Sold for:
$2,963
$2,963
"Dark Town Battery" Mechanical Bank, J. & E. Stevens & Co., Cromwell, Connecticut, c. 1885, a pitcher, batter and catcher are perched on a pedestal with cast lattice work and Dark Town Battery , the pitcher tosses a coin towards the batter, batter lifts the bat and the coin goes into the catcher's glove then into coin trap below, ht. 7 1/2, lg. 9 3/4 in. Pitcher motion needs adjustment; paint is original, bat has lost full length.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2011-07-16
