Baseball and football cast iron game figures help
 

Looking for some help identifying 2 baseball and one football cast iron figures. Are they from a game or display of some type? Looks like a Pittsburgh Pirates and University of Chicago player? They measure 4" tall, good weight to them. Year ?

Hi-

I missed a box of about 6 of the football figures (some with different poses if I remember correctly) at an antique show in NH last year. They had the same paint yours do. I guessed they had come from a game but I am not sure. The dealer who had them used to set up at the National (vintage basketball was his specialty) and I think he sold the 6 for 100.00 total or so (maybe less). I am curious if anyone knows what these came from.

Alan

Seeing them again, I think yours are all football (like the ones I saw last year). I hope someone knows where they came from.

Alan

Found some information on this, mechanical football game figures. It appears they are various colors,teams. Thanks for the response.

The figures appear to originate from a Calamity football mechanical bank, as you posted, produced at the turn of the century by J & E Stevens. The bank has been reproduced, with originals extremely rare, selling in the tens of thousands of dollars range. I hope this information helps.

Is there a way for me to tell if the figures I have are original ? I purchased these on Cape Cod and they could be original if the mechanical bank originated in Connecticut.

there is NOTHING
 

to suggest they aren't real. I'll eat one if they aren't authentic. Cannot replicate that look or materials - no point to it if one could.

Thanks...