18 ELLIOT STREET
Mt. VERNON, N.Y.
’Phone Mt. Vernon 7-4149
Current Appraisals of Old Toy
PENNY
MECHANICAL BANKS
The following list reflects current prices on mechanical banks, known to exist. I am always in the market to buy these specimens and will pay within 10% of these prices for banks in perfect condition. Condition is the most important factor in determining actual prices, the key for this appraisal of banks herein listed is as follows:
"A" ……..from $ 1.00 to $ 20.00
"B" ……..from 20.00 to 35.00
"C" ……..from 35.00 to 50.00
"D" ……..from 50.00 to 75.00
"E" ……..from 75.00 to 100.00
"F" ……..from 100.00 to 125.00
"G" ……..from 125.00 to 150.00
"H" ……..from 150.00 to 175.00
"I" ….…..from 175.00 to 200.00
"J" ……...from 200.00 to 300.00
"K" ….....from 300.00 to 400.00
"L" ….…..from over $400.00
These prices should help in completing an up to date inventory value of collections.
| Acrobats, two on trapeze | G |
$125.00 to $150.00 |
| Afghanistan | I |
175.00 to 200.00 |
| Always did ’spise a mule, Jocky Up | B |
20.00 to 35.00 |
| Always did ’spise a mule, Turns & Kicks | B |
20.00 to 35.00 |
| Artillery | B |
20.00 to 35.00 |
| Atlas | G |
125.00 to 150.00 |
| Baby Mine | B |
20.00 to 35.00 |
| Bad Accident | D |
50.00 to 75.00 |
| Bank of Education and Economy | E |
75.00 to 100.00 |
| Barrel with arms | E |
75.00 to 100.00 |
| Baseball Bank (Darktown Battery) | D |
50.00 to 75.00 |
| Bear, paws on stump | C |
35.00 to 50.00 |
| Bear, slot in chest, no lettering | E |
75.00 to 100.00 |
| Bear Hunt | C |
35.00 to 50.00 |
| Bee Hive Registering | B |
20.00 to 35.00 |
| Bill E. Grinn | D |
50.00 to 75.00 |
| Bird on Roof | J |
200.00 to 300.00 |
| Bismark Pig | I |
150.00 to 175.00 |
| Bowling Alley | L |
from over 400.00 |
| Boy & Dog | D |
50.00 to 75.00 |
| Boy robbing bird’s nest | E |
75.00 to 100.00 |
| Boy Scout Camp | D |
50.00 to 75.00 |
| Boys stealing watermelons | D |
50.00 to 75.00 |
| Bread Winners | K |
300.00 to 400.00 |
| Bucking Mule | D |
50.00 to 75.00 |
| Buffalo, twist tail and head unlocks | F |
100.00 to 125.00 |
| Buffalo, bucks man up tree | H |
150.00 to 175.00 |
| Building, circular cupola, little man | K |
300.00 to 400.00 |
| Building, small, eight sided | C |
35.00 to 50.00 |
| Bulldog on oblong base | B |
20.00 to 35.00 |
| Cabin, man in door | A |
1.00 to 20.00 |
| Calamity | F |
100.00 to 125.00 |
| Camera | L |
from over 400.00 |
| Cannon, U. S. and Spain | G |
125.00 to 150.00 |
| Cannon, shooting in octagonal fort | J |
200.00 to 300.00 |
| Cat and Mouse | D |
50.00 to 75.00 |
| Chief Big Moon | D |
50.00 to 75.00 |
| Chimpanzee | F |
100.00 to 125.00 |
| Chinaman, reclining | F |
100.00 to 125.00 |
| Circus | L |
from over 400.00 |
| Circus ticket collector | E |
75.00 to 100.00 |
| Circus ticket collector with beard | J |
200.00 to 300.00 |
| Clock with pendulum | D |
50.00 to 75.00 |
| Clown and Harlequin | L |
from over 400.00 |
| Clowns three with elephant on tub | E |
75.00 to 100.00 |
| Columbus World’s Fair Bank | D |
50.00 to 75.00 |
| Confectionery | J |
200.00 to 300.00 |
| Cow, milking | I |
150.00 to 175.00 |
| Creedmoor | A |
1.00 to 20.00 |
| Dapper Dan, the jigging banker | E |
75.00 to 100.00 |
| Darktown Battery | D |
50.00 to 75.00 |
| Dentist | H |
150.00 to 175.00 |
| Dime Savings Bank Pistol | E |
75.00 to 100.00 |
| Dinah, bust | H |
150.00 to 175.00 |
| Ding Dong Bell, tin | L |
from over 400.00 |
| Dog, barking on safe door | C |
35.00 to 50.00 |
| Dog, bulldog on oblong base | B |
20.00 to 35.00 |
| Dog on turntable | A |
1.00 to 20.00 |
| Dog, speaking | B |
20.00 to 35.00 |
| Dog, standing, coin placed on tongue | D |
50.00 to 75.00 |
| Dog Tray | J |
200.00 to 300.00 |
| Dog, trick dog, one piece base — modern | A |
1.00 to 20.00 |
| Dog, trick dog, six piece base | B |
20.00 to 35.00 |
| Eagle and eaglets | A |
1.00 to 20.00 |
| Elephant, baby, open at X o’clock | H |
150.00 to 175.00 |
| Elephant, black blanket, three stars | C |
35.00 to 50.00 |
| Elephant, Jumbo, three stars | C |
35.00 to 50.00 |
| Elephant, small Jumbo, on wheels, nods | F |
100.00 to 125.00 |
| Elephant, small Light of Asia, on wheels, nods | F |
100.00 to 125.00 |
| Elephant, with howdah, man pops up | B |
20.00 to 35.00 |
| Elephant, with locked howdah on base | D |
50.00 to 75.00 |
| Ferris Wheel | J |
200.00 to 300.00 |
| Football, one Negro player | L |
from over 400.00 |
| Football, one white player | L |
from over 400.00 |
| Fortune Teller, Drop a coin and I will tell your fortune | K |
300.00 to 400.00 |
| Fortune Teller, Safe | G |
125.00 to 150.00 |
| Forty Niner, faked | E |
75.00 to 100.00 |
| Fowler | K |
300.00 to 400.00 |
| Freedman’s Bank | L |
from over 400.00 |
| Frog (or toad) on rock | B |
20.00 to 35.00 |
| Frog on round latticed base | A |
1.00 to 20.00 |
| Frog on stump | B |
20.00 to 35.00 |
| Frogs, two | C |
35.00 to 50.00 |
| Gem Bank | B |
20.00 to 35.00 |
| Germania Exchange | L |
from over 400.00 |
| Giant | L |
from over 400.00 |
| Girl in Victorian chair | K |
300.00 to 400.00 |
| Girl skipping rope | K |
300.00 to 400.00 |
| Globe Savings Fund | C |
35.00 to 50.00 |
| Goat | K |
300.00 to 400.00 |
| Goat, butting into tree stump | D |
50.00 to 75.00 |
| Goat, frog and old man | J |
200.00 to 300.00 |
| Guessing Bank | H |
150.00 to 175.00 |
| Hall’s Excelsior | A |
1.00 to 20.00 |
| Help the Blind | K |
300.00 to 400.00 |
| Hen, setting with chick | F |
100.00 to 125.00 |
| Hindu, bust | J |
200.00 to 300.00 |
| Hold the Fort | G |
125.00 to 150.00 |
| Home Bank | C |
35.00 to 50.00 |
| Home Bank, lithographed tin, ejects receipt | B |
20.00 to 35.00 |
| Hoopla | I |
150.00 to 175.00 |
| Horserace (Race Course) | G |
125.00 to 150.00 |
| Humpty Dumpty | B |
20.00 to 35.00 |
| Independence Hall Tower | A |
1.00 to 20.00 |
| Indian Shooting Bear | C |
35.00 to 50.00 |
| Initiating | K |
300.00 to 400.00 |
| Jolly Nigger | A |
1.00 to 20.00 |
| Jolly Nigger, high hat | F |
100.00 to 125.00 |
| Jonah and the Whale, box base | D |
50.00 to 75.00 |
| Jonah and the Whale, pedestal legs | L |
from over 400.00 |
| Katzenjammer | H |
150.00 to 175.00 |
| Key Bank | E |
75.00 to 100.00 |
| Kick Inn, wood | E |
75.00 to 100.00 |
| Leap Frog | D |
50.00 to 75.00 |
| Liberty Bell, Memorial Money Bank | D |
50.00 to 75.00 |
| Lighthouse | E |
75.00 to 100.00 |
| Lilliput | B |
20.00 to 35.00 |
| Lion and Monkeys | B |
20.00 to 35.00 |
| Lion Hunter | H |
150.00 to 175.00 |
| Little Hi Hat | J |
200.00 to 300.00 |
| Little Joe | D |
50.00 to 75.00 |
| Little Mo | E |
75.00 to 100.00 |
| Locomotive | I |
150.00 to 175.00 |
| Magic Bank | B |
20.00 to 35.00 |
| Magician | D |
50.00 to 75.00 |
| Mammy Feeding Child | D |
50.00 to 75.00 |
| Man in frock coat behind grill | J |
200.00 to 300.00 |
| Man, legs crossed, doffs hat, lithograph, tin | G |
125.00 to 150.00 |
| Mason Bank | D |
50.00 to 75.00 |
| Merry-Go-Round | L |
from over 400.00 |
| Mikado | L |
from over 400.00 |
| Miniature bucking mule | D |
50.00 to 75.00 |
| Miniature butting goat | D |
50.00 to 75.00 |
| Monkey, small tray in hands | F |
100.00 to 125.00 |
| Monkey, trick monkey, with organ grinder | A |
1.00 to 20.00 |
| Monkey and Coconut | F |
100.00 to 125.00 |
| Moody and Sankey | L |
from over 400.00 |
| Morter Bank | G |
125.00 to 150.00 |
| Mosque | E |
75.00 to 100.00 |
| Motor Bank | K |
300.00 to 400.00 |
| Mule, entering barn | C |
35.00 to 50.00 |
| New Bank | C |
35.00 to 50.00 |
| North Pole | K |
300.00 to 400.00 |
| Novelty | A |
1.00 to 20.00 |
| Old Woman that lived in a shoe | L |
from over 400.00 |
| Organ, boy and girl with monkey | C |
35.00 to 50.00 |
| Organ, cat and dog with monkey | B |
20.00 to 35.00 |
| Organ, monkey only | A |
1.00 to 20.00 |
| Organ, miniature | D |
50.00 to 75.00 |
| Organ grinder, dancing bear | H |
150.00 to 175.00 |
| Owl, moves head | A |
1.00 to 20.00 |
| Owl, slot in head | B |
20.00 to 35.00 |
| Paddy and his Pig | D |
50.00 to 75.00 |
| Panorama | J |
200.00 to 300.00 |
| Patronize the blind man | K |
300.00 to 400.00 |
| Peg Leg Beggar | J |
200.00 to 300.00 |
| Pelican, iron, man in mouth | D |
50.00 to 75.00 |
| Pelican, iron, rabbit in mouth | F |
100.00 to 125.00 |
| Perfection Registering Bank | L |
from over 400.00 |
| Picture Gallery | I |
150.00 to 175.00 |
| Pig in high chair | D |
50.00 to 75.00 |
| Plantation, Weeden’s | E |
75.00 to 100.00 |
| Pony, trick pony | B |
20.00 to 35.00 |
| Preacher in pulpit | K |
300.00 to 400.00 |
| Presto, mouse comes out on roof | L |
from over 400.00 |
| Presto, small building with drawer | A |
1.00 to 20.00 |
| Professor Pugfrog | G |
125.00 to 150.00 |
| Pump and Bucket | J |
200.00 to 300.00 |
| Punch and Judy | B |
20.00 to 35.00 |
| Rabbit in cabbage | B |
20.00 to 35.00 |
| Rabbit, standing 5-1/2 inches | B |
20.00 to 35.00 |
| Rabbit, standing 7-1/2 inches | D |
50.00 to 75.00 |
| Ram, bucking, boy thumbs nose | K |
300.00 to 400.00 |
| Red Riding Hood | L |
from over 400.00 |
| Roller Skating | L |
from over 400.00 |
| Rooster, crowing | A |
1.00 to 20.00 |
| Santa Claus | D |
50.00 to 75.00 |
| Saving, Squirrel | D |
50.00 to 75.00 |
| Schley Bank | L |
from over 400.00 |
| Sewing Machine | K |
300.00 to 400.00 |
| Shoot the Chute | K |
300.00 to 400.00 |
| Squirrel and tree stump | I |
150.00 to 175.00 |
| Stump speaker | C |
35.00 to 50.00 |
| Tabby | C |
35.00 to 50.00 |
| Tammany | A |
1.00 to 20.00 |
| Tammany, Hall’s Patent | A |
1.00 to 20.00 |
| Tammany, no name on side | A |
1.00 to 20.00 |
| Teddy and the Bear | B |
20.00 to 35.00 |
| Telephone | A |
1.00 to 20.00 |
| Turtle | L |
from over 400.00 |
| Uncle Remus | K |
300.00 to 400.00 |
| Uncle Sam | C |
35.00 to 50.00 |
| Uncle Sam Bust | E |
75.00 to 100.00 |
| Uncle Tom | C |
35.00 to 50.00 |
| Uncle Tom, lever in head | D |
50.00 to 75.00 |
| U. S. Bank | J |
200.00 to 300.00 |
| William Tell | B |
20.00 to 35.00 |
| William Tell, Creedmoor type | B |
20.00 to 35.00 |
| Wireless Bank | D |
50.00 to 75.00 |
| Wishbone | L |
from over 400.00 |
| X Ray Bank | H |
150.00 to 175.00 |
| Zoo Bank | D |
50.00 to 75.00 |
Commissions accepted to appraise, buy and sell Mechanical Banks. Price, describe accurately and send me your duplicate banks. I will buy outright for cash or sell at your price less 10% commission. All transactions between buyer and seller are kept confidential.
April 30th, 1950
WANTED
CAST IRON
TOY CAP SHOOTERS — BANKS
AND BELL RINGERS
