CYRUS WEST FIELD Transtlantic Telegraph Company CABLE BY TIFFANY & CO.
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CYRUS WEST FIELD Transtlantic Telegraph Company CABLE BY TIFFANY & CO.:
$300.00
Has been gold plated and comes with box and parchment certicate.
Selling at . Have owned a few for 40 years
History of the Tiffany CablesWhen the 1858 Atlantic Cable fleet arrived in New York in late August 1858, it was theevent of the century. Public interest was high, and the merchants of the city lost no time in cashing in. The cable fleet brought with it many miles of leftover cable, some of which had been submerged and recovered during the course of the expedition, and this was quickly snapped up to be made into souvenirs.
TheNew York Timespublished this report in its issue of 19 August 1858:
Chief among the merchants was Tiffany & Company, which, according to an advertisement in theNew York Timestwo days later, claimed to have bought the entire stock:
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CYRUS WEST FIELD Transtlantic Telegraph Company CABLE BY TIFFANY & CO.:
$300.00