The RSL Auction Company is excited and pleased to announce a two-day CREME DE LA CREME: THE SINGER AND KIDD COLLECTIONS sale which will be held Saturday, December 3, 2022, and Sunday, December 4, 2022. The sale will include fantastic selections of Toys, Still Banks, and Mechanical Banks from the 50-plus-year collections of Frank and Joyce Kidd, Ed and Naomi Singer, and Alvin Goldstein. The 40-year Doorstop collection of Mr. John Oppenheimer will be sold as well.
The RSL family has known the three bank and toys consignors since the early 1980s and considers them lifelong friends and mentors. Frank, Joyce, Ed, and Alvin share a passion for collecting antique toys and banks and are eager to see their collections spread to future generations of collectors.
We are truly honored to have been selected to sell these four world-famous collections.
The December 3, 2022, portion of the sale will include about 240 Still Banks (all types, excluding architectural) and 175 Mechanical Banks (bank patterns and prototypes.) The December 4, 2022, portion of the sale will include 150 Architectural Still Bank lots, 55+ Doorstop and paperweight lots, 200 Cast Iron Toy lots (horse-drawn, automotive, motorcycle, airplane, and cap guns), with about 40 American and European Tin, Clockwork or Windup Toys.
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LOT 393:
Magician Iron Mechanical Bank
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Sold for: $14,000
Start price:
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7,500
Estimated price :
$15,000 - $18,000
Buyer's Premium: 27.5%
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Magician Iron Mechanical Bank
Made by J. & E. Stevens Company. Cromwell, Connecticut - Circa 1901. The Magician Bank is perhaps the most harmoniously designed toy bank ever made. It's appealing aesthetic derives it's visual strength from its shape as a near exact isosceles triangle. Renowned bank dealer and collector Donal Markey was often quoted as saying "the money's in the face". For him, examples of banks whose figures had faces with exceptional detail and great quality would always be the best banks to acquire. Markey was very prescient on this issue and time has proven that he was extremely correct. Clearly, the beautifully preserved face on this magician would have met Markey's high standards and satisfied his discriminating tastes.
Condition: Near Mint with Saturated Color.
