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 13:
The Bismark Pig Bank
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Sold for: $23,000
Start price:
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12,000
Estimated price :
$25,000 - $30,000
Buyer's Premium: 27.5%
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The Bismark Pig Bank
Designed by Charles Bailey. Made by J. & E. Stevens Company. Cromwell, Connecticut - Circa 1883. This unusual esoteric bank references the German Tariff of 1879. This protectionist law imposed high tariffs on the import of agricultural products into Imperial Germany. German Chancellor Otto Bismark, who demanded the unfair tax, pops out from the pig's belly, a sort of updated Trojan Horse. Clearly, this piece was one of Bailey's first assignments at J. & E. Stevens. There is still the fascination with lead (figure's head), but he also uses tin and cast iron to fulfill the design of his comical toy bank.
Condition: Near Mint Condition.
