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...chainsaw-carved, life-size wooden elephant was lugged away for $13,000. A 4-ft.-high red fiber-glass ball called Zargon was snapped up for $2,625. These were some of the bargains to be found at last week's auction of sculpture, furniture and potpourri from Expo 86, the world's fair held in Vancouver from last May to October...
...auction should bring in somewhere between $15 million and $30 million, which will help pay off the fair's $216 million deficit. Some of that cash will come from Expo 86 officials themselves. Expo Ernie, the stainless-steel and acrylic computerized robot that served as the fair's mascot, was acquired by Expo President Jim Pattison. Price...
...little upset at first" about scrapping plans for a Europe trip, Rosenberg says, but then she and Roberts planned a trip to the West Coast, with a stop at Vancouver's Expo '86 on the way. "Europe isn't going anywhere; it's been there for a long time," she says...
Rosenberg says she has heard that the Expo is already drawing as many as 100,000 visitors a day, but the crowds won't deter Roberts and her from going. "I'm expecting lines and stuff," she says. "We'll just end up meeting more people...
...only real problem Expo 86 seems to face is overpopularity. Lines are already long and tedious, and despite the SkyTrain, the best way to get around --often the only way--is on foot. You heard it here first: take comfortable shoes and plenty of patience...