If you are someone who is either a current collector of cast iron safe banks or just considering taking up that hobby, you really need to take note of a fantastic NEW BOOK just being released. It is titled "The Safe Bank Book" sub titled "Cast Iron Safe Banks made between 1870-1941" by Michael Holz. Cast iron safe bank collectors have needed a book like this, but until now it did not exist. The only publication dedicated to this subject was published in 1991 titled "Iron Safe Banks" by the Still Bank Collectors Club of America, compiled by Bob and Shirley Pierce for the club. But a lot has changed since 1991. The big change has been the internet, which has shown us a lot of new information including manufacturing history, availabliity, rarity, value, and previously unknown cast iron safe banks which have been uncovered. While the book has very interesting chapters on the manufacturers, catalogues, patents, and other ephemera, the real meat of the book for collectors is chapter 7, Catalogue of Cast Iron Safe Banks 1870 to 1941. It is here you can see beautiful full color plates of all of the currently known examples of cast iron safe banks. Each photo details the manufacturer(if known), its rarity based on a scale of "A" through "F", and its estimated range of value, based on what previous examples have sold for in its assigned rarity and condition. Think about being at an antique flea market and you run across a cast iron safe bank you have never seen before. So you take out your book and you look at the plates and find that example, and you will know if it is common or rare and its potential market value range. What an aid to collectors! This 272 page book is not only a great reference, but is of such a high quality in its production that it would make a great coffee table book as well. The book will pay for itself many times over by helping to guide you in your hunt and purchase of new examples for your collection. If you plan to be a serious cast iron safe bank collector, this info packed book is a must buy, as it will be the benchmark collectors will be using in the marketplace from now on.
While copies of the book will be available from several on line retailers starting in August 2018, a signed copy by the author can be ordered today directly from the author. He can be contacted thru his web site www.SafeBankCollector.com or by email at MBHOLZ@ZOOMINTERNET.NET. The cost is $73.00 and includes shipping to you anywhere in the United Staes. Overseas shipping is also available.
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