That Time America Fell in Love With Mechanical Coin Banks . According to famed antiques appraiser Dr. Lori, the first American mechanical coin bank broke onto the scene in 1869. It took very ...

Vintage and antique banks of all kinds are selling well in shops and auctions. ... A British Clown bank sold at Bertoia Auctions in Vineland, N.J., for $1,920 in March 2015.

Vintage and antique banks of all kinds are selling well in shops and auctions. Saalheimer & Strauss, a German company, started in 1911. It made toys, writing goods and eventually toy banks, cars ...

Vintage toy banks known to attract dedicated buyers. Staff Writer. ... A British Clown bank sold at Bertoia Auctions in Vineland, N.J., for $1,920 in March. It is 51/2 inches tall.

For the most part, 84-year-old Roddy Wiley Junior runs the bank just like his daddy did more than a century ago. And he likes it that way. Roddy Wiley: We got an antique bank, we run by antiques ...

This cast iron bank is one of more than 340 antique toy banks donated to the Bruce Museum in 1980 by Samuel F. Pryor, a former Greenwich resident, international traveler and head of Pan American ...

Early banks included the Cleveland and Guardian Trusts, both started in 1894. The Bank of Cleveland was founded by Polish immigrant Stanley Klonowski in 1913, catering to Eastern Europeans.