295 US Hwy 22 East, Suite 204 West, Whitehouse Station, NJ 08889, United States
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RSL Auction Company is pleased to present this wonderfully diverse selection of Antique Toys and Banks. Included are 350 Still Banks, many from the collections of Gary Stubbs, Frank Kidd, and Alvin Goldstein. Gary Stubbs loved cast iron building banks and collected them with passion for twenty years. There are also about 40 lots of Wood, Lead, and Bronze Patterns for both Toys and Banks. There are 48 lots of cast iron doorstops, as well as 60 lots of German and American Tin Windup and Clockwork Toys. Lastly, there are 47 lots of Cast Iron (mostly horse-drawn) Toys and 120 lots of Tin, Wood, and Cast-Iron Mechanical Banks
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LOT 569:
Butting Buffalo - Cast Iron Mechanical Bank
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Sold for: $3,750
Start price:
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1,200
Estimated price :
$2,500 - $3,500
Buyer's Premium: 27.5%
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Butting Buffalo - Cast Iron Mechanical Bank
Made by Kyser & Rex Company. Frankford, Pennsylvania - 1880's. Curious to see what's on top of a tall sawed off tree stump, a young boy is lifted up by the head of a friendly buffalo. Once there, he comes face to face with an ornery little raccoon, the negative racial implication being that one coon was staring directly at another. Today, such banks are seen as portraying troubling sociocultural imagery, however, in their historic context, they present the social convictions of the postbellum period.
Condition: Excellent Condition.
