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                          Mechanical Bank Collectors of America - What's New Page
 
            What's new on the MBCA web ...
                                              (click here to see previous additions)

Added to the MBCA web between April 3, 2019 and . . . . . . . . . .
 

Memorial Money Box - Trade Card,



Added to the MBCA web between July 26, 2018 and April 2, 2019.  

Members Only
1994 Convention Minutes PDF
April
2018 BANKER  PDF, August  2018 BANKER   PDF, December 2018 BANKER  PDF, Video of Larry Feld's Freedman Bank from 2018 Convention, 2016 Ted Richards - newspaper article,

     When this web was first published in 1999, most internet connections were very slow and total content was limited to 5mb. This limited content required raw text and low resolution images. Times have changed. High speed connections and increased web data space now permits all MBCA BANKERS to be posted in PDF format. Personal addresses on BANKER pages were redacted. Links have been posted to
Date Index
  . Our MBCA web now contains 7gb of data and over 20,000 pages if you were to attempt to print everything.

MBCA NEWSLETTERS and BANKERS added to Members Web pages in PDF format.
November 1961 NEWSLETTER PDF 1pg, February 1962 NEWSLETTER PDF PDF 1pg,
March 1962 NEWSLETTER PDF 4pg, June 1962 NEWSLETTER PDF 1pg,
December 1962 NEWSLETTER PDF 1pg, March 1963 NEWSLATTER PDF 1pg,
June 1963 NEWSLETTER PDF  1pg, November 1963 NEWSLETTER PDF 10pg,
March 1964 NEWSLETTER PDF 4pg, June 1964 NEWSLETTER PDF 5pg,
February 1965 NEWSLETTER PDF 5pg, June 1965 NEWSLETTER PDF 6pg,
January 1966 MBCA NEWS PDF 6pg, January 1967 NEWSLETTER PDF 7pg,
May-Jun 1967 BANKER PDF 9pg, Feb. 1968 BANKER PDG 2pg, Sept. 1968 BANKER PDF 1pg,
July 1969 BANKER PDF 12pg, January 1969 BANKER PDF 6pg, Mar. 1969 BANKER PDF 7pg,
Jan. 1970 BANKER PDF 4pg, Mar. 1971 BANKER PDF 5pg, June 1971 BANKER PDF 9pg,
Aug. 1971 BANKER PDF 10pg, Nov. 1971 BANKER PDF 8pg, April 1972 BANKER PDF 12pg,
August 1972 BANKER PDF 5pg, January 1973 BANKER PDF 7pg, March 1973 BANKER 1pg, 
April 1973 BANKER PDF 9pg, Sept. 1973 BANKER PDF 4pg,January 1974 BANKER PDF 4pg,
May 1974 BANKER PDF 6pg, October 1974 BANKER PDF 7pg,January 1975 BANKER PDF 7pg,
May 1975 BANKER PDF 7pg, August 1975 BANKER PDF 10pg, November 1975 BANKER 6pg,
April 1976 BANKER PDF 7pg, July 1976 BANKER PDF 7pg, March 1977 BANKER PDF 7pg,
August 1977 BANKER PDF 16pg, Dec. 1977 BANKER PDF 6pg,  April 1978 BANKER PDF 20pg,
August 1978 BANKER PDF 26pg, Dec. 1978 BANKER PDF 22pg,  March 1979 BANKER PDF 24pg, August 1979 BANKER PDF 32pg, Dec. 1979 BANKER PDF 16pg,  April 1980 BANKER PDF 14pg, August 1980 BANKER PDF 48pg, Dec. 1980 BANKER PDF 32pg,  April 1981 BANKER PDF 24pg, August 1981 BANKER PDF 24pg, Dec. 1981 BANKER PDF 32pg,  April 1982 BANKER PDF 24pg, August 1982 BANKER PDF 36pg, Dec. 1982 BANKER PDF 24pg,  April 1983 BANKER PDF 28pg, August 1983 BANKER PDF 32pg, Dec. 1983 BANKER PDF 24pg,  April 1984 BANKER PDF 24pg, August 1984 BANKER PDF 24pg, Dec. 1984 BANKER PDF 24pg,  April 1985 BANKER PDF 24pg, August 1985 BANKER PDF 24pg, Dec. 1985 BANKER PDF 36pg,  April 1986 BANKER PDF 24pg, August 1986 BANKER PDF 24pg, Dec. 1986 BANKER PDF 24pg,  April 1987 BANKER PDF 28pg, August 1987 BANKER PDF 24pg, Dec. 1987 BANKER PDF 24pg,  April 1988 BANKER PDF 24pg, August 1988 BANKER PDF 24pg, Jan. 1989 BANKER PDF 24pg,  April 1989 BANKER PDF 24pg, August 1989 BANKER PDF 24pg, Dec. 1989 BANKER PDF 24pg, May 1990 BANKER PDF 20pg, August 1990 BANKER PDF 24pg, Dec. 1990 BANKER PDF 36pg,  April 1991 BANKER PDF 36pg, August 1991 BANKER PDF 40pg, Dec. 1991 BANKER PDF 56pg,  April 1992 BANKER PDF 24pg, August 1992 BANKER PDF 44pg, Dec. 1992 BANKER PDF 56pg,  April 1993 BANKER PDF 44pg, August 1993 BANKER PDF 40pg, Dec. 1993 BANKER PDF 48pg,  April 1994 BANKER PDF 32pg, August 1994 BANKER PDF 52pg, Dec. 1994 BANKER PDF 40pg,  April 1995 BANKER PDF 36pg, August 1995 BANKER PDF 52pg, Dec. 1995 BANKER PDF 44pg,  April 1996 BANKER PDF 40pg, August 1996 BANKER PDF 44pg, Dec. 1996 BANKER PDF 44pg,  April 1997 BANKER PDF 40pg, August 1997 BANKER PDF 52pg, Dec. 1997 BANKER PDF 44pg,  April 1998 BANKER PDF 40pg, August 1998 BANKER PDF 56pg, Dec. 1998 BANKER PDF 40pg.

MBCA Miscellaneous Publications added to Members Web pages in PDF format.
1959 Convention Agenda 2pg, 1959 Convention Minutes 3pg, 1960 Convention Minutes 2pg,
1960 MBCA By-laws 10pg, 1961 Convention Minutes 3pg, 1962 Convention Minutes 4pg, 1963 Convention Minutes 2pg, 1963 MBCA History10pg, 1964 Convention Minutes 7pg,
1965 Convention Minutes 6pg, 1966 Convention Minutes 6pg, 1967 Perelman Museum Speech 7pg,
1968 Convention Minutes 7pg, 1968 Variations in Mechanical Banks 20pg,
1969 Comvention Minutes 18pg, 1969 Price Study 8pg, 1970 Mechanical Bank Picture Study 7pg,
1970 Convention Minutes 7pg, 1971 Convention Minutes 7pg, 1972 Convention Minutes 9pg, 1973 Convention Minutes 6pg, 1973 Pricing Guide 9pg, 1974 Convention Minutes 6pg,
1974 Variations in Banks 17pg, 1975 Convention Minutes 2pg, 1975 Price Guide 12pg,
1975 Variations Part I 29pg, 1976 Variations Part II 33pg, 1976 Convention Minutes 5pg,
1977 Convention Minutes 4pg, 1977 Other Old Mechanical Banks 6pg, 1978 Convention Minutes 7pg,
1979 Convention Minutes 2pg, 1980 Convention Minutes 2pg, 1980 Price Guide 11pg,
1981 Artillery Bank Booklet 20 pg,  1982 Other Old Banks 12pg, 1981 Convention Minutes 3pg,
1982 Convention Minutes 4pg, 1983 Convention Minutes 2pg, 1983 Price Guide 28pg,
1984 Convention Minutes 2pg, 1985 Convention Minutes 2pg, 1986 Convention Minutes 2pg,
1987 Convention Minutes 2pg, 1987 MBCA Price Guide 30pg, 1987 How to Photograph Banks 7pg,
1988 Detecting Repaint 1pg, 1988 Convention Minutes 2pg, 1988 Uncle Sam Bank Booklet 24pg,
1989 Convention Minutes 2pg, 1992 Convention Minutes 2pg, 1990 Convention Minutes 2pg, 1990 Amazing Shepard Family 24pg, 1991 MBCA Price Guide 28pg, 1993 Convention Minutes 2pg, 1992 Convention Minutes 2pg, 1994 MBCA Price Guide 52pg, 1995 Other Old Mechanical Banks 26pg.,
1995 Convention Minutes 1pg, 1996 Convention Minutes 2pg
, 1999 Price Guide 56pg,
 
MBCA web statistics summary for March 2018 through February 2019. . .
          Visitors = 393,341  █  Pages = 952,197  █  Files = 1,913,359  █  KBytes = 150,238,564

Added to the MBCA web between January 7, 2018 and July 25, 2018 
 
1910 - North Pole and Billy Goat banks, PLAYTHINGS, May 1910.
1938 - Banks Create Favorable Publicity, Financial Advertisers Association Bulletin, January 1938.
1947 - Grenade Bank "Explodes" When Full, Popular Science, December 1947.
1930's/1940's (?) - J & E Stevens Co. sells aluminum Bill-E-Grin reproduction banks.
1960 - Toy Bank Theft in Illinois, Collector News, September 1960.
1988 - Hegarty Bank Collection Sold � Maine Antique Digest, November 1988.
1990 - Does Anyone Have Any Change?, Collectors' Showcase, June 1991.

                         Members Only2017  April BANKER,  PDF
                         Members Only2017  August BANKER,  PDF
                         Members Only
2017  December BANKER,  PDF

 
Added to the MBCA web between March 11, 2017 and January 6, 2018.
  

John Meyer 1955 audio recording describing the acquisition of his Baby Elephant Bank (7-1/2 minutes, 7mb mp3).
John Meyer 1955 audio recording describing the acquisition of his Freedmans Bank (8-1/2 minutes, 8mb mp3).

December, 1945 - LIBERTY Magazine Penny Panhandlers - History of early collecting.
1886 - Harpers Young People - Humpty Dumpty Bank cartoon with mice.
Artillery Bank advertised in THE CENTURY - Illustrated in 1892.
Jobber Catalog (wholesale) pages from 1893 showing Worlds Fair, Penny Registering, Cat and Mouse, Organ Grinder and Performing Bear, Presto, and 1909 Dime Pistol, Mechanical Banks.
Dapper Dan offered for sale in Johnson Smith & Co., Racine Wisconsin, 1926 catalog.
F.H. Griffith HOBBIES articles - 424 text pages pdf.

Links page updated with link to YouTube video "How to Collect antique Toy Banks" by Michael Bertoia (presented by LIVEauctioneers).
1985 - John Haley - Still and Mechanical Bank List.
Original jobber catalog advertising for Giant Bank (thanks to Dr. Z), Safety Locomotive, and Globe Savings Fund.
Monkey Organ Bank advertised as The Dago Bank in 1892 Theobold Novelty Mfg. Co. for 40 cents each. (Dago was the name of a very mischievous and entertaining monkey in 1890's).

 

1979  December BANKER, PDF

September 8, 2017
 
 

     It is with great sadness that we note the passing of
Russ Harrington on September 7, 2017.
     Russ was a significant contributor to our hobby and will be missed by all. He was an active member of the MBCA since 1974.
 He served the club as a director and was a long time member of the ethics and auction vetting committees. He shared his knowledge freely, including participating in seminars, through the "Ask Russ" column in the BANKER, etc..
     Russ was
an expert and respected cast iron restoration specialist that saved countless mechanical banks by preserving their original appearance and functionality.
      We extend our sincerest sympathy to his wife, family, and friends.

 

Obituary: Russell Stone Harrington Jr,  Aug. 18, 1938 - Sept. 7, 2017.


   
Added to the MBCA web between September 7, 2016 and March 10, 2017

1951-1983   F. H. Griffith Mechanical Banks & Toys HOBBIES MAGAZINE articles page scans
from September 1951 through December 1983 have been updated and compiled
similar to Sy's ATW articles.

1876   Scientific American, July 15, 1876 - A New Mechanical Money Box.

  
Members pages
2015   April BANKER,  PDF
2015   August BANKER PDF
2015   December BANKER PDF

2016   April BANKER,  PDF
2016   August BANKER PDF
2016   December BANKER PDF

             We are saddened to report that MBCA member Rich Bertoia lost his battle with cancer on Dec. 19, 2016.  He was Bill Bertoia's brother and a member of Bertoia Auctions (Obituary).
     The antique toy collecting community has lost another valuable resource. We extend our deepest sympathy to his family and friends.
 

Added to the MBCA web between Jan. 28, 2016 and September 6, 2016
     Listing of bank transactions at auction showing total $ spent, average $ per bank, and number of each bank sold between 1993 and 2016.
     Mechanical Recording Savings Banks Union Manufacturing & Agency Company advertising page that was in February 18th, 1907 issue of Australian ENTERPRISE Magazine.
     World's Fair Magic catalog page from 1883 Selchow and Righter jobber catalog.
     Beehive and Trunk Registering catalog page from 1883 Selchow and Righter jobber catalog.
     Bull Dog Bank on 1989 Postcard by San Diego Trust & Savings Bank, where money matters. . . but people count.
     Uncle Sam Bank on 1989 Postcard by San Diego Trust & Savings Bank, where money matters. . . but people count.
     1976 - John Wright, Inc. v Casper Corp. - Law suit over reproductions of Book of Knowledge reproductions.
     1978 - John Wright Inc awarded $62,500 in damages from Casper Corp.
     1994 - Mary G. Roebling, Biography.
     1993 - Little Known Mechanical Banks, by Edward A. Brown III, Antiques & Collecting, May 1993.

             We are saddened to report that Dr. Anthony R. Haradin passed away on Aug. 26, 2016.  Along with his family, he was an active MBCA member since 1979 and welcomed members to his home during the 1994 and 2008 MBCA conventions.
     We extend our deepest sympathy to his wife, family, and friends.
April 26, 2016
 
 
 
    It is with great sadness that we note the passing of Jim Rocheleau, after a very long battle with cancer.
     Jim was an active member of the M.B.C.A. since 1982.
     
We extend our sincerest sympathy to his family and friends.

Added to the MBCA web between Oct. 01, 2015 and Jan. 28, 2016
 

Mechanical Bank Notes by Sy Schreckinger from ANTIQUE TOY WORLD magazine.
August 1982 through December 2014
(thirty-two years, 386 magazine articles,
780 pages, 271112 words).
  
Members pages
The Donal Markey Collection, MBCA Booklet, published April 2014, PDF.
2014   April BANKER,  PDF
2014   August BANKER PDF
2014   December BANKER PDF

January 28, 2016
 
 
 
    It is with great sadness that we note the passing of Marilyn Steckbeck. With her husband Steve, she joined the MBCA in 1970, hosted our 1981, 1992, and 2007 conventions and gathered one of the finest collections of antique mechanical banks that has ever existed (sold at auction in 2007).
     
We extend our sincerest sympathy to Steve, family, and friends.

Added to the MBCA web between Sept. 19, 2014 and Oct. 01, 2015

Edison Institute Herald - Mechanical Toy Banks, Joan Apesech, Nov. 1, 1946,
Wireless Bank, Advertising - John B. Varick Co., No 22 � 1929,
Old Mill Savings Bank, advertising, The Youth's Companion, July 1886,
1989 Uncle Sam Postcard, San Diego Trust & Savings Bank, from Thomas W. Sefton collection.
Links to M.B.C.A. member Jack Allen's mechanical bank videos on YouTube
(
TheBankCollector) were added to home page and links page.

September 29, 2015
 
 
 
    It is with great sadness that we note the passing of Ken Knops on Sept. 26th at age 91.
     Ken was a significant contributor to the MBCA. Joining in 1976, he served as President from 1981 through 1983, Director & Treasurer, was Editor of THE BANKER between 1982 and 1985 and hosted our annual Convention in 1988.
     
We extend our sincerest sympathy to his wife, family, and friends.

Added to the MBCA web between June 14, 2014 and September 19, 2014

1926 - Uncle Sam's Registering Savings Banks - Brochure and Postcard
1930's - James C. Jones - Thrift of 'Good Old Days', Article
1976 - Banks, Making A Game of Moneysaving - Encyclopedia pages
1978 - Banking Haze and Daze,  Antique Toy World, Oct. 1978

Antique Showcase - Canada's National Antique Magazine, October 1998, the Stan Sax sale of Mechanical Banks.
Advertising from Maeshall Field & Co. Illustrated Catalog of TOY BANKS (1893): Worlds Fair (Columbus), Organ Grinder and Dancing Bear, Presto, and Professor Pug Frog. Advertisement from HOUSE BEAUTIFUL, November 1950, Sonny Boy.
 

Members pages
2013   April BANKER,  PDF
2013   August BANKER PDF
2013   December BANKER PDF

September 19, 2014
 
 
     It is with great sadness that we note the passing of
Sy Schreckinger.

     Sy was a significant contributor to our hobby and will
be missed by all. He was the author of monthly in depth mechanical bank articles in Antique Toy World magazine from 1982 through 2014, an active member of MBCA since 1971, a friend, a respected dealer, and cast iron restoration specialist.
      We extend our sincerest sympathy to his wife, family, and friends.

  
 


Added to the MBCA web between Sept. 04, 2013 and June 14, 2014

Weedens Plantation - TRIFETS Monthly Galaxy of Music, 1893 Adv.

Burglar Proof Safe - Suplee Hardware Company, 1906 Adv.
Pay Phone Bank - Riemann, Seabrey Co., 1926 Toy Fair Adv.
Frog on Rock, Rabbit in Cabbage,
Owl, Slot in Head/Book - H.H. Tammen Co., 1936 Adv.

1936 - Inventor's Handbook on Patents - excerpt - 728kb pdf.
1973 - Patent Models recall creativity of  early America - 1303kb pdf.

1952-1953 John Meyer audio recordings describing acquisition of his Freedman and Baby Elephant banks.

Make a Wooden Mechanical Bank - Savings Bank Filled by Efficient "Cashier"
THE ANTIQUE TRADER, February, 5, 1974, OLD CAST IRON BANKS: Careful Collecting
Collectors' SHOWCASE, Jul/Aug 1982, SPIZE A MULE banks by Bill Norman
Coasting Bank  -  Auction - Nov. 2013, 2013 Press Release 557k pdf,  

Members only search page stopped working. Front Page active components are no longer supported by web host, set old search page to show A-Z index of member only web content (March 03, 2014).

(below was posted after 2013 convention, removed May 19, 2014 after articles in Banker)
WARNING:  Be extremely careful when purchasing wood boxes
 that are currently available from various sources, some are faked.

See two articles in April BANKER (in the mail the week of April 2, 2014).


Added to the MBCA web between Feb. 03, 2013 and Sep. 03, 2013
Pay Phone Bank advertising image from 1926 Riemann, Seabrey Co., jobber catalog, page 70.
Butler Bros, 1910 advertising images (catalog page 32) for Calamity (Football), William Tell, Bad Accident, and Teddy and the Bear.

1948   Meyer shows Vicky's brother, Lawrence, how to operate one of the 200 banks.
Reproduction Banks advertised in TRUE THE MAN'S MAGAZINE � Nov. 1961.
Reproduction Banks advertised by F.A.O. Schrarz � Christmas, 1962.

1980  They Pay Big Money For Banks, P.B. Auction,  Miami Herald.

Members pages
Boy on Trapeze *Calibration* by John Feather
1969  Convention Minutes

1970  Convention Minutes
1981  Workshop - Economic Outlook for bank collecting as an investment

1981  Convention Minutes
1991  Convention Minutes
2012   Banker Questionnaire, PDF
2012   April BANKER,  PDF
2012   August BANKER PDF
2012   December BANKERPDF

 
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