"Ty Cobb" Bank Questions

[aelefson]

Hi-

I recently picked up the baseball player bank pictured below that some people refer to as the Ty Cobb bank. I have some questions about mine. Is this the first version of the bank and original to circa 1910? Most of the ones I have seen have a large screw in the back but mine is hidden on the front and the back has a covered bolt type attachment. Mike H (RIP) said that this is the rarer of the two versions. Is that still generally agreed on?

Please share your own examples, especially of the front screw variety as I would love to see the different paints used. Any other information about this bank would be greatly appreciated.

Alan

[todeen]

I don't have anything to add, but I wanted to add mine in Cincinnati Reds colors (or close to it)

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[NiceDocter]

Cobb was a lefty hitter……. banks are a righty. But I agree it looks kinda Cobbish…..

[aelefson]

Thank you Tim! I like the colors on yours. Rocky, I agree and that is why I have his name in quotes. I never understood the connection but some folks refer to it by his name. I like baseball player bank better. Any other examples to show?

Alan

[ruth-gehrig]

Ive never owned one of these but think they are neat. Ive seen many over the years and thinking back on it now I do believe I've seen way less of your version Alan than the other one. Interesting they made 2 different versions. Attributed to A.C Williams toy company who was big into cast iron toys back in the day.

[ruth-gehrig]

Yours Alan i think is supposed to be slightly smaller than the other version correct?

[todeen]

I know I've seen different painted bodies on ebay. I can remember seeing a yellow jersey once, but on ebay this time I could only find blue and silver. There is another with the paint mostly removed, but the bat is red. Just based on that, it's easy to infer there were different variations available.

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[sayheykid54]

IMO there are clearly modeled after Ty Cobb. Obviously not authorized by Cobb but the rough facial features and wide grip on the bat indicate they were trying to emulate a Cobb likeness for the banks.

[ruth-gehrig]

I'm sure there are other color combos out there. This was a 2 min google search. Touch ups and repaints were not uncommon on old cast iron toys. I'll see if I can find out the actual color combos thru some AC Williams online research. Perhaps that info is lost to time.