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Bull Bank - Wall Street
Item#VS983
Price: $59.95
IN STOCK
If order in by 2PM, we try to ship same day M-F.
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This may be the most famous bull in the world. Many who work on Wall Street, walk by him every day. It is thought as a Wall Street good luck charm. Here's the story of the bull.
Bowling Green, North America's oldest park, used initially as a cattle market, gets its name because the first Dutch settlers used it for lawn bowling. It's a pleasant place with a small patch of green with benches, flowers and a round fountain, to have a sandwich and rest your feet. Just north of Bowling Green you'll see a massive bronze statue of a bull (7,000-pounds!) that appeared unexpectedly at that location December 1989. The work of a struggling New York sculptor, Arturo DeModica, who placed it there without permission. It originally raised the ire of the city government. But they never removed the statue, and today it has become an accepted landmark. Charging Bull is visited by numerous tourists every year and often touched by stock market investors for good luck. Click
here to read the story behind the bowling green bull.
This bull bank features a rich pewter color and has been electroplated so that it will never lose its luster. Let the steely resolve of this bull help you stow money away for whatever you like.
The dimensions are 11"L by 7"W by 7"H.
