Cast Iron bank - Ty Cobb?

[perezfan]

Originally Posted by todeen

Yeah, the cast iron batter is standing there holding the bat as a right handed hitter. I've usually thought the sellers are blowing smoke. But it's been this way for a few years now. Im wondering if it's domino effect, where someone clicked a button using a current / previous listing.

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Nah, it's been referred to as the "Ty Cobb Bank" for decades. Not a recent phenomenon at all. Even major auction houses have sold them under that name.

I agree that it's generic in nature (and bears very little resemblance to Cobb). But that's the moniker it was given many years ago, which somehow managed to stick and become the hobby norm.