Wild West Mechanical Bank

[Cambearing]

Greetings.

I was wondering if anyone can tell me the age & value of this mechanical "piggy" bank?  Or a direction to go in finding this info.

You cock back the gun and load a penny on top of it.  you then aim at the little cowboy with his back against the building.  You pull the trigger and shoot the penny into the building, knocking off the cowboy's hat and causing him to raise his arms in surrender.  
The name stamped on the bank says Wild West Bank, there is also a bull head embossed on the side just below the cowboy.  The label says "Friedrich, quality pays"

Thanks in advance for any help or suggestions.



 

[regularjoe2]

I did a quick on-line search , and discovered e-bay prices starting @ around $16.00 , going all the way up to $129.00 (elsewhere) .

These banks have got at least a couple of variants , many bearing the name of a U.S. banking institution .

Is yours from Duro Mold & Mfg. Co. , Detroit ?

[Cambearing]

I did a quick on-line search , and discovered e-bay prices starting @ around $16.00 , going all the way up to &129.00 (elsewhere) .

These banks have got at least a couple of variants , many bearing the name of a U.S. banking institution .

Is yours from Duro Mold & Mfg. Co. , Detroit ?

on the bottom there is the name Duro just above the keyhole, underneath the keyhole is "100".   I had googled it over and over to little avail, but I didn't think to check ebay, and googling wild west bank with Duro yeilded several more results.  Thanks for the your response and assistance.

[regularjoe2]

You betcha' , Cambearing .

Not too sure on the age , since I'm no expert on this type of item .

Happy hunting !

[syl]

This looks like the kind of thing banks gave away as promotions.

[regularjoe2]

It sure does , syl .

Did see a couple on-line that didn't have the 'longhorn' on the casting .