busy or far away to join the great Merchandise March on Flushing Meadow, this writer has ransacked the fairgrounds from Unisphere to Monorail in the company of a deliriously of the Wreckhappy of which America, ing Corporation is preparing to knock most of the Fair to smithereens. Here are some of the bargains: flea-mark- et once-in-a-lifeti- bric-a-br- vice-preside- ac holding 13,193.8972 gallons of Florida orange juice was slated to be sold, but now theyve decided to fly the orange back to Florida in a net dangling from a helicopter. Up for sale at the Florida Pavil' ion, however, will be Smokey, the trained porpoise who wears a hat, plays basketball, and spits out fires ($50,000). On the other hand, the audience-pleasinwhite Macaw was for sale, but he got homesick and had to be sent back to St. Petersburg. g, nt The Beatles are for sale at the Walters International Wax Muse- um. The wax replicas have been on display in a tableau which also features Ed Sullivan. Beatles exhibit has incited several riots by teen-ag- e girls who try to break into the glass cage and kidnap them, in whole or in part. Now you can buy the whole quartet for $10,500, including hair of Beatles and a music which has been played con- tinuously sinee the Fair opened. For the first three days I went nuts, says Ben Soskin, manager of the Wax Museum. Now, thank Ed Sullivan is God, Im immune. not for sale. tape-recordi- ' ng The Monorail, g underslung -- 4- sight-seein- the low-spee- d, vehicle boast- New Jersey was built these cobblestones were put down as road surface. They were tom up in 1963 and laid as streets in the Belgian Village. Now they can be yours for $1,750 if you remove them. Smaller amounts may be available if no one wants all 868,000 cobblestones. The Worlds Largest Piece of Cheese a 17 (34,591 pounds) bovine masterpiece, which has been aging will be delivered to your kitchen door in a Cheesemobile Trailer fresh from its successful run at the Wisconsin Exhibit. Robert Milke (sic), field director of the Wisconsin Cheese Foundation, reveals that this hunk of cheddar represents the daily output of 16,000 cows working overtime. The price? Something over 57.8 cents a pound, depending on a Department of Agriculture examination after the Fair. Elswhere in the dairy field, Else the Cows calf, which was bora -- piece-by-piec- on during Elsies appearance at the Fair, is not for sale. The. calf is vacation in the slated for a post-Fa- ir Elsie. with country -- 4- The make-belie- ve Bullfrog that croaks in the rain forest at the Coca Cola Pavilion one of the real was for sale sleepers at the Fair but has been withdrawn: Caroline Kennedy said she wanted it and shes going to get it. . A bargain: the Smoke-Rin- g Mathat belches a handsome smoke ring 150 feet into the air every 30 seconds with a horrendous clunk. -- 4- 17th-centu- ry shelter. The City Hall of Damme, so faithful a replica that Belgium the Mayor of Damme preferred it to is looking for a nice the original American city to adopt it. Also available are approximately 868,000 genuine antique Belgian cobblestones. They came to America during the 800s as ballast on freight boats. When the Pulaski Skyway in 4- chine ch This remarkable apparatus, developed by three of this countrys leadauthorities at Princeing ton University for the General Cigar Companys magic show, is being air-curre- nt at $60,000. Two inquiries have already been received : one from a West Coast hotel owner and another from a Springfield, 111., man who wants to scare pigeons. offered -- 12 d angels, was shipped e. from the Orient It originally cost $250,000 and can be taken apart by screwdriver. Any and all offers welcomed. Address bids to Deputy Commissioner General, Thailand Pavilion, Worlds Fair, New York, N, Y. 11380. wood-carve- r, You can buy the whole Belgian Village if youre a Belgophile or sorely in need of authentic 4The mammoth Orange atop the Florida. Pavilion, one of the great landmarks of the Fair, capable of LESLIE LIEBER BY 4- ing seven, two-catrains is for sale with 21 miles of foundation bolts, track, 448 and 2,385 tons of structural steel. Because the Monorails pilings had to be sunk 60 feet into Flushing Meadow swamps, its original construction cost came to $5,500,000. For prospective purchasers who do not live in a swamp, the American Machine A Foundry Co. qOotes the Monorail at $1,100,000. But it would cost at least another million to take out and install elsewhere. -- -- Fair 4- If your heart is set on the Fairs high Ferris Wheel, a huge replica of an auto tire with 24 barrelshaped gondolas, you can have it free unless the City of New York opts to keep it. Otherwise, the U.S. Rubber Company will make this 80-fo- ot beauty yours, providing you pay for the dismantling, crating and shipping, about $210,000. 4- One giant Paper Disintegrator which tears Worlds Fair tickets into confetti-shape- d shreds before they are sent for burning is to be sold at -- auction. 100-to- n 4The entire Thailand Panlion, consisting of a spacious, beautiful, shrine and including delicate -- gold-spir- ed Six hundred and twenty-fou- r from and all over state Flags every which are described by the world a Fair official as pretty well beat will be sold. Prices will deup pend on whether buyer is willing to -- 4- : |
