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 315:
Butting Buffalo Iron Bank
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Vendido por: $7 500
Precio inicial:
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4 750
Precio estimado :
$9 500 - $12 500
Comisión de la casa de subasta: 27.5%
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Butting Buffalo Iron Bank
By the Kyser & Rex Company. Frankford, Pa. - Pat.'d 3-20-1888. Richard Goldstein Collection. The inspiration for the imagery portrayed in the Butting Buffalo bank seems hard to decipher. It may be associated with some form of initiation ritual because homemade representations of goats and bison were often used as props by secret societies to induct their new members. Or it may just have been a flight of pure whimsy on the part of the bank's designer. In any case, when the bank's lever is pressed, the buffalo's powerful neck pushes the boy upwards, where he comes face to face with a surprised raccoon. A brilliant example with lots of vivid highlights.
