The rare Chocolate case

This is a very rare tin chocolate case from the world fair in 1958. On the front you find an image of the Jacques pavilon but on the back you find a nice 50's gimmick. If you make a clockwise movement with the box you can see an atom. What a nice add to my collection 

some nice old pictures

It's always nice nice to find expo 58 stuff, but old pictures are super nice. Today I got two nice ones.

a big frame wit a nice panoramic view and a familie shot in a small frame. The last one is a shot at the seaside, but the kid had a promotion balloon of the world fair 58.

Silk and silver

Today in the mailbox... A silk scarf and a silver spoon from the world fair. There are different silk scarfs and I have now 3 differents. I'm sure there are more out there. Spoons I have over 20 differents... 

Ribbon

A friend got me a nice ribbon, from the world fair 1958.. Where he got it there is still an clossed rol left. He will trh to get it for me. For now I'm happy with this piece

money

A nice one in my collection is the memorial coin.

In those days you still had Belgium Frank. Now everything is Euro; the memorial coin was a silver one for the value of 50 BF. That would be € 1,25 ! 

on the back you find King Boudewijn who was not yet married in 1958. on the front you find city hall and the famous star.

It's nice to have friends

This post is a special one for Gorik. A true friend, not long ago he brought some family pictures from the world fair to my home. Just to look at.. Of course. But last Friday he donated them for my collection! I'm honored.

I was overwhelmed, did I already say thanks Gorik? If not.. THANKS ! 

The pictures are super.. Some of them even are from the construction of the fair, but the real find for my collection are the two covers they came in.  

In those days your photos came in a cover.. And Gevaert Film ( a brand of photofilm) had those covers with the expo star on it.

All I have to do now ,is look out for a nice album, so I can reserve them for later Belgium Expo addicts and the Hendrickx inheretance.

New addition to magazine collection world fair

It's not easy to find magazines that I dont't have jet. Magazines often get trashed away in time... 

This one I found on the net and was delivered at my doorstep. 

it has nice interviews and pics, pics you normally don't see.

I 'm glad to add this to my collection

le nouveau expo 58 est arrivé

After a two week waiting for the press shop to be back from their holliday, today at 7.00 a clock I got the bottle of wine!

An unopened bottle of wine from the world fair 1958; a nice new rare thing for my collection. At first I thought it would be too expensive, but that turned out ok, especially with the free shipping

The picture says enough

Rainy day 31/08/2013

 After the rain comes the sun ...

New photobook

I got my hands on a personal photobook from  the world fair 1958. It's nice to see all the different views... Here's a selection of the photos

need help with that book

allways handy, when you take a brake from your favorite book

Just be smart

Some time ago, I saw a nice advertising lamp in a vintage store... Only 30 were made for promoting the Expo bread in The Netherlands. The price was to high!! Just because the shop owner knows I am a expo 58 collector

Just think and be smart!! I asked a friend to go....... and it worked!! It 's so nice in our living room

The colour stripes are rotating and give it a real nice extra

Thanks Dave for shoping for me.

some nice pics related to expo bread

for my followers in the UK

this is one of the UK's pavilion directories

tin boxes allways a nice thing for people in the UK

the round one is of an English maker

Japan at the worl fair

Items of the world fair in 1958 related to Japan are not so easy to find

the only thing I have in my collection is this booklet.

beer coasters

allways nice to find on a flea market, coasres from the world fair.

Somethings are not for sale

Sometimes you see things used as decoration... So sad ... If I only could take it home for my collection

Some vintage lovers and friends have items that I love to add to my collection... Maybe one day Sam will part with this tie bar

Nice book

A friend send me some pictures on Facebook ; if I want this book? oooh yes! I had allready the French copy, now I even have the Dutch one. Thanks Jean Paul De Bruyn. hoop to see you soon

the dutch copy

the french copy

New world fair 1958 LP

After a long search finally in my collection. The benny Goodman recordings from the world fair in 58
LP in good condition, and not even so pricy... allways a plus

Thanks t speedseekers blog

sometimes when friends see something related to the 1958 world fair, they bring it to me.
A big thanks to kris from http://speedseekers.blogspot.be for bringing me this stampcataloge from 1958;