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.
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LOT 300:
The Panorama Iron Bank
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Sold for: $24,000
Start price:
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12,000
Estimated price :
$25,000 - $35,000
Buyer's Premium: 27.5%
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The Panorama Iron Bank
Finished Yellow, Brown, Red & Blue. Made by J. & E. Stevens Company Cromwell, Ct. - Circa 1880 - 7" Tall. From the Edwin Mosler Collection. The Panorama Bank is one of the most beautiful of all the architectural-themed mechanical toy banks. With its dramatically angled roofline, its recessed apse doorway, and its elaborate Victorian window work, not to mention its two pronounced stovepipe chimneys, it makes for an extremely handsome looking structure. The action of the Panorama Bank is also very charming and compelling. We find a rectangular glass-enclosed window in the center of the building's facade. This glass protects an internally set paper reel that illustrates five different landscape & children vignettes. When coins are deposited through the slot in the roof, the reel advances, changing the images like a viewfinder. This represents a positively exceptional example of this bank.
