The RSL Auction Company is very pleased to announce its adoption of a new auction format that shall henceforward be known as the “Crème de la Crème Auction”. This phrase originated in France perhaps three centuries ago. Its earliest use stems from culinary references related to cheese produced with the finest creams. In modern parlance, the phrase has simply come to mean the ‘very best’, whether in reference to people or things. As the phrase implies, these auctions will be extremely small with only the very best quality offerings on the market.
Our first crème de la crème sale will take place this summer on Saturday, August 21st at our auction facility in Whitehouse Station, New Jersey. The sale will showcase 300 stellar pieces that will include architectural still banks, dynamic themed spelter still banks, figural still banks, tin and cast iron mechanical banks, bell toys, cast iron animal drawn toys, European tinplate planes, trains, automobiles and novelty toys, rare examples of American tin and mechanical toys and several prized pieces of folk art. In the future, we will plan to create one crème de la crème sale every summer.
|
LOTE 117:
Hand-Painted Tin Boat
más...
|
|
|
Vendido por: $1 400
Precio inicial:
$
750
Precio estimado :
$1 500 - $1 800
Comisión de la casa de subasta: 27.5%
|
Hand-Painted Tin Boat
Unknown German Manufacturer. Circa Mid 1890's - 12" L x 5" T. If we were to hazard a guess as to the maker of this unusual toy boat, we might reasonably guess either the Ernst Planck or Issamayer companies. This attribution would be based purely upon the of the style of the tent's curtains and the six-spoked tin wheels. This toy was discovered years ago in the attic of an affluent household in India. Two figures sit outside the tented area, in which sits an elegant fashionable lady. They hold poles in their hands because they are the oarsman who guide the gondola along. A nearly identical boat was sold as part of the Reynolds Collection at Forsythe's Auctions some 18 months ago.
