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Lot 285

Sale 6113 - American Furniture, Folk & Decorative Arts
Nov 13, 2013 10:00AM ET
Live / Philadelphia
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Estimate
$30,000 - 50,000
Price Realized
$220,000
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium

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An extremely rare painted cast iron and lead mechanical "Coasting Bank" design attributed to charles a. bailey (1848-1926) for j. & e. stevens co., cromwell

The painted lead figure of a baby with outstretched arms sits atop a sled, his legs straddling the coin slot; the sled plummets down a steep, cast steel, gold-painted track, held aloft by two poles stemming from the red-painted, rectangular base with openwork, geometric design flanking the cast iron title "Coasting.Bank"; the coin is deposited in a triangular cast lead receptacle, painted green with gold floral scrollwork.

H: 5 3/4 in. L: 9 1/2 in. W: 2 1/2 in.

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