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Postby Midnight » Sat Apr 25, 2015 12:28 pm
Forgive me if there's another topic yet about this smurf, I didn't find it...

This is one of the 4 smurfs my wife brought from het parent's home 15 years ago when we started living together.
She doesn't remember where it came from ; her parents had a toy store earlier but as it is a promo smurf she (or her parents or one of her brothers) might as well got it as a present from a bank.

Before we really started collecting smurfs I was interested what kind of smurf this would be, and looked on the internet.
It was hard to find information about it :wink:

I posted a question about it on a forum and also contacted a collector.
First, when I heard about the value of it, I thought of selling it later.
Especially in the first period we started collecting smurfs ; I looked at the volksbank smurf bank and saw a bench of other smurfs that we could buy for this :shock:

On the fair last year I spoke with a few persons about it.
Some said : "well, it's worth 120 euros in the catalogue but I wonder if you would get that for it".
There was another person which sold it (but without the key) for 120 euros I heard.
I didn't see it myself, I guess it was sold before we were on the right place.

Anyway, I'm not interesting in selling it anymore.
But when I look for smurfs on the internet I never see it for sale and wonder if it's such a rarity?
When I visit websites from other collectors I usually look in their collection and (untill now) never found it.
I wonder if there is anyone else here with the smurf bank?
Also if there are differences.

Our bank has no markings at all.
I wonder why there is no marking of Volksbank or other markings.
In the catalogue I noticed the key is originally attached on the top of the bank ; would that be an elastic string or either a "cord"?
On what occasion or with which product the Volksbank gave this smurf bank to people?

A lot of questions LOL

Greetings from little Belgian smurfette :-D

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Postby Midnight » Wed May 13, 2015 4:03 pm
Nobody...? :-?
Then I suppose I have the only Smurf Bank from Volksbank on earth :-D
Postby Arno » Thu May 14, 2015 2:26 am
Hi, I saw this smurf many times on ebay.de, more often with the small smurf ; I think the last one had a pink rope but I am not sure it was original !?
You can read some information about him in the topic "20029 Coin" :
http://bluecavern.com/forum/viewtopic.p ... ilit=20029
and make the difference between this one and the one with print on the head (VobaRaiba).
But anyway you own a valuable piece of collection.
Postby Midnight » Thu May 14, 2015 6:03 am
Hi, I saw this smurf many times on ebay.de, more often with the small smurf ; I think the last one had a pink rope but I am not sure it was original !?
You can read some information about him in the topic "20029 Coin" :
http://bluecavern.com/forum/viewtopic.p ... ilit=20029
and make the difference between this one and the one with print on the head (VobaRaiba).
But anyway you own a valuable piece of collection.
Thank you for the link Arno :D

Is it the one with the smurf laying on the bank you saw on ebay.de? Or standing on the bank?
I remember a time ago I saw the one with the laying smurf on ebay.

It seems the smurf on the bank never has a marking on head.
Postby Arno » Thu May 14, 2015 10:55 am
I don't know if the link still works :
http://www.ebay.de/itm/Geldschlumpf-auf ... true&rt=nc

If not, I can post a picture from this ad from ebay

Here another, like yours, sold for 54 euros, so that you can have an idea of the actual value :
http://www.ebay.de/itm/Rarer-Geldschlum ... true&rt=nc
Postby Midnight » Thu May 14, 2015 4:26 pm
I don't know if the link still works :
http://www.ebay.de/itm/Geldschlumpf-auf ... true&rt=nc

If not, I can post a picture from this ad from ebay

Here another, like yours, sold for 54 euros, so that you can have an idea of the actual value :
http://www.ebay.de/itm/Rarer-Geldschlum ... true&rt=nc
Yes the links work, thanks :D

It's special, the first one with the purple chain. I never saw it before.
Seems like it isn't sold or for sale anymore.

The second one is a lot under the actual value :shock:
At the fair this year I heard there was one for sale for 120 euros.
Maybe it's because the key is missing.
It's a pitty they didn't mention the correct name (I mean like in the catalogue) of the smurf.

But interesting to know when you're looking for this one that search terms like "geldschlumpf, money smurf, etc..." can bring you to the smurf bank :cheers:

I hope to find more information about this one, so if there is anyone who knows more feel free to share ;)
Also pictures of other ones are interesting.
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