Pachyderm Traffic Attraction

Antiques dealer Emma Hawkins sits atop a full-sized mechanical elephant outside the Olympia exhibition centre in London. The elephant was built in 1940 and has a top speed of six miles per hour. It is being offered for sale at the Fine Art and Antiques Fair for 100,000 pounds, about US$160,000.

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