The RSL Auction Company is excited and pleased to announce a two-day CREME DE LA CREME: THE SINGER AND KIDD COLLECTIONS sale which will be held Saturday, December 3, 2022, and Sunday, December 4, 2022. The sale will include fantastic selections of Toys, Still Banks, and Mechanical Banks from the 50-plus-year collections of Frank and Joyce Kidd, Ed and Naomi Singer, and Alvin Goldstein. The 40-year Doorstop collection of Mr. John Oppenheimer will be sold as well.
The RSL family has known the three bank and toys consignors since the early 1980s and considers them lifelong friends and mentors. Frank, Joyce, Ed, and Alvin share a passion for collecting antique toys and banks and are eager to see their collections spread to future generations of collectors.
We are truly honored to have been selected to sell these four world-famous collections.
The December 3, 2022, portion of the sale will include about 240 Still Banks (all types, excluding architectural) and 175 Mechanical Banks (bank patterns and prototypes.) The December 4, 2022, portion of the sale will include 150 Architectural Still Bank lots, 55+ Doorstop and paperweight lots, 200 Cast Iron Toy lots (horse-drawn, automotive, motorcycle, airplane, and cap guns), with about 40 American and European Tin, Clockwork or Windup Toys.
LOT 384:
Boy on Trapeze Iron Mechanical Bank
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Sold for: $7,000
Start price:
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4,750
Estimated price :
$9,500 - $12,500
Buyer's Premium: 27.5%
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Boy on Trapeze Iron Mechanical Bank
aka French's Automatic. Made by J. Barton Smith. Pennsylvania - Late 1880's. This bank deploys the concepts of weight and mass for its design. When adjusted properly, the weight of different size coins causes the trapeze artist to make a different number of revolutions. A nickel will turn him once; a quarter will make him turn twice and, according to advertisement, the deposit of a half dollar would give the operator the maximum eye pleasure of three full revolutions. This is a very nearly mint & beautiful example of the Boy on Trapeze.
Condition: Near Mint & Very Bright.

