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Additional pages if printed added to home page as
added to web. Remove Obituary after 2 months.
 

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


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-June 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 Xpg, 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

2017  April BANKER,  PDF


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

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

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. 18, 2016.  He was Bill Bertoia's brother and a member of Bertoia Auctions.
     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

             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.

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.


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

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.


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


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

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.

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.

Added to the MBCA web June 14, 2014 through September 19, 2014

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.

  
 

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


Added to the MBCA Sept. 04, 2013 through 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 not 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 February 03, 2013 to September 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
 

Added to the MBCA web since July 16, 2012
1968 Old Mechanical Banks - Mark Haber, Manuscript,

1956 One Penny for the Show! -
American Home Magazine,

1933 What About the Banks? -  The American Legion Monthly, Article
- information about banks in 1933 that you will not see elsewhere on the M.B.C.A. web.
1959 Scans of Calumet Baking Powder Jobber Want Book - photo of 3 Calumet banks.
1976 Sears Catalog - Americana Mechanical Benny Banks, 13 copies of original banks, 1 copied from previous reproduction.
1978 - "Mechanical Bank" News Report,
Antique Toy World Article.
197 Banking Ways and Daze - Antique Toy World Article.

1980 - Banks bring big money, P. B. Auction, Antique Toy World Article.
Auction prices were updated and include the Al Winick collection (98 lots sold for $1,491,201).

Members pages
2012 Convention Questionnaire,

Text below added to top of home page in November 2012
The M.B.C.A. would like to express our deepest sympathy to all who
have been affected by the devastation of Hurricane Sandy. We hope
that you, your families and friends are safe and well.
 

Added to the MBCA web since March 03, 2012 (click here to see previous additions)
   

Newspaper articles; Corby - Many Events Reflected by Penny Banks - 1940, Habit of Thrift Once Made Fun - 1942, Ina Bellows book Review - 1940, PENNY BANKS - 1977 book review by Heidy Berry, J. & E. Stevens Co. 1851 adv., Jerome B. Secor - 1880 Adv., and Edward S. Coe dies in 1926, Miscellaneous J&E Stevens articles and agreements, Hall's Excelsior bank adv. flier.

Mechanical Bank price guide,
Warman's 12th Antiques and their Prices, 1975.
 

Mechanical Banks. Scans of proof prints from printers blocks for; Cat and Mouse, Chief Big Moon, Gem Registering, Hen and Chick, Perfection Registering, Professor Pug Frog, Jolly N.Punch and Judy, and Mosque.

   
 
Scans from original 1927 advertising pages for Monkey, Trick Dog, Elephant Pull Tail, Frog on Rock, Owl Slot in Book, Rabbit in Cabbage, and Uncle Sam Register Banks. Advertising cuts from 1890 for Santa Claus, Jolly N, Speaking Dog, Uncle Sam, and Trick Dog 6 part base.
 
Members Section Additions Include:
2011 MBCA BANKERS from April (pdf), August (pdf), and December (pdf) in both html and pdf format. J&E Stevens Co. - Sales & Payroll, Cromwell CT, etc., 2012 Convention Handout (3,189k, List of MBCA member names from 1970 and 1990 "Directory Of Members" (no addresses, phone, Email, etc.), 1961 and 1980 were previously listed.
  

                        
The MBCA WEB IS QUITE ACTIVE
      Visitors viewed a total of 13,445 videos on our channel since September 14, 2011. Penny Lane (2,948), Bless Us All (2,718), Ed Mosler (2,136), and Steckbeck Collection - part 1 (1,943),  part 2 (1,885), & part 3 (1,815). 3,404 Jigsaw Puzzles were completed since July of 2011.
 

MBCA web visitor statistics, July 2011 through July 15, 2012 (646,237 pages were downloaded).

 

    
 
User Name & Password for Members — See April BANKER - Page 4.

Added between August 07, 2011 and March 03, 2012
Public Section Additions Include:

Secor Cast Iron Train - article from 1968 Toy and Train Quarterly,
J. & E. Stevens Co. - 1910 postcard,
Cast Iron Stores - New York City, 1849 and 1862,
Dime Pistol Bank Advertising
       
A. C. McClurg & Co.'s Catalog of Holiday and Fancy Goods — 1911-1912,
        Cabin, Trick Dog (6 part base) & Indian Shooting Bear
        advertising A. C. McClurg & Co.'s — 1911-1912,

1968  Still and Mechanical Banks - The Questers
197 Rare Penny Banks - Joel Slater's ANTIQUES NEWS Article
197 John Wright Co. - Reproduction banks, brochures & prices
1993  Lux Clock - Is you is, or is you ain't my Mechanical bank?
1994  A Penny Saved - Traditional Home Holiday

    

The MBCA on , Penny Lane, Bless Us All, Ed Mosler, and
                                       Steckbeck Collection - part 1 part 2, & part 3.

 

Members Section Additions Include:
In the European Tin Money Box section -
     
Saalheimer & Strauss, Nuremberg 6 pages, 900kb pdf, and
      Money Boxes by Saalheimer & Strauss, Nuremberg, 26 pages, 4,920kb pdf.

 
Added after August 07, 2011 (page count)

Jigsaw Puzzles: Puzzles
                          08-13-11    08-08-11   09/18  10/11   12/23 01/23/12  03/04  03/2013  11/11/15
Horse Race              9                             104     107      118      124      128        144        150
Collage-1                88                             117     123      134      143      148        169        173
Collage-2                58                            101      102     108       119      115        124        124
Mamma Katz          89               86          104     109     118       122      127        138        142
Mikado                  124             119         141     144     156       164      170        410        414
MBCA logo            319            313          490     509     521       575      585        615        626

Panorama             134             133         145     149     157       163      167        179        180
Fortune Savings   122            118         129      134     142       146      151       166         169
Frog Pond             123             122        129      133     141       145      149        162        163
Lion Hunter             91               90        104      108     118       122      126        139        143
Sewing Machine   117            114        129      134     143       148      152        167         169
Dark Town               78              77        102      109     121       132      136        170         180
Mason                    111            110       116      119     132       136      139        171         175
Picture Gallery       125            118       134      141     153       157      161        354         377
Stevens Ledgers     33              32         48        52       60         63        67          78           81
Stevens 1939         111            110       118     122     130        137     142        153          163
Mason Trade Card   126           124       133     138     147        152     157        252          258
Picture Galley Card  140          138       151     157     169        174     180        235          292
Eagle Eaglets Card    52            51         65       71        80         85       89        118          124
Base Ball Card           50            50         63       71       80         84        89        132          143
 
                                        09/20/11  10/11  12/23  01/22  03/04  04/06 05/17 11/22  03/13  11/14  11/15  02/16    09/17
Penny Lane =                         193     398    786   1024   1200   1775  2492   3410    3907   5414   6078   6146     6645
Banks with 1986 soundtrack   78     184    640     907   1193   1726  2315   3696   4387   6948   8868   9294   10824
Mosler Interview                     34      112    381    582      891   1404  1820   2615   3077   4286   5027   5172     5757
Steckbeck part 1                     38      127    455    607      941   1329  1681   2385    2997   5022   6361   6657    9252
Steckbeck part 2                     18        86    335    525      913   1287  1654   2233    2715   4162   4899   5049    6099
Steckbeck part 3                     13        92    330    515      861   1251  1590   2198    2618   4054   4742   4872    5849 
                                                         1002  2927  4160   6001   8796 11551 16548  19676  29886 35924 37190 44426 
Dec. 21, 2012 = 16950
Nov. 11, 2015 = 35924


HOME PAGE VIEWS
Dec. 17, 2009 = 204009            Mar. 24, 2013 = 352,875
Nov. 01, 2110 = 227356            Nov. 28, 2014 = 455,404
Jan. 26, 2011 = 237239            Nov. 11, 2015 = 529,128 
Feb. 20, 2011 = 240000            Feb. 10, 2016 = 531,733
Mar. 27, 2011 = 243992            Mar. 02, 2016 = 534,617
May 03, 2011 = 248000            Sep. 03, 2016 = 581,421
July 14, 2011 = 256637            Mar. 30, 2017 = 600,020
Aug. 06, 2011 = 259209           Sep. 21, 2017 = 613860
Sep. 17, 2011 = 263788           July 27, 2018 = 636182
Oct. 11, 2011 = 266405            Aug. 3, 2018 = 88776
Dec. 23, 2011 = 275311           FrontPage features issues,
Jan. 22, 2012 = 279009           counter and the contact us /
Feb. 18, 2012 = 282480           feedback page were removed
Mar. 04, 2012 = 298603           1st week of August 2018.
Mar. 16, 2012 = 300000
Apr. 16, 2012 =  302729
May. 17, 2012 = 307219
June 16, 2012 = 310877
Nov.22, 2012 = 333800
Dec. 21, 2012 = 337655
Dec. 21, 2013 = 400000
Oct. 30, 2014 = 448024

    
 
User Name & Password for Members — See December BANKER - Page 4.

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March 26, 2011
1940 - Magazine of OLD GLASS - Two Glass Banks
1940 - Magazine ANTIQUES - For Indian Pennies, H. L. Durrell
1948 - The Springfield Republican - Ted Johnson, Collector

1949 - Mechanical Penny Bank Exchange Bulletin - Robert S. Greenfield
1950 - Earl Romey - Pricing list of 90 Mechanical Banks

1950 - Rudolf Salvatore - Providence Sunday Journal Article
1951 - Henry W. Miller - 1951 Price Listing, Banks bought and sold
1951 - John Meyer - Price Guide
1951 - Mark Haber - Offers banks for sale
1952 - Collectors Meeting at Yando Home - Rudolph Salvatore mailing

1952 - Andrew Emerine - Letter to Edward T. Richards
1982 - Ed Mosler Collection Sale - Antique Toy World pages

1988 - Perelman Toy Museum Sold - Maine Antique Digest

1991 - Bill Norman Collection at Auction - Price List

     Press articles reporting on the Bill Norman Collection Auction.
             Antique Tow World - Preview — September, 1991
             Antiques and The Arts Weekly — September 20, 1991 
            
Antiques and The Arts Weekly — October 4, 1991 
            
Maine Antique Digest — November 1991
             Antique Toy World — November 1991
/Foundry section of the MBCA web was updated with information provided by Fritz Kokesh.

 12/02/2010 total added above is 101 pages and 14.384mb, 119 files


November
01, 2010
Average Selling Prices for Mechanical Banks sold at Auction
1977 Edwin H. Mosler - Banks, Making a Game of Moneysaving 
Collecting Mechanical Banks -
Early American Life, Feb. 1975 
1968 Philadelphia Bulletin Antique Toy Museum Article - Leon Perelman 
1961 Price list of Mechanical Banks available at attractive prices - Frank L. Ball 
William & Lena Roup and Floyd H. Griffith - Photos 
1954 Hand Drawn Card - E. Curro 
1952 Price Guide including gradations of prominent authors - Henry W. Miller 
Original advertising image scans for:
     Football / Darkey Watermelon (1883)
     Locomotive (1883)
     Locomotive (1887-8)
     Paddy and the Pig (1883)

     Presto

09/28/2010 - added 46 pages and 4486k, 33 files
Members Section Additions Include:
MBCA BANKERS from April, August, and December of 2009
MBCA Scrapbook, 2004 Historians Project, 1958-82 (1,139 pages, 35 files, 160mb)


May
24. 2010
          Public Section Additions Include
1849 - Something New, Cast Iron Store

1866 - Shepard Iron Works, Buffalo NY - Advertisement
1940 Recordo Coin Safe - December advertising card,
1946 Simmons Coin Bank Collection - Clarence T. Simmons of
Des Moines Iowa,,
1965 The Antiques Journal - The Toy Banks, an American Heritage

1970s Perelman Museum - America's Childhood Revisited,

1971 Long Island Antique Show banks on Spenders - Newsday
1971 Antiques Journal - Historic Stoner's Store
1987 Hang Seng Bank - Annual Report, Hong Kong
1985 Banking on Change -
Toronto Dominion Bank
J. & E. Stevens
Co., Royalty Agreements - 1876 National & Magic, 1877 Lilliput & Yankee Notion, 1878 Pelican, 1880 Mule Entering Barn. 1883 Gymnast, 1883 Eagle and Eaglets, 1884 Cabin, 1884 Multiplying, 1886 Professor Pug Frog 1, 1886 Professor Pug Frog 2, 1886 Bread Winner, 1888 Watch Dog Safe.
J. & E. Stevens Co., - June 15, 1905 letter - Glastonbury Conn. High School.
          Members Section Additions Include:
In the European Tin Money Box section -
Bing Brothers, Metalware Factory, Nuremberg — short version, 21 pages, 1811kb pdf, Bing Brothers, Metalware Factory, Nuremberg — long version, 94 pages, 4403kb pdf.

January 09, 2009  
Members Section Additions Include
       6-1/2 hours of videos including convention Seminars from 1988, 1989, 1990, & 1991 plus miscellaneous videos featuring Ed Mosler, US Savings Bonds, PENNY LANE the Movie, Freedmans Bank, Bill Norman collection, Athelstan Speilhaus, Bill Bertoia, Leon Weiss, Steckbeck Collection, and the Steckbeck Collection at Morphy Auction.
 
      1,133 pages from scrapbooks maintained by M.B.C.A. Historians from 1958 through 1971 (tabloid size pages) and 1971 through 1982 (letter size pages) have been indexed and posted in the members only section - click here for 1958 to 1971, click here for 1971 to 1982.
  User Name & Password for Members — See December BANKER - Page 4.
 
M.B.C.A. web content is currently over 9,300 pages (if printed on 8-1/2" x 11" pages) and 5.6 GB. The home page had been accessed 205,648 times since April 6, 1999.
According to  Netcraft data, the total number of websites as of January 2009 is 223,848,494 (224 million). According to dataopedia.com, this web ranked near the middle of the top one million most visited web sites (99.7% of web sites are less popular than www.mechanicalbanks.org).
 
April 6, 2009

The
Mechanical Bank Collectors of America web is 10 years old today.  If 2009 content was printed on
8½" x 11" paper
you would have 8270 pages (410mb if saved to disk) of text and photos from select reference material, newspaper clippings, magazine articles, auction prices, and correspondence — all related to Antique Mechanical Banks.
Public Section Additions Include
: 

Mechanical Bank Reseller Advertising from 1876 through 1936. Scanned from original jobber catalogs. 158 images, 141 banks, 32mb. Linked alphabetically, chronologically, and from bank names in Table Of Contents
William Ferguson - text from 1940s BANK NOTES mailed to collectors. 
Richard M. Lederer - text from 1940s manuscripts and letters. 
John Meyer - 1940 letter from Hubley Manufacturing Co. 
J. & E. Stevens Co. - 1884 Multiplying Bank Royalty Agreement.  
Helen Situks - 1940 research, Index of American Design.
Charles M Henn - Eagle and Eaglets Bank.

Bankers Make a Hobby of Toy Banks - 1940s -
The Sun's Rays. 
Seamen's Bank For Savings - ESQUIRE
Jesse Perlman Collects Children's Banks - July 19, 1946. 
J. & E. Stevens Co. Banks -  April 1947, The Spinning Wheel 
The Old and the New Penny Banks
-  June 1955, Hobbies. 
Shoot That Hat Bank - June 1947, The Spinning Wheel. 
Harry Hartman -  1958 article, The Spinning Wheel. 
Mickey Mouse Bank - 1982, by Pride Lines. 
 1936 Christmas Discount. 
Shepard Hardware Co. Banks
- by Bill Norman - Collectors Showcase - 1982.
 
Sherwood's Old Penny Banks - 1936 Christmas Discount.
 
Sherwood's Old Penny Banks
1937 Rent Banks.  
William Ferguson - 1941, Litchfield Enquirer.
 
Thornton C. Thayer
- 1940 letter to William F. Ferguson.
 
Richard M. Lederer, Jr. - September 1946 Collectors Roundup, Part I. 
Richard M. Lederer, Jr. - 1946, Collectors Roundup,
Part III. 
Richard Lederer - 1950, The Thrift Bank, IBM Magazine. 
Mrs. Kenneth Stice - 1952, Local collectors busy.  
New Rochelle Federal Savings & Loan Assoc. - 1553, all this and interest too. 
Seamen's Bank for Savings - 1953, Mechanical Banks made Savings Fun.
Francis L. Ball - 1953, Never Grew Up. 
Andrew Emerine
- 1957, Finest Collection in Nation. 
Allen D. Bishop - 1964, Penny Bank Collector. 
Tammany Bank made politicians wince - 1966, Made Politicians Wince. 
The Original Cash Machines -
1991 article, Citibank 1991 exhibition.  
Members Section Additions Include
Text search accuracy has been improved by duplicating most pdf
documents as html pages with links to information in the new html
pages added to the A-Z Table of Contents.


December 21, 2008
Public Section:

344 mechanical bank patent papers from 1867 through 1950 (1008 pdf pages) posted and linked to Alphabetical and Numerical patent paper listings. Patent numbers linked to the pdf pages were also added to bank names listed in the Contents pages and available in PDF format with thumbnail images of the banks. Links to bank Auction Prices were added to Contents pages. Also added: Thumbnail patent paper images from 1867 through 2003 (pdf -2740kb)
Members Section:
In the European Tin Money Box section -
Money Boxes from Loren Bolz, part three, 5 pages, 908kb pdf.

MBCA BANKERS from April, August, and December of 2005.


September 08, 2008 - Recent additions include: 1903 Bedtime Story — THE MONEY BOX1958 ORBIS Advertising using Mechanical Banks, Sherwood's Old Penny Banks Ad - American Collector - June 1938 Adv., & Pittsburgh Post Gazette - March 24, 1956 - Quaint old toys and banks. J. & E. Stevens Company Accounting Ledgers  — 1874-1875 Paint Shop, 1881-1887 Accounts,1887-1891 Accounts, 1891-1895 Accounts, 1895-1898 Accounts, 1901-1904 Foundry, 1903-1904 Accounts, 1922-1928 Summary.
     Additions to MBCA Members section include:
  2008 Convention Handout - J.&E Stevens Accounting Ledgers & related material, 83 page PDF, 7092kb, plus a 9 booklets containing a total of 220 pages and 30mb of information on European Tin Savings Banks courtesy of Harald Merklein and Dr. Peter Reus - 
1.  Tin Savings Banks Made by Arndt Bros. Metal Works, 6 pages, 1087kb pdf. 
2.  Missionary Savings Banks by Auke de Vries, 5 pages, 476k pdf. 
3.  Maienthau & Wolff, Nurenberg Toy Exporter,  8 pages, 2172kb pdf. 
4.  Money Boxes from Lorenz Bolz, version one, 24 pages, 2439kb pdf. 
5.  Money Boxes from Lorenz Bolz, version two, 27 pages, 2851kb pdf. 
6.  Money Boxes Produced by Felix Lasse, Leipzig, version #1, 11 pages, 2668kb pdf. 
7.  Money Boxes Produced by Felix Lasse, Leipzig, version #2, 63 pages, 9274kb pdf.
8.  Money Boxes Produced by Georg Zimmermann, Zindorf, 13 pages, 2667kb pdf
9.  Money Boxes Produced by Georg Zimmermann, Zindorf near Nuremberg,
     Historic Tin Banks, Bd. 4, 63 pages, 7618kb pdf


December 2, 2007 - Recent additions include: Free Appraisal - Andrew Emerine - Hobbies, April 1946, William Treue - 1954 Price List, 1975 NCR Company Advertisment - with 1975 Chevrolet Caprice, auction prices were updated with 60 new listings and sale prices from the sale of the Steckbeck collection, and American Collector - September 1938 - full page scans and OCR text.
     Additions to MBCA Members section include: 1972 Research Project — Mechanical Banks Manufactured in Germany, Regina Musical Savings Bank, 2007 MBCA Convention Handout, 3,980k pdf, April 2004, August 2004, and December 2004 issues of
THE MECHANICAL BANKER.


April 3, 2007 - Recent additions include: A www.omnicronelectronics.com new "/foundry" sub-web that is devoted to the study of toy banks and the processes used to manufacture them. It contains articles that were researched and compiled by Fritz Kokish. The MBCA thanks Fritz Kokish and Bill Robison for permitting over 150 pages of their material to be available on our web.
     Additions to the Scrapbook section include:
Old Penny Banks -The Bulletin, Andrew Enerine - April 1936, Old Banks Used In Bond Buying,  New York Sun, December 1942Old Coin Banks are Intriguing, New York Sun, March 1945Andrew Emerine - Relics - Worth of An Old Penny Bank - March 1946Savings Official Loses Money in Banks - New York Sun, April 1946Biggest Banker In Town - Baltimore Sun, Milton Stark, November 1946Cast-iron Kids: they made saving fun! - 1950 Richard M. Lederer - The Mechanical Banker - 1950, Has The "Piggy" Bank Gone For Good? - 1950Don't Save Pennies, Save Penny Banks - Great Guns - January 1953, Grandpa's Toys - Philadelphia Inquirer Magazine - December 14, 1958A Banker Shares His Banks - The Spinning Wheel - Jan/Feb 1963,  Mechanical Banks Featured in Museum - Collector's Weekly - August 1970,  Today's Treasures - Wichita Eagle and Beacon - August 1970
Perelman Museum - Collector's World - September-October 1970Banks That Move - Perelman Museum Sale - Americana - 1989.
     Additions to Members section include: MBCA BANKERS from April, August, and December of 2003.


October 15, 2006 - Recent additions include: Pages from J & E Stevens Co. catalogs - 1906 Export and No. 51Banks of 19th Century - National City Bank of New YorkBert Whiting - Jonah and the Whale - National Antiques Review - Oct. 1970, plus L. C. Hegarty "Garage Sale" auction catalog with prices realized from 1973 (thanks Dr. Z).  Bank photo slideshow - 60 second interval20 second interval, 2 second interval (20 & 2 second interval require high speed internet connection).
     Additions to Members section include: a 74 page (6,810k) pdf format booklet distributed at the 2007 MBCA Convention - Betty & John Feather  — Scrapbook + copies of miscellaneous early material and the March 1973 MBCA BANKER.


These links were added to web May 22, 2006; Recent additions include expansion of Auction Prices to include banks sold by Bertoia Auctions, Morphy Auctions and RSL Auctions, Walter Hoover - Home Bankers (1947), Michael Sheridan - City's Piggy Bank Buff (1970), Banks Guide U.S. History (1972), Flip! Flop! It's in the Bank (1972), The Toy Man - Leon Perelman (1973), 1976 Bank Purchases Prof's "Old Friends" (1976),  and Colonel I. A. Long (1981).

Additions to MBCA web Members Section: BANKERS from 2002 - April, August, & December. Select material distributed to members at conventions (pdf format): Connecticut Toys, Mark Haber Lectures, Cromwell Iron Toy Industry, Louis Hertz Manuscript, MBCA History by Ted Richards, Lissting of J&E Stevens Banks, Judd banks - 2003 Seminar Booklet, Patented Banks - 2003 Handout, Stevens Foundry by Bob McCumber, and Philadelphia Banks - 2003 Seminar Booklet


February 05 (o/a) - APRIL 2002 BANKER
March                  - AUGUST 2002 BANKER
                           -  DECEMBER 2002 BANKER
March 12, 2002 - PDF Pages folder in Members section.
                                  Haber Lectures - from MBCA 2002 Convention
                                  Hertz 1947 - from MBCA 2002 Convention
                                  Judd Banks Seminar - from MBCA 2002 Convention
                                  Patented Mechanical Banks - from MBCA 2003 Convention
                                  Philadelphia Banks - from MBCA 2003 Convention
                                  MBCA History, Ted Richards, 1963 - from MBCA 2004 Convention
additional pdf  from 1995.


LINKS BELOW WERE POSTED ON DECEMBER 17th, 2005

Oct. 28, 2005= "Grandfather's Piggy Bank", RELICS Magazine, April 1970

Oct. 28, 2005= Review of Mrs. Bellows book, New York Sun, Aug. 31, 1940
Oct. 29, 2005= Review of Hertz Manuscript, New York Sun, July 25, 1947
Oct. 30, 2005= Laurence Johnson, Syracuse Herald-American, Feb. 1, 1953
Oct. 30, 2005= 2,000 Year-old Alms Box, Times, Aug. 16, 1938
Oct. 30, 2005= Wesley Yando, The Providence Sunday Journal, March 30, 1952
Oct. 30, 2005= William Ferguson, Gramercy Graphic, Jan. 1959
Oct. 30, 2005=
William Ferguson, Gramercy Graphic, Feb. 2005

Sept.05, 2005 - photos of -- Woodpecker, Bear Slot in Chest, copper oxidized,  British Lion (tin), Scotchman (tin), Pin in HighCharr - Pattern, Bill E. Grinn - bronze,


April 1, 2005 - Recent additions to the public scrapbook section include: Banks exhibited at Camden Trust Co. in 1966, Andrew Emerine, Covert Hegarty, and Hubert Whiting. Additions to the members section include: Leon Perelman's speech from 1966 MBCA Convention, April 1981 issue of THE BANKER, and club publications from 1999 and 2000.
        MBCA WEB statistics — 88,912KB of server space with 4,822 files (each file would produce between 1 and 50+ pages if printed), 3,237 pictures, and 17,158 hyperlinks/bookmarks.


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