Freedman’s mechanical bank, $174,000, Bertoia Auctions

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By Ken Hall

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An original Freedman’s mechanical bank, made circa 1880 by Jerome B. Secor (Bridgeport, Conn.), one of fewer than ten known, sold for $174,000 at an annual Fall Sale of toys, banks and holiday antiques held Nov. 18-19 by Bertoia Auctions in Vineland, NJ. Also, a large Marklin Central Station, hand-painted, produced for the English market, circa 1902-1910, realized $40,800; and a circa 1870 German belsnickle with lamp fixture, 23 inches tall, rang up $30,000.