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DARKEY KICKING WATERMELON MECHANICAL BANK

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DARKEY KICKING WATERMELON MECHANICAL BANK
DARKEY KICKING WATERMELON MECHANICAL BANK
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Description
J. & E. Stevens Co., designed by Charles A. Bailey, Patented 1888, one of the most desirable of the pedestal styled banks, certainly the rarest with reportedly four known examples, it is a marvel in casting effects and its action which involves figure kicking small watermelon into larger one for coin deposit makes the survival rate of this bank even more baffling: a true prize opportunity offering. Provenance: Wally Tudor, F. H. Griffith, Leon Perelman and Stan Sax Collections.
Condition
Repair to rear base and pedestal foot, one replaced arm, otherwise (Pristine Cond.)
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DARKEY KICKING WATERMELON MECHANICAL BANK

Estimate $200,000 - $300,000
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Starting Price $100,000
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