JEWELLERY, DECORATIVE & FINE ARTS AUCTION Tuesday, 25 November 2025 / 10:00 am start
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19thC American 'Tammany Bank' by CJ & E Stevens Co.,
Realised: $260 plus premium
Lot Details
with moveable arm and head. Not working and no base plate. Most original paint remains. On the right ‘Halls Pa’t. on the top back PAT DCDEC 23 1873. Note: The figure represented is William Marcy (Boss) Tweed (1823-78) who was the 'boss' of the Tammany General Committee which had complete power in New York City. He was jailed in 1873 for two years, released and again imprisoned, escaped to Cuba, then to Spain but was recaptured and died in jail. His dishonesty is commemorated in this bank where a coin falls into his pocket.
