A stunning hand made wooden toy that retails for $92 and worth every penny.

A fabulous update of the earlier and plainer version, this one is positively princesslike!

Wood Holgate

Cool shape sorter register. Very rare.

A vintage wooden bank. 

Not only is this very charming bank quite rare, but it includes a little prize cache on the side. As you can imagine, the prizes are always long gone, except in this wonderful example which sold for about $175

Side View

Close up of Prizes

Box Side View

Montgomery Ward 1966 Catalogue page showing Toy Cash Registers

This page features the Marx Bonus Bank, the Fisher Price Wooden cash register and two Tom Thumb registers. These catalogue pages are one of the only ways to date toy cash registers for sure.

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I love Pooh! Unfortunately this beauty is only available from one seller in the United Kingdom (so far) and they don't ship to the U.S. 

This item is the single most expensive cash register collectible I have seen.  Actual value is $500 to $600  as listed in 'Collectors Guide to Candy Containers' by Deszo, Poirier, and Poirier. I have seen this sell on eBay for well over $400!

More Information & the Patent for this fascinating  item

 
Nantasy Fantasy

Nantasy Fantasy is a company that makes high end miniatures. This highly detailed beauty retails for $190 and is about 2" high.

This is the only "kit" I've seen for putting a cash register together. This one is a United Kingdom miniature and beautifully detailed. The kit retails for around $30 but with postage from the U.K. plus having to put the darn thing together and paint it, I decided it would have to stay on my wish list.

Holly Hobby

Check out the detailed graphics on this character beauty. I'm guessing it's circa 1970's based on the button style. I've only seen two of these in over five years, and both were wildly overpriced. Probably those kooky Holly Hobby collectors.

Alternate design of the Holly Hobby. Design value here is much lower.

I lost the bid on this cutie because it was going well over $15 which I thought was ridiculous. It's cool because you can push the yellow bar on the cash register to make the prices change in the price window. An unusual trait because miniatures don't usually "work."

Another lost big fish on eBay. This is particularly interesting because it's a Christmas item. 

Vintage Lil Folks 

Children's story characters such as Humpty Dumpty are featured on the sides.. It's not that rare but sellers often start the bidding at $75 or more. I've seen it sell for $30-$50 quite often..

Shonk Lucky Four Leaf Clover Bank 

Shonk banks have a so so shape, but the tin lithography is just amazing! This one features four leaf clovers.

It's somewhat rare because of the beautiful lithography and also because it has an unauthorized drawing of Mickey Mouse on the back. It quite often sells for near $100.

Banks with tin lithography are not that rare, but this is a stunning example of art deco work. 

How cool! Unfortunately all those crazy lighter collectors beat me to the punch. I have never seen it since.

Tape Measure 

Another really unusual piece. Here again the crazy tape measure collectors beat me out for well over $200. I guess it's cool, but it's not THAT cool...

What a wonderfully unique idea! If I had any money left over after buying toy cash registers, I'd buy jewelry to put in this box.

Tin Mini

A lovely and detailed tin miniature. 

This is a one of a kind cast iron bank made by National, one of the premier cash register makers of this century. They wanted (and didn't get) $250 for it so I'm waiting for the price to go down.

This is an extremely rare bank attributed to JH Stevens according to the Auctioneers. It sold for over $400.

Uncommon circa 1890's J & E Stevens Company Cast Iron Still Bank, called the "Junior Cash" Bank. It measures 4 1/4" tall and 3 1/2" x 3" at the base. The trap for removing the money in the bank is accessed through a hinged panel on the front of the cash register (where the face of the register drawer would be located). Seller said it had a "Japanned" surface, which means its covered with a coat of hard, brilliant varnish, in the manner of the Japanese. Andy Moore's Penny Bank Book, 2000, estimates the value at $185.00.

This JH Stevens Junior bank isn't all that rare, but this painted version is. 

Beautifully detailed etching on the front make this a rare and special bank. 

This is a pattern kit for this little cash register, not unlike a needlepoint kit. Why anyone would make this item is beyond me however, and I am surely too lazy to make it myself.

Ben Franklin Gold Version

I have the Ben Franklin Musical version of this in silver, but I do think this rare gold version is very pretty. Finding it in mint condition is quite the challenge however. 

I don't generally collect dime banks, but I am a fan of Snow White. This is a rare one and often sells for quite a bit.