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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LOTE 306:
Chief Big Moon Iron Bank
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Vendido por: $13 000
Precio inicial:
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6 000
Precio estimado :
$12 000 - $15 000
Comisión de la casa de subasta: 27.5%
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Chief Big Moon Iron Bank
Scarce Red & Yellow Base. By J. & E. Stevens Company. Cromwell, Ct. - Circa 1899. In the period, the Stevens Company marketed this toy as the Indian Camp Bank. Today, however, collectors refer to it as Chief Big Moon because this wording appears on both sides of the bank. The Chief Big Moon Bank is one of Charles Bailey's truest and most enduring masterpieces. His faultless intuition, along with his penchant for meticulous detail, illustrate why he is often described as the greatest toy bank designer of all time. He created a unique vocabulary of visual realism in toy design and collectors everywhere have been grateful ever since. His banks are not only fun to play with, they are beautiful to look at. For example, for the teepee of the Indian Chief, Bailey created a group of primitive pictographs shallowly incised on the structure's surface. Equally noteworthy is the bas-relief of images that decorate the base of the bank, an array of tomahawks, quivers and warrior shields. The casting is barely raised from the background, and yet, one can make out every detail. Typically, the base for this bank was finished in a palette of metallic colors. However, on rare occasion, the Stevens Company also used this vibrant colored base to showcase the action of the Chief's fishing expedition.
