EXHIBIT 23.5
  
  
  
 May 11, 1998 
  
  
  
 Board of Directors 
 The Coleman Company, Inc. 
 625 Madison Avenue 
 New York, NY  10022 
  
  
  
 Members of the Board: 
  
 We hereby consent to the inclusion of (i) our opinion letter, dated
 February 27, 1998, to the Board of Directors of The Coleman Company, Inc.
 (the "Company") as Annex II of the Information Statement/Prospectus
 contained in the Registration Statement of Sunbeam Corporation on Form S-4
 (the "Registration Statement") relating to the proposed merger involving
 the Company and Sunbeam Corporation, and (ii) references made to our firm
 and such opinion in the Registration Statement on the inside front cover of
 the Information Statement/Prospectus and under the captions entitled
 "SUMMARY - The Merger - Opinion of Coleman's Financial Advisor," "SPECIAL
 FACTORS - Background of the Merger," "SPECIAL FACTORS - Coleman's Reasons
 for the Coleman Merger and Approval of the Old Coleman Board of Directors,"
 "SPECIAL FACTORS - Opinion of Financial Advisor to Coleman" and "SPECIAL
 FACTORS - Position of Sunbeam on the Fairness of the Coleman Merger."  In
 giving such consent, we do not admit that we come within the category of
 persons whose consent is required under, nor do we admit that we are
 "experts" for purposes of, the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the
 rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. 
  
  
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