What's new on the MBCA web ...

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 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 — see: www.mbca.com/foundry.
     Additions to the Scrapbook section include: Old Penny Banks -The Bulletin, Andrew Emerine - April 1936,  Old Banks Used In Bond Buying,  New York Sun, December 1942,  Old Coin Banks are Intriguing, New York Sun, March 1945,  Andrew Emerine - Relics - Worth of An Old Penny Bank - March 1946,  Savings Official Loses Money in Banks - New York Sun, April 1946,  Biggest Banker In Town - Baltimore Sun, Milton Stark, November 1946,  Cast-iron Kids: they made saving fun! - 1950,  Richard M. Lederer - The Mechanical Banker - 1950, Has The "Piggy" Bank Gone For Good? - 1950,  Don't Save Pennies, Save Penny Banks - Great Guns - January 1953, Grandpa's Toys - Philadelphia Inquirer Magazine - December 14, 1958,  A 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 1970,  Banks That Move - Perelman Museum Sale - Americana - 1989.
     Additions to MBCA Members section include: MBCA BANKERS from April, August, and December of 2003.

October 24, 2006 - Recent additions include: Pages from J & E Stevens Co. catalogs - 1906 Export and No. 51,  Banks of 19th Century - National City Bank of New York,  Bert 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 slide show - 60 second interval,  20 second interval, 2 second interval (2 & 20 second interval require high speed internet connection).
          Additions to Members section include: a 74 page (6,810k) pdf format booklet distributed at the 2006 MBCA Convention - Betty & John Feather — Scrapbook + copies of miscellaneous early material, The Ohio Foundry Co., Handout, and the March 1973 MBCA BANKER.

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 from 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963,  1964 and 1958-1964, Cromwell Iron Toy Industry, Louis Hertz Manuscript, MBCA History by Ted Richards, Listing 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.
 
December 17, 2005 - Recent additions to the public scrapbook section include: "Grandfather's Piggy Bank", RELICS Magazine, April 1970, Review of Mrs. Bellows book, New York Sun, Aug. 31, 1940,  Review of Hertz Manuscript, New York Sun, July 25, 1947,  Laurence Johnson, Syracuse Herald-American, Feb. 1, 1953, 2,000 Year-old Alms Box, Times, Aug. 16, 1938, Wesley Yando, The Providence Sunday Journal, March 30, 1952, William Ferguson, Gramercy Graphic, Jan. 1959, and William Ferguson, Gramercy Graphic, Feb. 2005. Issues of the MBCA BANKER from April, August, and December of 2001 were added to the members section. The public forum was deleted due to the large number of automated and inappropriate posts (mostly from China).
   
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 (337 pages).
        MBCA WEB statistics: 88,912KB of server space with 4,822 files (if printed, each file would produce between 1 and 50+ pages), 3,237 pictures/images, and 17,158 hyperlinks/bookmarks.
   
July 1, 2004 - Recent additions include; 1939 - J. & E. Stevens Factory Photographs , 1947 - Ina Bellows, Supplementary Data for her 1940 Book, 1955 - William Roup - Penny Savers of Yesterday, Philadelphia Inquirer, 1958 - William Roup - Grandpa's Toys, Philadelphia Inquirer, 1960 - Hubert (Bert) Whiting - Mobil Marketer, Spring, 1961 - William Roup - Pottstown Mercury, Old Penny Banks, 1963 - Hyman Marcus - Boston Globe article, 1963 - Leon Perelman - Philadelphia Sunday Bulletin article, 1963 - Hubert Whiting - Yankee, May, 1964 - Edward T. Richards - Funeral, 1964 - MBCA Convention snapshots (members section), 1964 - Museum of Childhood, Sept. 29th, Patrick Murray, 1964 - Museum of Childhood, Oct., 11th, Patrick Murray founder, 1965 Capron Replica Banks - Hospital Handbook, 1966 - John D. Meyer - Tyrone Daily Herald article, 1967 - Samuel F. Pryor - Hobby Digest, 1981 - Leon Perelman, NRTA Journal, Toys that weren't thrown out, and Bertoia April 2004 auction prices.
 
December 28, 2003 - Recent additions include;  Andrew Emerine, Treasures Rare Toys, 1940,  Wm. F. Ferguson, Newspaper article, 1941,  Insurance Policy Covers 200 Emerine Banks, 1941,  Dr. Arthur E. Corby Radio Interview, 1942,  H. Blair Hull, Inventor, Engineer, & Bank Collector, 1942,  Seamen's Bank, When Thrift Was Fun, 1943,  Andrew Emerine, Newspaper Article, 1943,  Louis H. Hertz "The Old Toy Shop, May, 1945,  John & Jack Martin, Collectors, May, 1946,  Richard M. Lederer, Jr., Collectors Roundup, April, 1946,  Books on Mechanical Banks, by; Hertz, Haber, and Meyer, 1947,  Jerry Smith, Collection Article & F.A.O. Schwarz Price List, 1966.
 
July 10, 2003 - Additions include; Walter Chrysler -1939, Litchfield Savings Society Exhibit - 1941,  Children's Toys of Victorian Days - 1943, Vice President Soden Collects - 1944, St. Louis Globe Democrat - 1944, Business Week - 1944, Bridgeport Sunday Post - 1945, Douglas Fellows, Yankee Banks - 1945, Louis Hertz, Interest Growing in Old Toys - 1946, Coin Grabbers of 19th Century- 1947, Thrift Was Both a Virtue and Fun - 1955.
 
March 2, 2003 - Additions include; Grandpa's Gadgets - 1936 - American Weekly. Children's Banks of Other Days - 1937 - The Savings Banker, Penny Bank Collectors - 1937 New York Times, Coin Banks at Museum - 1937 - Boston American, Wilmont Evans - 1938 Boston Evening Transcript, You May Bank On This - 1938 - Hobbies, Banks of Another Color and Age - 1938 - About The First, Walter's Banks - 1938 - The New Yorker, Haber Collection at Bank - 1939 - Boston Herald, Encyclopedia of Mechanical Banks - 1940 - Heirlooms, and, if you're bored www.mbca.com 404 error page.
 
November 17, 2002 - Additions include; Frear's Troy Bazaar Trade Card, Morton Bodfish 1951,  Henry Miller 1952, Astronomical Prices 1952, F. L. Ball 1953, Vernon Howe 1954, Providence RI Collectors Club 1954, Chrysler Sale 1955, American Mercury 1955, Andrew Emerine 1958, and Auction $ updates. New to members section is preliminary information on our 2003 Convention and group photos from early conventions (courtesy of Ted Richards); 1960, 1961, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, and 1972.
 
August 2, 2002 - Public section additions include; Hartford Current 1940 article, American Home 1961 article courtesy of Deborah Davidson, Coin World 1966 article, New York Times 1976 article by Carole Rogers, Russell Frisbie - Extraordinary Inventor, Cromwell History, Perelman Museum 1969 opening, and Bertoia June 29th auction prices.  Members only section additions include; 1959 Convention Agenda, plus over 37,000 words from lectures given by Mark Haber at the first seven MBCA Conventions, Bank prices - past, present, and future (1958), Banks which reflect historical significance (1959), Charles A. Bailey - Master pattern maker... (1960), 35 Gems of Bankdom (1961), Foundry practices at J & E Stevens Co. (1962), Fakes, Deviations and recasts (1963), and The Sleepers (1964).
 
May 12, 2002 - 1930 J&E Stevens price list, 1937 History of Penny Banks by Mark Haber, 1942 NY Sun article, 1945 Antiques  article on Jerome Secor by Losis Hertz, 1945 article on Griffith, 1946 NY Sun article, 1974 Dennenberg article, 1978 Boston Globe article, Bertoia Auction prices have been updated, and MBCA publications from 1998 are posted in the members only section.
   
January 30, 2002 - Bank pages from J. & E. Stevens Co. catalogs - 1883 - 1904 - 1905 - 1906 - 1907  - 1928 price list - 1929 & #13 price list,  J. Lisle Laufer - 1950 Wheelabrator Digest article. Also, members only section home page includes email links to MBCA President, Secretary, Treasurer, and BANKER Editor (see latest BANKER for current User Name and Password) along with preliminary MBCA 2002 Convention information.
   
December 9, 2001 - Louis Rosenberg article from 1962 Louisville Courier Sunday Magazine, Artillery Bank advertisement from 1892 Century Magazine, 1955 John Johannsen  Profitable HOBBIES cover and article, an advertisement for reproduction banks from the Spring 1974 edition of Liberty Magazine, and Bertoia Auction Prices have been updated.
 
September 1, 2001 - Recent additions to the public section of the web include: 1933 HOBBIES Magazine cover, 1940 Samuel Pryor photo, magazine articles from Spinning Wheel magazine —  Uncle Sam Bank (Nov. 1967) and Monkey and Coconut Bank (Dec. 1967), and Girl Skipping Rope patent paper images and text. Additions to member's only section include MBCA publications from 1997, 1965-1979 BY-LAWS, and History of MBCA presented by Edward Richards at our 1963 convention.
 
June 1, 2001 - A list of 1732 Mechanical Banks sold by Bertoia Auctions between October 1994 and May 2001 has been posted to the MBCA web. See Auction $ link at left under MBCA logo, or click here —>  A-C, D-H, I-O, P-Z, A-Z (250k). Condition is from catalog listing. Prices include buyer's premium. Information courtesy of MBCA member Bill Bertoia.
 
April 1, 2001 - By request, additional bank photos have been added to the web. They display randomly on the Home Page (changing every minute), have been indexed on Contents pages, and are available as a slide show changing every 60 seconds, or every 20 seconds.
 
January 24, 2001 - Chrysler Collection Sale brochure with prices from 1955 has been posted in the public section along with additional MBCA publications from 1996 in the MBCA "Member's-Only" section.
   
August 6, 2000 - Club publications from 1990 through 1995 have been added to the MBCA "Member's-Only". 
   
May 13, 2000 - Animated Bank Photos have been posted to the web. Thanks to Frank Kidd and the MBCA Archives, we've added more MBCA publications to the members section of our web — News Letters from March 1962 and December 1962, BANKERS from April 1980, August 1980, August 1981, December 1981, and December 1983, as well as 1982 Other Old Mechanical Banks containing information on and photos of 61 rarely seen banks. Members should check their December 1999 BANKER, or contact mbank@snet.net for the Login & Password.
   
March 4, 2000 - An index has been added to the members reference section. It contains 664 links to information on specific banks and bank related articles that are in the members area of our web (1960 through 1989 Bankers, etc).  The scrapbook contents pages contain an additional 1451 links to articles in the public section of our web.
   
February 4, 2000 - Added to the Scrapbook: Andrew Emerine 1939, 1946 & 1953, American Toys After 1850, Conn. Historical Society 1955, I.A. Long 1947, Chinese Coin Bank 1948.
   
December 4, 1999 - Over 500 pages of MBCA published material from the 60's & 70's are now available on-line in the members Reference section. Password information will be in the next BANKER, use the same User Name and Password for the members Chat area. Contact mbank@snet.net with any questions. Also new: Valuable Toys, Apr. '42, Calvacade of Toys, '42,  NY Sun, Apr. '46, LA Times, Sep. '49, Hertz/Haber Gradation Listing, '47, and Hobbies, Mar. '48.
- Over 150 pages of MBCA reference material from the 1960's have been posted to the restricted access Reference section. If you're a member of the MBCA, contact mbank@snet.net for the required Login and Password. Use the same Login and Password to access the new members only Chat area.
   
July 30, 1999 - Thanks to Aaron and Abby Schroeder, the words and audio of their ©Bless Us All song have been posted to this web site. Also posted this month was an article by Andrew Emerine  from Avocations, March ’38 and articles by Richard Lederer from Collectors Roundup, Oct. ’46, March ’47, and April ’47. - Pages from J. &. Stevens Co. factory catalogs were added to the Scrapbook section along with articles by Norman Sherwood in Avocations —  Dec. ’37,  Jan. ’38,  Feb. ’38,  March ’38,  April ’38,  May ’38,  June ’38,  Nov. ’38, and Dec. ’38. Other additions include articles from the New York Times, Farm Journal, and American German Review. Forum is available for use. Post your for sale, wanted, comments, questions, etc., and reply to messages left by others. References listed in the bibliography of John Meyer's handbook are being located and linked to the bibliography page from his handbook — check them out. Do you have material that could be posted on the MBCA site? Contact web@mechanicalbanks.org.
   
April 18, 1999 - Over 1000 files of scrapbook content have been posted to the site. Additional pages will be added and possibly a bulletin board or Forum along with a private area with information available only to MBCA members via a password published in the BANKER.
   
March 18, 1999 - www.mechanicalbanks.org first published to www.

James Cotten
Actor — May 15, 1905-February 6, 1994

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