Appraisal: Girl Skipping Rope Mechanical Bank, ca. 1890
Clip: Season 27 Episode 14 | 1m 2sVideo has Closed Captions
Appraisal: Girl Skipping Rope Mechanical Bank, ca. 1890
Watch Michael Bertoia appraise a girl skipping rope mechanical bank, ca. 1890, in Shelburne Museum, Hour 2.
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Appraisal: Girl Skipping Rope Mechanical Bank, ca. 1890
Clip: Season 27 Episode 14 | 1m 2sVideo has Closed Captions
Watch Michael Bertoia appraise a girl skipping rope mechanical bank, ca. 1890, in Shelburne Museum, Hour 2.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipGUEST: When I was younger, I would wind it up and watch the girl skip rope.
Unfortunately, one day, I think I overwound it.
GUEST: And I heard the spring break.
So, she doesn't skip.
APPRAISER: What we have here is a circa 1890 mechanical bank made by J. and E. Stevens.
Mechanical banks were produced to incentivize children to save money.
GUEST: (laughs softly) APPRAISER: The bank's official title is the "Girl Skipping Rope."
Could you demonstrate how it would work if we could wind it right now?
GUEST: If you would put the coin in here and it was wound, the rope would just go around and the little girl would go up and down.
APPRAISER: The paint is authentic on this piece, which is really coveted by collectors.
GUEST: Mm-hmm.
APPRAISER: At auction, the estimate on this bank would be about $10,000 to $15,000.
I would not be surprised if it brought more.
GUEST: Well, that's great.
APPRAISER: I do think it would be worthwhile to have a professional disassemble and repair the inner workings.
An internal repair like that would be a matter of a few hundred dollars.
I think it would increase the value a few thousand dollars.
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