CREME DE LA CREME TWENTY TWENTY-ONE
By RSL Auction Company
Aug 21, 2021
295 US Hwy 22 East, Suite 204 West, Whitehouse Station, NJ 08889, United States

The RSL Auction Company is very pleased to announce its adoption of a new auction format that shall henceforward be known as the “Crème de la Crème Auction”. This phrase originated in France perhaps three centuries ago. Its earliest use stems from culinary references related to cheese produced with the finest creams. In modern parlance, the phrase has simply come to mean the ‘very best’, whether in reference to people or things. As the phrase implies, these auctions will be extremely small with only the very best quality offerings on the market.


Our first crème de la crème sale will take place this summer on Saturday, August 21st at our auction facility in Whitehouse Station, New Jersey. The sale will showcase 300 stellar pieces that will include architectural still banks, dynamic themed spelter still banks, figural still banks, tin and cast iron mechanical banks, bell toys, cast iron animal drawn toys, European tinplate planes, trains, automobiles and novelty toys, rare examples of American tin and mechanical toys and several prized pieces of folk art. In the future, we will plan to create one crème de la crème sale every summer.

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LOT 118:

Question Mark Bi-Wing Airplane

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Sold for: $1,500
Start price:
$ 1,000
Estimated price :
$2,000 - $2,500
Buyer's Premium: 27.5%
21/08/2021 at RSL Auction Company
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Question Mark Bi-Wing Airplane
First Flight from Paris to New York. Made by Carl Rossignol Company. French - Circa 1930 - 14 1/2" Long. Rossignol produced the "?" airplane to honor the first flight from Paris to New York in September 1930 by pilots Costes and Bellonte. The question mark (?) essentially asks whether the plane and its pilots will actually complete the entire transatlantic journey. This toy airplane is seen as very historically significant and desirable. One minor repair made to re-secure the left portion of the tail blade. Should be fixed to make invisible.

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