295 US Hwy 22 East, Suite 204 West, Whitehouse Station, NJ 08889, United States
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The Morning of Saturday, August 3rd, we will bid farewell to a unique legacy collection of American toys and banks: The Haradin Family Collection. A magnificent and richly historical archive, it spans multiple generations of a family whose roots are deeply embedded in two communities: their native Pittsburgh and the borderless realm of antique toy and bank collecting. This auction hits especially close to home for us because the Pittsburgh clan that built the collection includes our lifelong friend and colleague Ray Haradin, the "R" of RSL Auction Company. The Afternoon of Saturday, August 3rd we will be selling the world class paper lithography collection of Carl & Linda Thomas of Bluefield, WV. Included are many fantastic skittle and knockdown sets, about 15 sets of paper litho trains and about 15 to 20 paper litho horse drawn toys. Also included in this sale is a selection of still banks, penny toys, and the Kobe Toy Collection of Ron & Sandy Rosen.
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LOT 31:
Trick Elephant Bell Ringer
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Sold for: $6,500
Start price:
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2,000
Estimated price :
$4,000 - $5,000
Buyer's Premium: 27.5%
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Trick Elephant Bell Ringer
Made by the Gong Bell Company. East Hampton, Ct. - Circa 1895. The Republican Party was formed in 1854 and Abraham Lincoln became the nation's first Republican president in 1860. However, the image of the pachyderm as a symbol of the GOP first appeared in 1874, when Nast used the elephant in a political cartoon for Harper's Weekly. By 1880, the elephant was firmly entrenched as the symbol of the Republican Party. This toy has rich saturated color and is virtually mint condition.
Condition: Pristine Condition.
