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THE PAUL COLE BANK AND CAP GUN COLLECTION
Saturday, June 26th, 2021 at 10 am Eastern Lots 1-551
The RSL Auction Company feels very blessed and honored to have been selected by the Cole Family to help sell Paul and Carol's wonderful collections of American tin toys, animated cap pistols, cast iron, and tin toy banks.
This Auction features Mechanical and Still Banks, Animated Cap Guns, and Classic Early American Tin Toys from the 40+ Year Collection of Paul Cole Jr. - Bluefield, West Virginia
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LOT 403:
Broadway & 5th Avenue Omnibus Tin Toy
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Sold for: $8,000
Start price:
$
2,000
Estimated price :
$4,000 - $5,000
Buyer's Premium: 27.5%
sales tax: 6.625%
On lot's price, no sales tax on commission
Users from foreign countries may be exempted from tax payments, according to the relevant tax regulations
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Broadway & 5th Avenue Omnibus Tin Toy
Made by the George Brown Company of Forestville, Ct. - Late 1870's 12 3/4" Long x 7 1/2" Tall. During the Reconstruction Era that followed the Civil War, the American population began to shift from rural areas to urban areas. All across America, new cities sprang up and existing cities began to experience an unprecedented level of growth. This massive rapid influx of people to the cities required new forms of transportation to be invented that could accommodate the needs of the inhabitants. The "omnibus" is one such carriage form. It was capable of ferrying upwards of 20 people around town. American tin toy collectors value this mechanical toy omnibus as one of the finest early toys ever created.
