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 305:
The North Pole Bank
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Sold for: $45,000
Start price:
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27,500
Estimated price :
$55,000 - $75,000
Buyer's Premium: 27.5%
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The North Pole Bank
By J. & E. Stevens Company. Cromwell, Ct. - Pat.'d 1910. Navy Admiral Robert Peary claimed to have reached the North Pole on April 6, 1909. Modern investigation of his expedition now casts doubt on the veracity of this assertion. Nevertheless, the designers at the Stevens Foundry were promptly tasked with the mission to create a suitable bank that memorialized this historic event. Though muted in its visual effects, this elegant bank represents the culmination of their efforts. Very few period specimens of this extraordinary toy are known to exist and this is a real showstopper.
