Always Did 'Spise A Mule Antique Mechanical Bank

"Always Did 'Spise a Mule," another late nineteenth-century mechanical bank, portrays an African American boy riding a mule. When the player pushes a lever, the mule bucks, throwing the rider over its head onto a log on the ground and the coin is thus deposited in the bank -- sometimes missing the coin slot. This bank just went off on eBay at $850, and had much less paint than the one we are show... more

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$ 850

Always Did 'Spise A Mule Sitting Boy Mule Mechanical Bank

"Always Did 'Spise a Mule," another late nineteenth-century mechanical bank that portrays an African-American boy sitting on a bench and a mule facing him. Just below the bench is a slot for a coin. When the player pushes a lever near the mules hing legs, the mule bucks and whirls around which also at the same time releases the lever on the bench and the boy and the bench topple backwards -- of c... more

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