Forbes Galleries

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The Forbes Galleries, housed within the Forbes Building on Fifth Avenue between West 12th and 13th Streets in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, United States, was the home of Malcolm Forbes' collection, which the Forbes family continued to exhibit following his death.[http://www.americanheritage.com/articles/magazine/ah/2007/2/2007_2_4.shtml Richard F. Snow] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081203165618/http://www.americanheritage.com/articles/magazine/ah/2007/2/2007_2_4.shtml |date=2008-12-03 }} "An Invitation," American Heritage, April/May 2007.

The galleries closed in November 2014.{{cite web|title=60-62 Fifth Avenue, the Forbes Building|url=http://landmarkbranding.com/60-62-fifth-avenue-forbes-building/|publisher=Landmark Branding|access-date=26 March 2015|date=January 22, 2014}}{{cite web|title=Official site|url=http://www.forbesgalleries.com/|publisher=Forbes Galleries|access-date=26 March 2015|quote=The Forbes Galleries will close PERMANENTLY after Friday, November 14th.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150317074246/http://www.forbesgalleries.com/|archive-date=17 March 2015|url-status=dead}}

The collection stemmed from Forbes' lifelong collection of toys, most of which have since been auctioned off.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/low/uk/38565.stm|title=Last Post for the Forbes Collection|access-date=2008-03-24|publisher=BBC News Online|date=1997-12-18}} Among the museum's notable exhibits over time included "Olympic Gold", a collection of medals and other collectibles from some of the world's most accomplished Olympians,{{Cite web|url=http://english.people.com.cn/200705/09/eng20070509_373153.html|title=U.S. to Exhibit 'Olympic Gold'|access-date=2008-03-24|date=2007-05-09|author=Xinhua|work=People's Daily Online}} a number of Fabergé eggs,{{cite web|url=https://www.ebidz.eu/million-dollar-eggs-up-for-auction|title=Past Objet D'art Auction Sales - Million Dollar Eggs Up For Auction|access-date=2015-01-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150424050254/https://www.ebidz.eu/million-dollar-eggs-up-for-auction|archive-date=2015-04-24|url-status=dead}} an armada of 500 ships and 12,000 toy soldiers and one of the original Monopoly boards.{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/business/forbes/2006/1113/208.html|title=Monopoly|access-date=2008-03-24|date=2006-11-13|author=Susan Adams|work=Forbes Global Life}}{{dead link|date=January 2022|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

The museum was more popular with visitors than it was with New Yorkers.{{cite news|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D0CE2D61630F937A35752C0A967958260|title=Halls of History, Fame, Oddity and Wonder|access-date=2008-03-24|date=1991-01-04|author=Richard F. Shepard|work=The New York Times}}

The Forbes Collection of nine Fabergé eggs was sold in February 2004 to Viktor Vekselberg for almost $100 million.{{Cite web |date=2004-02-04 |title=Russian Tycoon Buys Forbes Faberge Eggs |url=https://www.forbes.com/2004/02/04/cx_pm_0204fabergesale.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20221203161946/https://www.forbes.com/2004/02/04/cx_pm_0204fabergesale.html?sh=1db985fd52b0 |archive-date=2022-12-03 |access-date=2022-12-03 |website=Forbes |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2013 |title=BBC Four - The World's Most Beautiful Eggs: The Genius of Carl Faberge |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0336tf3 |access-date=2022-12-03 |website=BBC |language=en-GB}}