Cast Iron Mechanical Pig in High Chair Bank

This is a cast iron mechanical bank depicting a pig in a high chair.  You place a coin on the dish it is holding and press a lever in the back which tips the dish up so the coin goes into its mouth.  There is a metal disk in the bottom that lets you get the money out.  On the bottom it is stamped that it was patented in August 1897.  I Googled a description and got a web page from Bargain John Antiques in Nebraska where a duplicate item had sold for $1700, but he is not interested in purchasing this. 

This piece was in a closet among the belongings of my partner, who has died and I am heir and executor of his estate.  It was put away throughout the years I knew him so I had not seen it before and there's no story of where or how he got it, presumably from his grandmother who died in her 90s many decades ago.  

I live in a very small house - a lifestyle choice - and would like to see this sold to someone who will give it a place of enjoyment and respect.

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