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 170:
The Temple of Hercules Victor Brass Bank
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Sold for: $800
Start price:
$
500
Estimated price :
$1,000 - $1,500
Buyer's Premium: 27.5%
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The Temple of Hercules Victor Brass Bank
Rare Brass Souvenir Building Bank. Probably European - Circa Late 1930's 6 1/2" Tall with a 4 1/2" Circumference. Bought from Mike Henry. The Temple of Hercules Victor is the earliest surviving marble building in Rome. This type of architectural structure is called a tholos, a round temple of Greek design entirely encircled by a colonnade. Though it is referred to as the Temple of Hercules, modern scholars do not genuinely know to whom the temple was dedicated and what purpose it served.
