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Kidd's Toy Museum has been named the "temporary" archives of the Mechanical Bank Collectors of America library collection. Members of the club wishing information from any of the below documents may contact us by or snail mail at PO Box 22367 Milwaukie OR 97269-2367:
Books
Catalogue No. 2 : Hubley : Cast Iron Toys that Sell (Reprint, 1987, Strasburg, Pennsylvania: Antique Toy Collectors of America, 1987). 43 pp. Paper. Insert sheet "1929 Price List."
Catalogue of Oscar Strasburger & Co., successors to Strasburger, Pfiefer & Co., Importers and Commission Merchants, New York 443 & 445 Broadway (Reprint, 1880, n.p.: Antique Toy Collectors of America, 1978). 244 pp. Cloth.
Illustrated Catalogue of Iron Toys &c., manufactured by The J. & E. Stevens Co., Cromwell, Conn. (Reprint, 1883, Antique Toy Collectors of America & Mechanical Bank Collectors of America, 1983). 77 pp. Paper.
Iron Toys Manufactured by The Dent Hardware Co., Fullerton, Pa. (Allentown, Pennsylvania: Berkemeyer, Keck & Co., n.d.). Paper. 39pp.
Other Old Mechanical Banks Volume 3 (n.p.: n.pub., September 1995).
Ina Hayward Bellows, Old Mechanical Banks: A comprehensive study of the subject of mechanical banks, with illustrations (Chicago, Illinois: Lightner Publishing Corp., 1940). 150pp. Cloth. [price of $95 written in pencil inside front cover]
Bill Bertoia & Bob Brady, The Bill Norman Mechanical Bank Collection at Auction September 14, 1991. Auction catalog, including sheet showing sale prices, and a 6-page photocopied article, written by Richard Friz, about the auction from an unnamed publication.
Bernard Ellinghaus, historian, Other Old Mechanical Banks (n.p.: n.pub., 1977).
Bernard Ellinghaus, historian, Other Old Mechanical Banks [Volume 2] (n.p.: n.pub., 1982).
F. H. Griffith, Mechanical Banks, Illustrated Edition (n.p.: by the author, 1972). Unpaginated, c.50. [poor condition, taped binding, numerous margin notes]
Louis H. Hertz, The Handbook of Old American Toys (Wethersfield, Connecticut: Mark Haber & Co., 1947). 2nd printing, 119pp. Dj. [found in the leaves, article from Boston Sunday Herald dated 9 Dec 1962 - cataloged separately].
Louis H. Hertz, Mechanical Toy Banks (Wethersfield, Connecticut: Mark Haber, 1947) #260 of an edition of 300. Signed. Mimeographed. 146pp.
Louis H. Hertz, Messrs. Ives of Bridgeport: The Saga of America’s Greatest Toymakers (Wethersfield, Connecticut: Mark Haber & Co., 1950). 159 pp. Cloth. 1st edition, dj.
Ernest O. Hodge, Check List of Antique Mechanical Banks and their Wholesale Prices (Reprint, 1955: Mechanical Bank Collectors of America, 1978).
Louis H. Hertz, The Toy Collector (New York: Funk & Wagnalls, 1969). 304pp. Cloth. Dj.
Helen O. Kasper, historian, Historian’s Report: Variations in Mechanical Banks (1975) 2 volumes.
Constance Eileen King, Antique Pocket Guides: Money Boxes (Guildford, Surrey: Lutterworth Press, 1983). 64 pp. Paper. ISBN 0-7188-2539-X.
Joseph Levy Jr., John Meyer’s Scrapbook (Chicago, Illinois: Levy Venture Management, 1995). 11pp. Paper.
Joseph Levy Jr. and Craig Peterson, The Fascinating Hidden History in Antique Mechanical Banks. No publication info. Abt 20 pp. Paper.
Harald Merklein, H. Graeven Die thnerne Sparbchse im Altertum: European Money Bank Collectors (1997). Paper. 26 pp.
John D. Meyer, A Handbook of Old Mechanical Penny Banks, 2nd Edition (Tyrone, Pennsylvania: by the author, 1952). 117pp. Cloth, dj. Signed.
John D. Meyer & Larry Freeman, Old Penny Banks (Watkins Glen, New York: Century House, 1960, 1979). Unpaginated, c.100.
Bill Norman, Greg Zemenick & Janet Swartzlander, Mechanical Bank Collectors of America, Mini-Reference Series, Volume 3: The Amazing Shepard Family (Allegan, Michigan: By the Society, 1990).
Bill Norman, ed., Mechanical Bank Collectors of America, Mini-Reference Series, Volume 1: The Artillery Bank, (Bubank, California: By the Society, 1981).
Bill Norman, Mechanical Bank Collectors of America, Mini-Reference Series, Volume 2: Uncle Sam, the Man and the Mechanical Bank, (Burbank, California: By the Society, 1988).
Leon J. Perelman, Perelman Antique Toy Museum (Des Moines, Iowa: Wallace-Homestead Book Company, 1972). Unpaginated, c.46 pp. Sprial bound.
Carole Rogers, Penny Banks: A History and a Handbook (New York: E. P. Dutton, 1977). ISBN 0-525-47468-4, 102pp.
Single Sheet Items
9/89 Mechanical Bank Collectors of America brochure & membership application.
30th Annual (18-19 Sept. 1987) MBCA Convention schedule, Novi, Michigan.
33rd Annual (21-22 Sept. 1990) MBCA Convention Program, Buffalo, New York.
37th Annual MBCA Convention [t-shirt] design?
38th Annual MBCA Convention packet.
25th Annual (18-19 Sep 1992) Mechanical Bank collectors of American Convention Program.
Newspaper clipping, Boston Sunday Herald, Dec. 9, 1962. "Ever Fascinating. . ."
Tammany Bank Card, produced by JoAnn Lowe for the 1992 MBCA Convention, Fort Wayne, Indiana.
Periodicals
Banks! Publication of European Money Bank Collectors. 1'94 through 3/98; 16 issues (2 issues of 1'94); also newsletters numbered two (1994) through five (12.10.94)
Das Fenster: in der Halle der Kreissparkasse Kln
Thema 98 (Oct 1977)
Thema 124 (Nov 1985)
Thema 137 (Dec 1989)
Thema 147 (Apr 1994)
Thema 151 (Mar 1996).
Hobbies: The Magazine for Collectors [photocopy] various pages, concerning mechanical banks.
Mechanical Banker, publication of Mechanical
Bank Collectors of America.
1974: Oct.
1976: Apr.
1977: Mar.
1978: Dec.
1979: Mar.
1980: Aug, Dec.
1981: Aug, Dec.
1982: Apr, Aug, Dec.
1983: Apr, Aug, Dec.
1985: Apr.
1986: Dec.
1987: Apr, Aug, Dec.
1988: Apr, Aug, Jan (1989).
1989: Apr, Aug, Dec.
1990: May, Aug, Dec., Directory of Members
1991: Apr, Aug, Dec., Directory of Members
1992: Apr, Aug, Dec.
1993: Apr.
Vol. 37 (1994): No. 1 (Apr), No. 2 (Aug), No 3. (Dec).
Vol. 38 (1995): No. 1 (Apr), No. 2 (Aug), No 3. (Dec).
Vol. 39 (1996): No. 1 (Apr), No. 2 (Aug), No 3. (Dec).
Vol. 40 (1997): No. 1 (Apr), No. 2 (Aug), No 3. (Dec).
Vol. 41 (1998): No. 2 (Aug), No. 3 (Dec).
Penny Bank Post, publication of SBCCA. September 1998.