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United States 1877 4% Loan of 1907 $50 Consols Coupon Bond Hessler X166I.
Auction 3594
| Lot: 22208 | Jan 12, 2024
Sold For:
$28,800.00
Walt Disney - Walt Disney Incorporated
(California)
This 50 share certificate is issued to and signed on the stub
Walter E. Disney.
There is a litho vignette of an eagle at top and the certificate is printed in green and black. Disney is famed for his role in the movie industry as an icon of wholesome family entertainment and for his creation of the theme parks which bear his name. Disney signed certificates are quite elusive. We are aware of a similar example which recently sold at auction in excess of $25,000. This is a rare opportunity to acquire a hallmark piece to distinguish your collection. Light cancellation marks in red pencil.
New.
Auction 322
| Lot: 25025 | May 3, 2003
Sold For:
$16,962.50
Serial Number A1 John D. Rockefeller Signed Standard Oil Trust Stock Certificate. 100 Shares April 5, 1882. PMG Choice Very Fine 35 Net.
Auction 3598
| Lot: 21783 | May 2, 2025
Sold For:
$9,900.00
Make Offer to Owner
$14,850 or more
Fourth Liberty Loan 4 1/4% Gold Bond of 1933-1938 $1,000 Oct. 24, 1918 PMG Very Fine 25.
Auction 3594
| Lot: 22209 | Jan 12, 2024
Sold For:
$9,600.00
United States - Acts of July 17th and August 5th, 1861 $1000 6% Registered Bond. Hessler X130D. Issued and Redeemed. PCGS About New 53.
Auction 3583
| Lot: 20021 | Jun 24, 2021
Sold For:
$9,600.00
United States - 2-1/2% Treasury Bond of 1963 Due August 15, 1963 $100,000 December 15, 1954 PMG Choice Uncirculated 64
Auction 3583
| Lot: 20211 | Jun 24, 2021
Sold For:
$9,000.00
Loans of July and August 1861 $10,000 Registered Bond 18__ Hessler X128F Face and Back Proofs.
(Total: 2 items)
Auction 3594
| Lot: 21643 | Jan 12, 2024
Sold For:
$5,280.00
$1,000 Loan of 1860 5% Coupon Bond Hessler X123C Remainder PMG About Uncirculated 53.
Auction 3594
| Lot: 21642 | Jan 12, 2024
Sold For:
$4,800.00
$1,000 United States Bearer Bond.
Issued on September 15, 1943, with a due date of December 15, 1969, this $1,000 bond is, according to the Treasury Department, fully redeemable at $1,237.50 with the interest clock having stopped on December 15, 1969. The bond has 19 coupons remaining, and is clean, brightly colored, and very attractive. Its only problems are one body fold, a few corner folds, and a minor paper clip rust stain. The left edge appears to have been hand cut by scissors, as it is slightly irregular although well clear of all design and border elements. The bond itself, as well as all the coupons, bear Lincoln portraits, and the back is adorned by an unusual view of the U.S. Capital building, a large fasces, and a heraldic eagle. Likely one of the very few unredeemed examples, its numismatic value should far exceed its redemption value.
Auction 322
| Lot: 25230 | May 3, 2003
Sold For:
$4,485.00
(First) Liberty Loan of 1917 3 1/2% Bond of 1932-1947 $100 June 15, 1917 PMG Extremely Fine 40.
Auction 3598
| Lot: 20129 | May 2, 2025
Sold For:
$4,080.00
Henry Phipps - United States Steel Corporation
A $5,000 gold bond issued to and signed on the verso by
Henry Phipps.
Phipps was a neighbor and childhood friend of Andrew Carnegie, with whom he joined forces immediately after the Civil War. His major contribution to the Carnegie empire was his natural cautiousness, which resulted in the Carnegie interests steering a prudent financial course during the last half of the 19th century. After his retirement in 1901 Phipps devoted himself to his philanthropic interests. Punch cancelled.
Very Fine.
Auction 322
| Lot: 25076 | May 3, 2003
Sold For:
$3,450.00
Make Offer to Owner
$5,175 or more
$20 Spanish-American War 3% Coupon Bond of 1898 Hessler X188G PCGS Very Fine 35 Apparent.
Auction 3594
| Lot: 21644 | Jan 12, 2024
Sold For:
$3,360.00
Five-Twenty of 1862 6% Second Series Registered Bond $1,000 18__ Hessler X131D Archival Remainder PMG Choice Very Fine 35.
Auction 3598
| Lot: 20127 | May 2, 2025
Sold For:
$3,120.00
John D. Rockefeller and H(enry) M. Flagler Signed Standard Oil Company Stock Certificate Issued to Charles Lockhart 381 Shares Nov. 15, 1878 PMG Choice Very Fine 35, pen cancelled
Auction 3594
| Lot: 21645 | Jan 12, 2024
Sold For:
$3,120.00
Thomas Edison - Land Conveyance - Edison Lamp Company to Edison General Electric Company
Thomas Edison,
in addition to being a prolific inventor and scientific innovator, made every effort to capitalize on the commercial possibilities of his inventions. The offered document conveys lands in Jersey City, NJ from one Edison enterprise to another and is signed by
Thomas Edison
as President of the Edison Lamp Company.
The Edison Lamp Company began manufacturing lamps during the summer of 1880. It later merged with other Edison companies in 1889 to become the Edison General Electric Company.
The Edison General Electric Company was formed in 1889 as a consolidation of a number of other Edison ventures, including the Edison Lamp Company. In 1892 the Edison General Electric Company would merge with the Thomson-Houston Company to become today's General Electric. An attractive piece with the actual signature of one of the great scientific geniuses in American industrial history. There are professional repairs, quite difficult to detect, along a central split of this four page document.
Very Fine.
Auction 322
| Lot: 25030 | May 3, 2003
Sold For:
$2,530.00
Thomas A. Edison Signed The New York Central and Hudson River Railroad Company $5,000 Bond. PMG Choice Extremely Fine 45.
Auction 3598
| Lot: 21784 | May 2, 2025
Sold For:
$2,280.00
John D. Rockefeller - Standard Oil Trust
(New York)
A 500 share certificate from 1883 issued to and signed on the verso by Mills was an early California banker who founded the Bank of D.O. Mills & Co. His son, Ogden Mills, leased land to the City of San Francisco for what was then called Mills Field and is today known as San Francisco International Airport. In addition to the signatures of Mills and
John D. Rockefeller,
who signs as President, this certificate is signed by
Henry Flagler
as Secretary and
Jabez A. Bostwick
as Treasurer. In addition to his role in Standard Oil, Flagler was also an important railroading figure and an early Florida land developer. Bostwick died in office as Treasurer of the Standard Oil Trust in 1892 under tragic circumstances. When a fire broke out in a barn owned by him he hurried to the scene and took part personally in extinguishing the flames, suffering a heart attack in the process. This is truly a fantastic association of four prominent individuals in the industrial and financial growth of the United States all signing a single certificate.
Extremely Fine.
Auction 322
| Lot: 25082 | May 3, 2003
Sold For:
$2,070.00
(First) Liberty Loan of 1917 3 1/2% Bond of 1932-1947 $50 June 15, 1917 PMG Choice Very Fine 35.
Auction 3598
| Lot: 20128 | May 2, 2025
Sold For:
$2,040.00
Make Offer to Owner
$3,060 or more
$10,000 Series HH Savings Bond Issued May 1995 to Cleveland, OH Address Schwan 328 PMG Choice Uncirculated 64 EPQ.
Auction 3594
| Lot: 21641 | Jan 12, 2024
Sold For:
$1,800.00
Selma, Marion & Memphis Railroad Co. 1869 Bond.
First Mortgage 8% Bond, signed by Nathan Bedford Forrest twice, as president and on the verso as trustee. Forrest was a Confederate cavalry leader who attained the rank of lieutenant general in the Confederate Army, and after the war was involved in various business enterprises including this railroad. The bond grades
Very Fine
overall, with some light staining and a couple of small fold junction holes, but it has an excellent overall appearance. A bond of great historical interest.
Auction 362
| Lot: 15644 | Jan 15, 2005
Sold For:
$1,610.00
United States - Act of January 28, 1847 $1000 6% "United States Loan of 1847" Registered Bond. Hessler X116F. Remainder. Uncertified. Impaired Fine.
Auction 3583
| Lot: 20496 | Jun 25, 2021
Sold For:
$1,560.00
Don Sosimo de Medici II - Document signed March 20, 1608
Don Sosimi de Medici II ascended to the throne upon his father's death in 1609. After a bout with fever in 1615 his health deteriorated and he died in 1620. There is a raised seal at bottom center. Some staining at lower right and along the border. The very scarce signature remains bold and dark and the document is overall in
Fine
condition. An opportunity to acquire a piece signed by a powerful figure in Italian history.
Auction 322
| Lot: 25024 | May 3, 2003
Sold For:
$1,178.75
Charles Crocker - Central Pacific Rail Road
(California)
A scarce legal size deed in four pages signed on page 2 by
Charles Crocker
. He was one of the principals in the construction of the Central Pacific Rail Road, controlling the actual construction aspects of the project, leaving the administration to his partners C.P. Huntington, Mark Hopkins and Leland Stanford. Living alongside construction workers in their camps, he held a tight reign on the daily activities and progress of the road's construction. Following his success with the Central Pacific project he built a home in San Francisco for $1.5 million, which was destroyed in the earthquake and fire of 1906. Upon his death in 1888 his fortune was estimated at $40 million. Crocker material is of great significance in both California and railroad history and is quite scarce. An embossed gold seal is at lower left on page 1.
Extremely Fine.
Auction 322
| Lot: 25022 | May 3, 2003
Sold For:
$1,150.00
Savings Bond Purchase Certificate.
Made out to the same young lass as the Disney certificate above, but this is one we've never seen before. It is a GPO product in the same format as the Disney certificates, but this one features Al Capp Lil' Abner cartoons highlighting Schmoos. Schmoos rose nearly to the level of a craze among young people in the post-War years. This cataloger had a set of plastic Schmoos nested together in varying sizes from about five inches to the inside tiny Schmoos about 1/4" high. The Schmoos on this certificate are pushing Thrift, Loyalty, Trust, Truth, Duty, and other patriotic endeavors, all in typical colorful Al Capp style. Undoubtedly rare, attractive and collectible.
Auction 322
| Lot: 25254 | May 3, 2003
Sold For:
$1,150.00
United States - Act of April 4, 1917 "First Liberty Loan of 1917" $50 3 1/2% Bond of 1932-1947 June 15, 1917. Issued. Uncertified. Fine to Very Fine.
Auction 3583
| Lot: 20208 | Jun 24, 2021
Sold For:
$990.00
United States - Acts of September 24, 1917, amended April 4, 1918 "Third Liberty Loan" $50 4 1/4% Gold Bond of 1928 May 9, 1918. Issued. Uncertified. Very Fine.
Auction 3583
| Lot: 20209 | Jun 24, 2021
Sold For:
$990.00
Franklin D. Roosevelt - Typed Letter Signed
A three page letter written during Roosevelt's tenure as Governor of New York State to Governor Ralph O. Brewster of Maine dealing with the general subject of the collection of economic statistics, a subject which would come very much to the forefront only months later with the stock market crash and ensuing depression. On the Governor's official letterhead with a gold embossed state seal at top center.
Extremely Fine.
Auction 329
| Lot: 10 | Sep 27, 2003
Sold For:
$920.00
Highly Unusual B.E.P. Produced Oversized Stock Certificate.
The largest B.E.P. produced item that we have seen, this elaborately engraved certificate measures 18" x 24" and is printed on what appears to be India paper mounted on card. It is an actual stock certificate for 25 shares of capital stock in the Centennial Board of Finance, which raised funds for the 1876 Centennial Exhibition. This stock was issued to John Muller, and was signed on November 4, 1876 by the Treasurer and President of the Board. The large vignettes around the elaborate border are a mixture of familiar ones that we've seen on currency and others that were apparently prepared for this purpose only, as we have never seen them before. Framed in a relatively modern frame without glass. Properly reframed and matted, this would make a unique display item.
Auction 322
| Lot: 25273 | May 3, 2003
Sold For:
$920.00
Atchison & Pikes Peak Railroad Company and Telegraph Line Central Branch Union Pacific
(Kansas)
An unissued 1865 $1000 Gold Bond with a steam locomotive vignette at center and Liberty in the upper corners. Black. Red overprint. The first 40 miles of this line were constructed by the Atchison & Pikes Peak Railway Company, which was incorporated February 11, 1859. After the initial 40 miles were completed the name of the corporation was changed in 1867 to Central Branch Union Pacific Rail Road Company, under which name an additional 60 miles were built. An extremely rare certificate. Unissued and punch cancelled with some separations at fold intersections.
Fine.
Auction 322
| Lot: 25177 | May 3, 2003
Sold For:
$900.00
Fernando de Medici - Document signed March 6, 1602
De Medici was a significant figure in Italian and European history, holding office in the Church as a Cardinal. There is some slight staining and foxing and the document is an attractive
Fine-Very Fine
overall.
Auction 322
| Lot: 25023 | May 3, 2003
Sold For:
$862.50
A 163 Piece Stock Certificate Collection
A collection where all the work has already been done. Included in the 163 pieces are certificates from railroads, tobacco, mining, finance as well as other topical collecting areas. Most of the certificates portray engraved theme vignettes and are in
Fine
or better condition. A wonderful group for trading. Please examine these items carefully as there will be no returns for any reason. (Total: 163 items)
Auction 322
| Lot: 25280 | May 3, 2003
Sold For:
$862.50
Cuba - Compania del Ferro Caril de la Bahia de la Habana a Matanzas
A 1859 dated stock certificate for 500 pesos with a hi...
Auction 33101
| Lot: 21070 | Oct 15, 2003
Sold For:
$833.75
Supreme Court Justice Joseph Story Signed Check
This check, drawn on the Bank of the United States, is made for $36.71 on October 23, 1839 and is cleanly signed in black by
Joseph Story,
who served as an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court from his appointment in 1811 by President Madison until his death. Story holds the distinction of being the youngest person ever appointed to the Supreme Court, being nominated by President Madison when he was 32. During his tenure both John Marshall and Roger Brooke Taney held the office of Chief Justice. Story is remembered today also for his series of legal commentaries which helped shape the direction of American legal scholarship and thinking during the 19th century. The check has a repaired tear at upper right and is backed to another sheet of paper. Overall it is an attractive
Fine
and quite nice looking for our conservative grade.
Auction 322
| Lot: 25090 | May 3, 2003
Sold For:
$747.50
United States - Acts of September 24, 1917, amended April 4, 1918 $50 "Fourth Liberty Loan " 4 1/4% Gold Bond of 1933-1938 Oct. 24, 1918. Issued. PMG Very Fine 25.
Auction 3583
| Lot: 20831 | Jun 25, 2021
Sold For:
$630.00
United States - Acts of September 24, 1917, amended April 4, 1918 "Fourth Liberty Loan " $50 4 1/4% Gold Bond of 1933-1938 October 24, 1918. Issued. Uncertified. Choice Very Fine.
Auction 3583
| Lot: 20210 | Jun 24, 2021
Sold For:
$600.00
Revolutionary War Financial Document - January 22, 1777
A bond undertaken by Samuel Hoyt and Divian Berry in the amount of Two Thousand Pounds to raise a company in the Continental Battalion. A
Very Fine
piece of Revolutionary War financial history issued during a period when the American forces were struggling to build an army.
Auction 329
| Lot: 2 | Sep 27, 2003
Sold For:
$575.00
Atlantic & Great Western Rail Road Company
(Ohio)
Issued for four shares in 1863. Black on white. A highly graphic multi-vignetted certificate depicting the Ohio state seal flanked by seated figures at top center, a blacksmith at right, a woman at left and a map of Ohio below. An exceptionally beautiful certificate design and quite difficult to locate. Uncancelled.
Extremely Fine.
Auction 322
| Lot: 25178 | May 3, 2003
Sold For:
$575.00
Titanic Autographed Prints
A group of five color prints, all identical, of the
Titanic,
which struck an iceberg on the night of April 15, 1912 on its maiden voyage and sank in roughly 2 1/2 hours with the loss of 1500 souls. These attractive color lithographs are by noted maritime artist
S.N. Fisher,
who has signed each print at lower right. Also signing at lower left is
Millvina Dean,
the youngest of the
Titanic
survivors. She was six weeks old at the time of the disaster. Ms. Dean is now 91. Her father, Bertram, died in the disaster, but her mother, Georgetta and her older brother Bertram, Jr. were placed in a life boat and survived.
New.
(Total: 5 items)
Auction 322
| Lot: 25009 | May 3, 2003
Sold For:
$552.00
Make Offer to Owner
$828 or more
Oakes Ames - Cedar Rapids and Missouri River Rail Road Company
(Iowa)
A 1868 dated certificate in purple for 240 shares. Lithographed with multiple vignettes depicting steam locomotives and a portrait of John Blair. Attached revenue stamp. Issued to and signed on the verso by
Oakes Ames.
Ames was intimately involved with his brother Oliver in the Credit Mobilier scandal, which reached as high as the Vice Presidency of the United States. Numerous politicians received gifts of stock from the promoters of the Credit Mobilier and Ames came under intense scrutiny from a Congressional investigating committee. The Credit Mobilier came to symbolize the more unscrupulous methods used to finance railroad building that became the normal practice during the period 1860-1880. This
Very Fine
example has pen and punch cancellations not affecting Ames' fresh, clear signature.
Auction 322
| Lot: 25012 | May 3, 2003
Sold For:
$546.25
United States - Acts of September 24, 1917, amended April 4, 1918 "Fourth Liberty Loan " $50 4 1/4% Gold Bond of 1933-1938 October 24, 1918. Issued. Uncertified. Choice Very Fine.
Auction 3583
| Lot: 20832 | Jun 25, 2021
Sold For:
$504.00
Compagnie de Colonisation Americaine
(Paris, France)
A 1820 dated one share certificate for 100 acres. Printed in France. A large certificate in black and white measuring 13 3/4" x 18". The early part of the 19th century brought a number of European speculators to America in hopes of buying land for development and promotion to potential immigrants. This company was one such attempt and controlled a vast tract of land of almost 2 million acres in Virginia and Kentucky. While dividends were to be paid, all the dividend coupons remain attached, suggesting that the venture failed to meet the subscribers' expectations. An interesting early certificate related to the settlement and expansion of the United States. There are a few tiny holes. Uncancelled.
Extremely Fine.
Auction 322
| Lot: 25007 | May 3, 2003
Sold For:
$488.75
Thomas McKean, Signer of the Declaration of Independence Signs a Pay Order for a Presidential Elector
Offered here is a ...
Auction 33081
| Lot: 22074 | Aug 15, 2003
Sold For:
$471.50
John W. Young - Son of Brigham Young - Utah Western Railway Company
(Utah Territory)
A 1889 dated $1000 bond bearing 6% in...
Auction 33081
| Lot: 22079 | Aug 15, 2003
Sold For:
$471.50
William Rockefeller - Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Rail Road Company
(Illinois and Iowa)
A 1877 dated $5000 bond in black and brown. Issued to and signed on the verso by
William Rockefeller
. William (1841-1922) was a brother of John D. Rockefeller and an original partner and founder of the Standard Oil Company. In the early 1870's he played an important role in settling the battles between the refiners' combinations and crude oil producers. During this time he formed close alliances with many of the East's most important oil men, such as Henry H. Rogers and Charles Pratt, eventually bringing them into Standard Oil. He was a trustee of the Standard Oil Trust until its dissolution in 1890. Upon his death in 1922 he left a fortune estimated at between $150 million and $200 million. A scarce bond both issued to and signed by
William Rockefeller.
Stamp and punch cancellations do not affect his signature.
Extremely Fine.
Auction 322
| Lot: 25081 | May 3, 2003
Sold For:
$460.00
Rockwell Kent
(New York)
A highly unusual certificate issued by American artist and illustrator Rockwell Kent to finance his artistic endeavors. Kent was born in Tarrytown, NY in 1897 and worked in multiple media, including oil, water color, pen and ink, wood block and lithography. He traveled widely and was involved with progressive social causes, his involvement with such leftist activities leading to periods of controversy in his life. Unissued.
New
but for a small tear at upper center
Auction 322
| Lot: 25262 | May 3, 2003
Sold For:
$460.00
Washington A. Roebling - United New Jersey Rail Road and Canal Company
(New Jersey)
A 1894 certificate for 50 shares issued to and signed on the verso by
Washington A. Roebling.
Roebling was an industrialist and chief engineer on the Brooklyn Bridge project, succeeding his father, John A. Roebling just as its construction began. Light punch cancellations do not affect his signature.
Extremely Fine.
Auction 322
| Lot: 25083 | May 3, 2003
Sold For:
$431.25
Empire Sewing Machine Company
(New York)
A 1869 dated certificate with a different vignette than that of the other certificate offered here on the same company. A treadle sewing machine is depicted at upper left. Lithographed by Henry Siebert & Bros. Uncancelled.
Fine
Auction 322
| Lot: 25258 | May 3, 2003
Sold For:
$420.00
Make Offer to Owner
$630 or more
State of Ohio Canal Stock
A 1845 $4000 bond bearing 6% interest. Multiple vignettes depicting an eagle and allegorical figures. Diamond shaped hole cancellation at center.
Very Fine
Auction 322
| Lot: 25003 | May 3, 2003
Sold For:
$414.00
Duesenberg Automobile & Motors Co., Inc.
(Delaware)
A 1923 certificate for 2 1/2 shares in an automotive company which to ...
Auction 33082
| Lot: 22119 | Aug 30, 2003
Sold For:
$391.00
Jack London - Signed Check
London was a famed author who published roughly 50 volumes of short stories, novels, plays and essays. His best known works are
The Call of the Wild, White Fang
and
Sea Wolf.
This 1911 dated check bears London's black signature at lower right.
Extremely Fine.
Auction 322
| Lot: 25058 | May 3, 2003
Sold For:
$379.50
Pacific Rail Road Bond
(California)
A $1000 bond bearing 7% interest in orange and black. Issued in 1865. The central vign...
Auction 33101
| Lot: 21059 | Oct 15, 2003
Sold For:
$379.50
Oliver Wolcott, Signer of the Declaration of Independence Signs a Document
This one page document from August of 1780 is an order to the State of Connecticut to pay Wolcott for serving on the Superior Court.
Oliver Wolcott
was a signer of the Declaration of Independence from Connecticut and served as Secretary of the Treasury from 1795-1800. His life was not without controversy. In 1800 his political adversaries accused him of setting fire to the State Department. He resigned his cabinet position in protest over the accusation and ensuing investigation. He later served as Governor of Connecticut from 1817-1827. Wolcott died in 1833 and is buried at East Cemetery in Litchfield, Connecticut.
"To my attending as an Assistant Judge the Superior Court held at Litchfield Aug. 1780 Two Days at the request of the Chief Judge of said Court.
Wolcott signs below and then writes further:
"To John Lawrence, Esq. State Treasurer. Sir, Pay out of your Treasury to Oliver Wolcott Esqr. Thirty four shillings lawfull money for the service mentioned in the above account.
A
Very Fine
example of a document signed by this historically important American.
Auction 322
| Lot: 25100 | May 3, 2003
Sold For:
$373.75
Cedar Rapids and Missouri Rail Road Company
(Iowa)
A certificate for 100 shares issued in 1867 to
Oakes Ames,
a principal in the Credit Mobilier Scandal, although not signed by him. The certificate is signed by
John I. Blair
as President. Blair was a capitalist and later in life a philanthropist who founded the Wall Street firm John I. Blair and Company. He died leaving a fortune estimated at $70 million. Blair joined with Oakes Ames and others to secure the charter for the historic Union Pacific Railroad and personally participated in the construction of the first 100 miles of track Westward from Omaha. This certificate is a fine association of these two important railroad builders. There is an attached revenue stamp at right. Glue remnants from a detached transfer certificate at left.
Very Fine.
Auction 322
| Lot: 25185 | May 3, 2003
Sold For:
$333.50
Jay Gould - Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway
(Texas)
This 100 share certificate was issued in 1880 to
Jay Gould
and ...
Auction 33081
| Lot: 22069 | Aug 15, 2003
Sold For:
$322.00
Oliver Ellsworth - Signed Paynote
Oliver Ellsworth
was a Revolutionary War patriot who later served as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and was a Senator from Connecticut during the period 1789-1796. The offered document is a paynote in
Very Fine
condition for three hundred sixty pounds to Captain Joseph Mansfield for the raising of a company in the Connecticut battalion. The
Ellsworth
signature is clear and dark in black ink.
Auction 329
| Lot: 1 | Sep 27, 2003
Sold For:
$299.00
LaCrosse and Milwaukee Rail Road Company
(Wisconsin)
An 1857 certificate for one share with a vignette of farmers working at center and a steam locomotive at left.
Fine
, with some margin splits and separations at folds. An extremely scarce early Wisconsin rail bearing the autographed signature of
Byron Kilbourn
, one of the founders of Milwaukee, as President. Kilbourn originally settled Kilbourntown on the West bank of the Milwaukee River, one of three early settlements which would later grow to become Milwaukee.
Auction 322
| Lot: 25196 | May 3, 2003
Sold For:
$299.00
Port Huron and Milwaukee Railway Company
(Michigan)
A 1856 bond for 200 Pounds Sterling bearing 7% interest. There is a vignette of the Michigan state seal flanked by Liberty and Commerce at top center and a steam locomotive at bottom center. Coupons attached. Bonds denominated in foreign currencies demonstrate that the capital appetites of the growing railroad industry in the United States could not be entirely met from domestic resources. Uncancelled. A very scarce Michigan bond.
Extremely Fine.
Auction 322
| Lot: 25216 | May 3, 2003
Sold For:
$299.00
Make Offer to Owner
$459 or more
David Dunbar Buick - Buick Oil Company
(California)
This certificate for 20 shares is dated 1912 and signed as company Pr...
Auction 33081
| Lot: 22058 | Aug 15, 2003
Sold For:
$299.00
Compagnie des Installations Maritimes de Bruges
(Belgium)
A lot of five multi color certificates from 1904. This company managed port operations through government charters and is the rough equivalent of the port authorities which exist in the United States today. From the standpoint of sheer beauty, this is one of the most attractive certificates offered in this sale. There are punch cancellations through the officers' signatures, otherwise
New.
(Total: 5 items)
Auction 322
| Lot: 25241 | May 3, 2003
Sold For:
$287.50
Oliver Ellsworth - Revolutionary War Pay Order
This pay order is signed by future Supreme Court Chief Justice
Oliver Ellsworth
in his earlier capacity as a member of the Connecticut Pay Table Committee. It is dated April 10, 1776 and directed to John Lawrence, Treasurer. It reads:
"Sir:
Pay Mr. Joseph Smith Five Pounds Nineteen Shillings & eight pence for getting home from the Northern Army his Son a Sick Soldier of Connt. Troops...."
Oliver Ellsworth
was an important figure in the early history of the United States. He served as a Delegate to the Continental Congress from 1777-84, was a state court judge from 1785-89 and represented Connecticut in the United States Senate from 1789-96. He was Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court from 1796-1800. Ellsworth died in 1807 and is buried in Palisado Cemetery in Windsor, Connecticut. An interesting Revolutionary War document signed by a later Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court.
Very Fine.
Auction 322
| Lot: 25031 | May 3, 2003
Sold For:
$287.50
Steinmetz Electric Motor Car Company
(Maryland)
A 1924 certificate for 5 shares in blue and black. Founded by Charles Proteus Steinmetz, known as "The Wizard of Schenectady." Born in Poland, Steinmetz was forced to leave Germany because of his Socialist political activities. He immigrated to the United States in 1889 and four years later obtained an engineering and research position with the General Electric Company. He served on the faculty of Union College in Schenectady from 1902 until his death in 1923 and held political office there as President of the Schenectady School Board. He is best known for his research in the field of electricity, especially on the nature and use of alternating current. His work contributed to the utilization of electricity as a source of power in industrial applications. After leaving the General Electric Company Steinmetz was called back as a consultant. When he submitted a bill for his services for $10,000 company management requested an itemized invoice to support his charges. Steinmetz replied: "Making chalk mark: $1.Knowing where to place it: $9,999." It was his hope to build a mass market electric vehicle, but the venture was beset by a variety of financial problems and was dissolved in 1926. A very scarce auto stock connected to a researcher whose reputation during his lifetime rivaled that of Thomas Edison.
Extremely Fine.
Auction 322
| Lot: 25105 | May 3, 2003
Sold For:
$287.50
State of Mississippi - $2000 Bond
A 1838 dated bond from the State of Mississippi in black on white with a vignette of a he...
Auction 33101
| Lot: 21069 | Oct 15, 2003
Sold For:
$281.75
Jacksonville, Tampa and Key-West Railway Company
(Florida)
A $1000 6% bond in olive and black dated 1890. This is a stunningly engraved issue depicting a steam locomotive in a station at top with female figures at either side. Two pages of coupons are attached. Uncancelled.
Extremely Fine.
A reasonably valued item with a connection to a popular Florida tourist destination.
Auction 322
| Lot: 25190 | May 3, 2003
Sold For:
$276.00
Make Offer to Owner
$426 or more
Edison United Phonograph Company
(New Jersey)
A $1000 bond issued in 1903 in black and green. This company was an attempt to reorganize the Edison United Phonograph Company, which had originally been organized in 1890 to manufacture and market phonographs and graphophones outside the United States and Canada. It had complex stock and contractual relations with Edison himself, the Edison Phonograph Works and the International Graphophone Company. The company entered receivership in 1894 and this bond represents a probable attempt to fund a reorganization. It is signed as Vice-President by long time Edison associate
Stephen F. Moriarity.
In addition to being a prolific inventor, Edison also sought to capitalize on the commercial prospects of his inventions and his name appears on the certificates of multiple enterprises, making Edison related companies a viable collecting theme in their own right. Uncancelled.
Extremely Fine.
Auction 322
| Lot: 25256 | May 3, 2003
Sold For:
$276.00
Pleasantville & Ocean City Rail Road Company
(New Jersey)
Issued to George Wood and signed by him as President, this 510 share certificate in black and white is dated 1880. Litho. At top center is a beautiful vignette of a steam locomotive at a busy passenger station. Pen cancelled in red ink.
Extremely Fine.
Auction 322
| Lot: 25215 | May 3, 2003
Sold For:
$270.25
Benjamin F. Butler- Georgia-Alabama Investment and Development Company
(Georgia)
A brown and black certificate for five shares issued in 1891 and signed as President by
Benjamin F. Butler.
Butler served as a General in the Union Army, earning the title "Beast Butler" for his perceived depredations against Southern citizens. Prior to the Civil War he served in both the Massachusetts State House of Representatives and the Massachusetts Senate. He subsequently served a number of terms in the United States House of Representatives. After the Civil War he was elected Governor of Massachusetts, thrice being defeated in unsuccessful attempts to hold and then regain that office. Butler was the Greenback and Anti-Monopolist candidate for the Presidency in 1884. He died while attending a court hearing in Washington, D.C. on January 11, 1893 and is buried at Hildreth Cemetery in Lowell, Massachusetts.
Extremely Fine.
Auction 322
| Lot: 25020 | May 3, 2003
Sold For:
$270.00
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$418 or more
Ransom E. Olds - Reo Motor Car Company
(Michigan)
This olive and black certificate for five shares portrays the Reo logo a...
Auction 33081
| Lot: 22075 | Aug 15, 2003
Sold For:
$264.50
Kansas City Bridge and Terminal Company Railway - Specimen
(Missouri)
A beautiful specimen bond payable in gold dated 1889 and lightly punch cancelled. There is an attractive vignette of a rider on horseback looking on as a train passes by with a bridge in the background.
Extremely Fine
Auction 322
| Lot: 25193 | May 3, 2003
Sold For:
$258.75
Nashville Electric Railway and Power Company
(Tennessee)
An attractive 1892 certificate in green, black and brown for one share. A very scarce Southern street railway stock. It was quite common during the era of electrically powered trolleys for the local power company to also be the operator of the public transit system. Stamp cancelled.
Extremely Fine.
Auction 322
| Lot: 25202 | May 3, 2003
Sold For:
$258.75
Georgetown, IL - Georgetown National Bank Three Consecutive Unissued Stock Certificates.
This bank was charter number 7365, and it was only in business from August 1904 to October 1905. The bank only issued Red Seals, and it remains unreported for national bank notes. The register stubs remain partially attached on this trio. This is a rare opportunity to acquire a paper collectible on this short-lived bank.
About Uncirculated+.
(Total: 3 items)
Auction 374
| Lot: 15379 | May 7, 2005
Sold For:
$253.00
Miscellaneous - Stock and Bond Certificates - Iconic First Style Playboy Enterprises, Inc. Specimen. Extremely Fine.
Auction 3583
| Lot: 20854 | Jun 25, 2021
Sold For:
$240.00
Sewanee Mining Company
(New York)
Issued in 1854 for 90 shares, this attractive certificate has an engraved vignette of a coal train passing through the countryside. There is also an intricate vignette at the left border of miners at work. Raised red corporate seal at upper left. Uncancelled.
Very Fine.
Auction 322
| Lot: 25154 | May 3, 2003
Sold For:
$240.00
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