295 US Hwy 22 East, Suite 204 West, Whitehouse Station, NJ 08889, United States
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The Morning of Saturday, August 3rd, we will bid farewell to a unique legacy collection of American toys and banks: The Haradin Family Collection. A magnificent and richly historical archive, it spans multiple generations of a family whose roots are deeply embedded in two communities: their native Pittsburgh and the borderless realm of antique toy and bank collecting. This auction hits especially close to home for us because the Pittsburgh clan that built the collection includes our lifelong friend and colleague Ray Haradin, the "R" of RSL Auction Company. The Afternoon of Saturday, August 3rd we will be selling the world class paper lithography collection of Carl & Linda Thomas of Bluefield, WV. Included are many fantastic skittle and knockdown sets, about 15 sets of paper litho trains and about 15 to 20 paper litho horse drawn toys. Also included in this sale is a selection of still banks, penny toys, and the Kobe Toy Collection of Ron & Sandy Rosen.
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LOT 26:
Initiating Bank - First Degree
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Sold for: $25,000
Price including buyer’s premium:
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31,875
Start price:
$
15,000
Estimated price :
$30,000 - $40,000
Buyer's Premium: 27.5%
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Initiating Bank - First Degree
Made by Mechanical Novelty Works. New Britain, Connecticut - Early 1880's. Though esoteric and obscure, the imagery for this bank seems to reference the bizarre initiating rights of the International Order of Odd Fellows (I.O.O.F.). When the plunger is pressed, the goat rears up and butts the young man in the behind, causing him to fall forward and drop the coin into the frog's mouth from his tray. This is a genuinely exceptional example of this bank.
Condition: Near Mint Condition.
