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References

Additional References are welcomed. A reference should include the full title, author(s) name(s), publisher information and date of publication. References should be sent to the Editor at mortfran@aol.com .

Andirons
Early American Andirons and Other Fireplace Accessories”, Henry J. Kauffman and Quentin H. Bowers, Thomas Nelson Inc., Nashville TN, 1974.

Banks
“The Mechanical Bank Collection of Stephen and Marilyn Steckbeck”,
Morphy Auctions, Denver, PA, 2007.

“Old Mechanical Banks”, Ina Hayward Bellows, Lightner Publishing Corporation, Chicago, 1940.

“Mechanical Toy Banks”, Louis H. Hertz, Mark Haber, Wethersfeld, CT, 1947.

“A Handbook of Old Mechanical Penny Banks”, John D. Meyer, Tyrone, PA, 1948. Updated by Jerry Freeman, Watkins Glen, PA, 1960.

“Mechanical Banks”, F. H. Griffith, 1972.

“Other Old Mechanical Banks”, Bernard Ellinghaus, Baltimore, MD, 1977.

“Old Iron Still Banks”, Hubert B. Whiting, Forward’s Color Productions Inc, Manchester, VT, 1968.

“Dictionary of Still Banks”, Earnest & Ida Long and Jane Pitman, Long’s Americana, Mokelumne Hill, CA, 1980

“The Penny Book – Collecting Still Banks”, Andy and Susan Moore, Schiffer Publishing Ltd, Atglen, PA, 1984

“The Bank Book – The Encyclopedia of Mechanical Bank Collecting”, Bill Norman, Accent Studios, San Diego, CA, 1984.

“Penny Lane – A History of Antique Mechanical Toy Banks”, Al Davidson, Long’s Americana, Mokelumne Hill, CA, 1987.

“The Architecture of Cast Iron Penny Banks”, Bettie Sommer & Don Duer, American Limited Editions, 1983.

“Registering Banks”, Robert L. McCumber, Glastonbury, CT, 1990.

“The Stanley P. Sax Collection”, Bill Bertoia Auctions, Vineland, NJ, 1998.

“Money in the Bank – The Katherine Kierland Herberger Collection”, Corine Wegener & Karal Ann Marling, The Minnesota Institute of Arts, 2006.

“Penny Banks – A History and a Handbook”, Carole Rogers, E.P. Dutton, New York, 1977.

“Money Boxes”, Constance Eileen King, Lutterworth Press, Surrey, England, 1983.

“Piggy Banks”, Savi Arbola & Marco Ovesti, Chronicle Books, San Francisco, 1992.

“A Penny Saved – Still and Mechanical Banks”, Don Duer, Schiffer Publishing Ltd, Atglen, PA, 1993.

“Penny Banks Around the World”, Don Duer, Schiffer Publishing Ltd, Atglen, PA, 1997.

“Official Price Guide to Mechanical Banks”, Dan Morphy, House of Collectibles, New York, 2007.

CD-ROM, “Toy Bank Related Patent Collection CD”, R. West, 2003. Available through www.gadgetsplace.com.

CD-ROM, “Mechanical Bank Magazine Articles”, Sy Schreckinger, 2005. Available from Mr. Schreckinger.


Bookends
“Collector’s Guide to Bookends”, Louis Kuritzky, Collector Books, Paducah, KY,1998.

“A Collector’s Guide to Cast Metal Bookends”, Gerald P. McBride, Schiffer, Atglen, PA. 1997.

“Bookend Review”, Robert Seecof, Donna Seecof, Louis Kuritzky, Schiffer, Atglen, PA. 1996.


Bottle Openers
“Figural Bottle Openers”, Donna Kitzmiller and Cyril Bush, FBOC, 1992.


Cap Guns and Bombs
“Cast Iron Toy Guns and Capshooters”, Samuel H. Logan and Charles W. Best, 1990.

“Cast Iron Toy Pistols 1870-1940 – A Collectors Guide”, Charles W. Best, Rocky Mountain Arms & Antiques, Englewood, CO, 1973.

“Cap Guns -With Values” James Dundas, Schiffer, Atglen, 1996.

“Toys That Shoot – With Values”, James Dundas, Schiffer, Atglen, 1998.


Doorstops
“The Doorstop Book - An Encyclopedia of Doorstop Collecting”, John and Nancy Smith, Schiffer, Atglen, PA. 2006. Available for purchase at  www.castirononline.com.

“ Doorstops: Identification and Values”, Jeanne Bertoia, Collector Books, Paducah, KY, 1985.

“Collecting Figural Doorstops”, Marilyn G. Hamburger and Beverly S. Lloyd, South Brunswick
and New York, A.S. Barnes and Company, London, Thomas Yoseloff Ltd., 1978.


General Interest

“Cast Iron from Europe 1800-1850”, Elisabeth Schumuttermeier and Derek E. Ostergard,
The Bard Graduation Center, NY, 1994.

“Hubley Metal Art Goods Price Guide”, Judy & Ron Rittenhouse, Lancaster, PA, 1996.

“Iron Art Co. ” Available from rusrich@sti.net

“Iron – Cast and Wrought Iron in Canada from the Seventeenth Century to the Present”, Eric Arthur and Thomas Ritchie, University of Toronto Press, 1982.

“Figurative Cast Iron – A Collector’s Guide”, Douglas Congdon-Martin, Schiffer, Atglen, PA. 1994.

“Antique Iron – Identification and Values”, Kathryn McNerny, Collector Books, Paducah, KY, 1984.

“Early American Ironware - Cast and Wrought”, Henry J. Kauffman, Weathervane Books, NY, 1966.

“Collecting Cast Iron”, Alex Ames. Moorland Publishing Co. Ltd., Derbyshire, England, 1980.

“Antique Iron”, Herbert, Peter, and Nancy Schiffer, Schiffer, Exton, PA. 1979.

“300 Years of Kitchen Collectibles”, Linda Campbell Franklin, Books America, Florence, Alabama, 1991.

“Treasury of American Design and Antiques – Two Volumes in One”, Clarence P. Horning, Harry Abrams Inc., NY, XXXX

“Fancy Figural and Unusual Seal Presses – Collector’s Guide”, Cox R. Crider, Don Grampp and Ron Gonty, 2009.


Hitching Posts 
“Horsing Around - 19th Century Cast Iron Hitching Posts – Collection of Phil and Bunny Savino”, Albany Institute of History & Art, 2008.


Inkwells
“Walter’s Inkwells of 1885, Book 1”, Leo G. Walter, Society of Inkwell Collectors Reprint, 1968.

“1892 Inkwells”, Tower Manufacturing & Novelty Co. 1892, Society of Inkwell Collectors Reprint, 1993.

“Collector’s Guide to Inkwells – Identification and Values”, Veldon Badders, Collectors Books, Two Volumes, 1995 and 1998.


Match Safes/Holders
“Match Holders – 100 Years of Ingenuity”, Dennis B. Alsford, Schiffer, Atglen PA, 1994.

“Antique American Wall Match Holders”, Betty W. Rimalover, Stonybrook Associates, Princeton Junction NJ, 1976.

“A History of Match Safes in the United States”, Audrey G. Sullivan, Riverside Press, Ft Lauderdale FL, 1978.

“Collectible Match Holders for Tabletops and Walls”, Jean & Franklin Hunting, Schiffer, Atglen PA, 1998.


Nutcrackers
“Ornamental and Figural Nutcrackers”, Judith A. Rittenhouse, Collector Books, Puducah, KY, 1993.

“The Art and Character of Nutcrackers”, Arlene Wagner, Collector Press Inc., Portland, OR, 2005.

“Nutcrackers”, Robert Mills, Shire Publications Ltd., Buckinghamshire, UK, 2001.

“Nutcrackers”, Paolo Fantoni, Milano, Italy, 1990.

“Nutcrackers – Shape and History”, Adolf Heidenreich, Käthe Wohlfahrt GmbH & CO. OHG, Rothenburg ob der Taber, Germany, 2003.

“American Nutcrackers – A Patent History and Value Guide”, James Rollband, Off Beat Books, Sunnyvale, CA, 1996


Windmill Weights
“Windmill Weights”, Milt Simpson, Johnson and Simpson, Newark, NJ, 1985.

 


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