Archives International Auctions, Part XII - October 20, 21 & 23, 2012

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Archives International Auctions, Part XII
U.S. & Worldwide Banknotes, Scripophily, Autographs, Security Printing Ephemera and Historic Financial Objects, Artifacts and Documents
October 20th, 2012 at the Museum of American Finance & October 21st and 23rd, 2012 at our offices in Fort Lee, NJ

Archives International Auctions has been chosen once again to serve as the official auctioneer for the second annual Wall Street Collectors Bourse. The Bourse will be held Oct. 18-20 at the Museum of American Finance in New York City. The auction will be held Sat., Oct. 20 at the museum, and Sunday and Tuesday (Oct. 21 and 23) at AIA's new offices in Fort Lee, N.J.
The Wall Street Collectors Bourse will feature banknote, coin and scripophily (stock and bond certificate) dealers from across the U.S., with material to include coins, stocks, bonds and banknotes. The Museum of American Finance resides at 48 Wall Street in Manhattan's Financial District. Bourse hours are Oct. 18 from noon-8 p.m., Oct. 19 from 10-4, and Oct. 20 from 10-3.
The auction will feature hundreds of U.S. and worldwide stocks, bonds, banknotes and autographs, as well as choice selections from The American Bank Notes Commemoratives inventory of numismatic and philatelic production material and souvenir cards. Included will be security printing ephemera, offerings from the American Bank Note archives and other items.
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The auction will take place in our new office at 1580 Lemoine Ave., Suite 7, Fort Lee, NJ 07024
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Elmira Silver Bullion Co., Issued Stock.622 - Elmira Silver Bullion Co., Issued Stock.
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Nevada, 1864, I/U Stock, 5 Shares, #11, Black print with black ornate border, Mining vignette top center vignette of dog in lower left margin and lady
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 150.00 - 300.00
Sold to 6*****b for (120.00) = 120.00
 
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Steamboat Silver Mining Co. Issued Stock.623 - Steamboat Silver Mining Co. Issued Stock.
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Nevada, 1864, 20 Shares, Issued Stock, black on black border and underprint, Moving steamboat top right, VF-XF condition, Towne & Bacon, Printers.
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 220.00 - 440.00
Sold to 6*****b for (200.00) = 200.00
 
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Stranger Gold and Silver Mining Co., Issued Stocks Lot of 2.624 - Stranger Gold and Silver Mining Co., Issued Stocks Lot of 2.
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Nevada, 1864, I/U Stock, 5 & 34 Shares, #'s120 & 116, Black print with ornate black border and mine shed vignette in center, VF conditio...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 250.00 - 500.00
Sold to 6*****b for (230.00) = 230.00
 
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Central American Syndicate Co., Issued Stock.625 - Central American Syndicate Co., Issued Stock.
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New York, 1886, I/U Stock, #259, 14 Shares, Black on brown border and underprint, large plantation, VF condition, KBNC.
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to floor for (85.00) = 85.00
 
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Columbia County Iron Mining Co., 1868 issued Bond.626 - Columbia County Iron Mining Co., 1868 issued Bond.
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Columbia County, New York, 1868, $1000, 7% Bond, Issued and uncancelled, Black with green underprint, Coupons attached, NY arms at center, S/N 74, VF
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to floor for (85.00) = 85.00
 
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Evening Star Silver Mining Co. Issued Stock.627 - Evening Star Silver Mining Co. Issued Stock.
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New York, 1880, 100 Shares, Issued Stock, Black on black border and underprint, Vignette of men mining bottom right with men working at furnaces top c
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 120.00 - 240.00
Sold to v*****d for (75.00) = 75.00
 
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Los Angeles Mining and Smelting Co. Issued Stock.628 - Los Angeles Mining and Smelting Co. Issued Stock.
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New York, 1886, 18 Shares, I/U stock certificate, Black with olive border, Allegorical tropical woman with palm fronds and lamp with bananas at her fe
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 250.00 - 500.00
Sold to floor for (170.00) = 170.00
 
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Nellie Gold Mining Co. Issued Stock.629 - Nellie Gold Mining Co. Issued Stock.
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New York, 1884, 1000 Shares, Issued and uncancelled, black vignette and title with green border, miners working in middle, gold foil seal lower left,
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 90.00 - 180.00
Sold to floor for (75.00) = 75.00
 
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New York, Philadelphia & Baltimore Consolidated Petroleum & Mining Co. Issued Stock.630 - New York, Philadelphia & Baltimore Consolidated Petroleum & Mining Co. Issued Stock.
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New York, 1866, 500 Shares, Specimen Stock, Black on black border and underprint, Oil wells with many oil barrels top right, VF-XF condition, Hatch Co
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to floor for (140.00) = 140.00
 
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Potomac Copper Co., Issued Stock.631 - Potomac Copper Co., Issued Stock.
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New York, 1853, I/U Stock, #247, 100 Shares, VF condition, W.H. Arthur & Co.
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to floor for (140.00) = 140.00
 
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Starr-Grove Silver Mining Co. Issued Stock.632 - Starr-Grove Silver Mining Co. Issued Stock.
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New York, 1881, 100 Shares, Issued Stock, black on blue border and underprint, Reclined allegorical woman top center with arm over sun setting behind
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to floor for (75.00) = 75.00
 
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Tioga Coal, Iron, Mining & Manufacturing Co. Issued Stock.633 - Tioga Coal, Iron, Mining & Manufacturing Co. Issued Stock.
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New York, 1842, 100 Shares, Issued Stock, Black print with ornate borders, Vignette of very early locomotive top center flanked by portraits of notabl
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 150.00 - 300.00
Sold to floor for (120.00) = 120.00
 
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Stroud's Run Petroleum Mining and Manufacturing Co., Issued Bond.634 - Stroud's Run Petroleum Mining and Manufacturing Co., Issued Bond.
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Ohio, 1866, I/U Preferred Stock, 100 Shares, #58, Interest Coupons attached, Black print with ornate black border red underprint and green seal bottom
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to floor for (120.00) = 120.00
 
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William Penn Coal Co. Issued Stock.635 - William Penn Coal Co. Issued Stock.
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Pennsylvania, 1856, 340 Shares, Issued Stock, Miners underground, William Penn middle right, VF condition, BBC.
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 120.00 - 240.00
Sold to h***f for (80.00) = 80.00
 
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Stormont Mining Co. of Utah, Issued Stock.636 - Stormont Mining Co. of Utah, Issued Stock.
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Utah, 1887, I/U Stock, #3847, 100 Shares, Black on green border and underprint, Vignette of cherubs on U.S. coins holding sword and arrow, XF conditio
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to floor for (100.00) = 100.00
 
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Utah Fuel Co., Specimen Bond.637 - Utah Fuel Co., Specimen Bond.
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Utah, 1901, $1000, 5% 30 Year 1st Mortgage Sinking Fund Gold Specimen Bond, Black on blue border and underprint, Mining scene vignettes top center, PO
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 120.00 - 240.00
Sold to floor for (85.00) = 85.00
 
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Carter Coal and Iron, Specimen Bond.638 - Carter Coal and Iron, Specimen Bond.
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Virginia, 1898, $1000, 5% 40 Year 1st Mortgage Sinking Fund Gold Specimen Bond, Black on green border and underprint, Moving locomotive and ship flank
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to floor for (60.00) = 60.00
 
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Knight's Island Alaska Copper Co., Issued Stock.639 - Knight's Island Alaska Copper Co., Issued Stock.
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Alaska, 1907, I/U Stock, #4, 100 Shares, Black on gold border and underprint, Mining vignette top center, VF condition with vertical creasing from fol
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 250.00 - 500.00
Sold to floor for (130.00) = 130.00
 
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Mother Lode Copper Mines Co. of Alaska, Specimen Bond.640 - Mother Lode Copper Mines Co. of Alaska, Specimen Bond.
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Alaska, 1916, $1000, 1st Mortgage 6% 10 Year Convertible Gold Specimen Bond, Vertical format, Coupons attached, Lincoln portrait top center, POC'...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 250.00 - 500.00
Sold to floor for (170.00) = 170.00
 
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Chippewa Coal and Enterprises Corp. 1924 Bond with Multi-Color Native American Portrait.641 - Chippewa Coal and Enterprises Corp. 1924 Bond with Multi-Color Native American Portrait.
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Washington, D.C., 1924, $500, 1st Mortgage 8% Gold Bond, M/C Portrait of Native America with feather in head, S/N 13, XF condtion, Attractive and rare
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to floor for (120.00) = 120.00
 
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Gold Mining Co. Issued Stock.642 - Gold Mining Co. Issued Stock.
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Arizona (Incorporated in Washington, D.C.), 1888, 1000 Shares, Issued stock certificate. Amazing and classic early Arizona stock certificate, 14.5 by
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 2,000.00 - 4,000.00
Sold to floor for (1,500.00) = 1,500.00
 
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Home Shopping Network, Inc., Specimen Stock.643 - Home Shopping Network, Inc., Specimen Stock.
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Delaware, 1990, Specimen Stock, Odd Shares, Black on blue border and underprint, Network logo top center, VF-XF condition, SC-USBNC.
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 110.00 - 180.00
Sold to floor for (60.00) = 60.00
 
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L'Eglise Catholique Romaine Diocese De La Nouvelle-Orleans Issued Stock & Bond Certificate.644 - L'Eglise Catholique Romaine Diocese De La Nouvelle-Orleans Issued Stock & Bond Certificate.
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New Orleans, Louisiana, 1876, 100 Francs, Issued stock or bond, Arms on top, coupons attached, S/N 2065, VF condition, Scarce early Lousiana religious
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 150.00 - 300.00
Sold to floor for (95.00) = 95.00
 
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American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, 1848, Honorary Member Certificate.645 - American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, 1848, Honorary Member Certificate.
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Boston, Massachusetts, 1848, Honorary Membership Certificate, Black print with vignette of ship arriving at harbor with biblical verse Isaiah IX. 2 be
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to floor for (55.00) = 55.00
 
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Quincy Market Cold Storage and Warehouse Co. Specimen Stock.646 - Quincy Market Cold Storage and Warehouse Co. Specimen Stock.
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Massachusetts, 19xx, Odd Shares, Specimen Stock, Black on green border and underprint, Vignette of the Quincy market top center, Red SPECIMEN overprin
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 120.00 - 240.00
Sold to floor for (75.00) = 75.00
 
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Waltham Watch and Clock Co. Specimen Bond.647 - Waltham Watch and Clock Co. Specimen Bond.
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Massachusetts, 1923, $1000, 1st Mortgage 6% Gold Specimen Bond, Black on dark blue border and underprint, Bald Eagle on pocket watch top center, VF-XF
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 120.00 - 240.00
Sold to floor for (65.00) = 65.00
 
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American Cotton Oil Co. Specimen Bond.648 - American Cotton Oil Co. Specimen Bond.
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New Jersey, 1919, $1000, 5 Year 6% Gold Note, Specimen Bond, Black on green border and underprint, Bald Eagle top center grasping at arrows, VF-XF con
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to floor for (375.00) = 375.00
 
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Pneumatic Transit Co., Issued Bond.649 - Pneumatic Transit Co., Issued Bond.
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New Jersey, 1898, $1000, 5% 1st Mortgage Issued Bond, #142, Black on brown border and underprint, God of Mercury above earth in upper left corner, VF
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to floor for (70.00) = 70.00
 
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Scott & Bowne, Specimen Stock.650 - Scott & Bowne, Specimen Stock.
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New Jersey, 19xx, Odd Shares, Vignette of fisherman with cod on his back flanked by small town harbor scene and large city harbor scene, POC's, ...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 110.00 - 220.00
Sold to floor for (65.00) = 65.00
 
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A.B. Cleveland Co. Ltd. Issued Seed Company Stock Certificate.651 - A.B. Cleveland Co. Ltd. Issued Seed Company Stock Certificate.
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New York, 1886, 5 Shares, Issued and Uncancelled, Black print with black ornate border, Vignette of seed planters in farmers field top center, VF cond
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 120.00 - 240.00
Sold to floor for (75.00) = 75.00
 
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Trustees of Columbia College, 1909 Unissued Bond.652 - Trustees of Columbia College, 1909 Unissued Bond.
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New York, NY, 1909. $1000, 1st Mortgage 4% Gold Bond, Black with blue border and underprint, Coupons attached, Columbia University is the oldest Unive
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 120.00 - 240.00
Sold to floor for (70.00) = 70.00
 
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German Evangelical Lutheran St. Peter Church, 1905 Issued Lot of 4 Bonds.653 - German Evangelical Lutheran St. Peter Church, 1905 Issued Lot of 4 Bonds.
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1905, Lot of 4. all are I/U $10, 4% Bonds, portrait of ornate church on left, all in XF to AU condition, scarce and attrac
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to floor for (65.00) = 65.00
 
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Law Association of Philadelphia Issued Certificate.654 - Law Association of Philadelphia Issued Certificate.
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Pennsylvania, 1880, Certificate certifying that Theodore McFadden is a member of the Law Association of Philadelphia, Certificate # 2, Black print wit
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to floor for (60.00) = 60.00
 
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Mount Rushmore Memorial Inscription Competition Specimen Certificate.655 - Mount Rushmore Memorial Inscription Competition Specimen Certificate.
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South Dakota, 18xx, Certificate of Merit for Text Submitted for Mount Rushmore National Memorial, black on black border and underprint, Vignette top c
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to floor for (65.00) = 65.00
 
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Sotheby's Holdings, Inc. Well Known International Auction Company656 - Sotheby's Holdings, Inc. Well Known International Auction Company
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Michigan, 1988, Specimen Stock, Black on green border and underprint, VF-XF condition, ABNC.
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 120.00 - 240.00
Sold to floor for (65.00) = 65.00
 
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Stock and Bond Assortment Lot of 27 Different.657 - Stock and Bond Assortment Lot of 27 Different.
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Highlights include 1913 Isabella Mines Co., Black on green, Cripple Creek iu; 1907, Providence Securities, $1000 iu (2); 1927 Lomen Reindeer Corp (2)
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to floor for (75.00) = 75.00
 
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Nauvoo House Association, Historical Mormon 1841 Issued Stock Certificate - Obsolete.658 - Nauvoo House Association, Historical Mormon 1841 Issued Stock Certificate - Obsolete.
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Nauvoo, Illinois, February 11th, 1841, 1 Share = $50, I/U stock certificate that appears like a banknote, 8 x 2.4 inches, Black on white paper, S/N 16
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
Sold to r*****n for (800.00) = 800.00
 
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Yellowstone Park Ass., Issued Stock.659 - Yellowstone Park Ass., Issued Stock.
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Minnesota, 1886, Issued and Cancelled Stock, 50 Shares, #36, Black on gray border and underprint, Vignette of geyser and lake top center, POC's,...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 250.00 - 500.00
Sold to floor for (180.00) = 180.00
 
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Pacific Wharf and Storage Co., Specimen Stock.660 - Pacific Wharf and Storage Co., Specimen Stock.
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California, 19xx, Specimen Stock, Odd Shares, Black on brown border and underprint, Vignette of busy wharf top center, POC's, VF condition with ...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to floor for (140.00) = 140.00
 
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Hartford and New York Transportation Co., Issued Bond.661 - Hartford and New York Transportation Co., Issued Bond.
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Connecticut, 1887, $1000, 6% Mortgage Bond, #153, Black on green border and underprint, Steamboat top center, VF condition, ABNC.
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 110.00 - 220.00
Sold to floor for (75.00) = 75.00
 
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Argonaut Salvage Corp., Specimen Stock.662 - Argonaut Salvage Corp., Specimen Stock.
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Maine, 19xx (ca.1910-30), 100 Shares, Black print on green border and underprint, POC's, VF condition, ABNC. One of the founders was Simon Lake ...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 95.00 - 180.00
Sold to floor for (90.00) = 90.00
 
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Atlantic, Gulf and West Indies Steamship Lines, Specimen Stock.663 - Atlantic, Gulf and West Indies Steamship Lines, Specimen Stock.
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Maine, ND, Specimen Stock, <100 Shares, Black print on blue border and underprint, Ship at dock with moving locomotive right, POC's, VF-XF co...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 110.00 - 180.00
Sold to floor for (65.00) = 65.00
 
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Louisiana Tehuantepec Company, 1857 Issued Bond.664 - Louisiana Tehuantepec Company, 1857 Issued Bond.
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New Orleans, Louisiana and Mexico. 1857. $1000, 8%Issued and uncancelled bond, Black on light gray paper, Tropical scene with palm trees harbor scene
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 500.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to floor for (600.00) = 600.00
 
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Brooklyn Steamship & Emigration Co., Issued Bond.665 - Brooklyn Steamship & Emigration Co., Issued Bond.
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New York, 1867, $1000, I/U Convertible Bond, #1136, Black print with gold underprint “Gold Bond “ and green seal, VF condition, Pickford & Co. S...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 150.00 - 250.00
Sold to floor for (100.00) = 100.00
 
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Metropolitan Ferry Co., Specimen Bond.666 - Metropolitan Ferry Co., Specimen Bond.
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New York, 1887. $1000. Ornate green border and undertint with title flanked by sea serpents on top with three allegorical figures underneath title and
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 250.00 - 500.00
Sold to floor for (150.00) = 150.00
 
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New York Dock Co., Specimen Bond.667 - New York Dock Co., Specimen Bond.
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New York, 1901, $1000, 1st Mortgage 4 % Gold Registered Specimen Bond, Horizontal format, Ship and moving locomotive at dock top center, POC'S, ...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to floor for (60.00) = 60.00
 
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New York Shipbuilding Corp. Specimen Bond.668 - New York Shipbuilding Corp. Specimen Bond.
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New York, 1916, $1000, 1st Mortgage 30 Year 5% Sinking Fund Gold Specimen Bond, Black on green border and underprint, Company logo top center flanked
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 110.00 - 220.00
Sold to floor for (70.00) = 70.00
 
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New Jersey & Hudson River Railway Ferry Co., 1900 Specimen Bond.669 - New Jersey & Hudson River Railway Ferry Co., 1900 Specimen Bond.
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New Jersey, 1900. $1000, Specimen bond, 1st Mortgage 5% Gold Bond, Black with green border and underprint, Dramatic vignette of allegorical liberty wi
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 150.00 - 300.00
Sold to floor for (180.00) = 180.00
 
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International Mercantile Marine Issued Bond.670 - International Mercantile Marine Issued Bond.
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New Jersey, 1916, $10,000, Registered First Mortgage and Collateral Trust Sinking Fund 6% Gold Bond, Specimen Bond, Black on brown border and underpri
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 250.00 - 500.00
Sold to floor for (150.00) = 150.00
 
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Accessory Transit Co. (of Nicaragua), Issued Bond.671 - Accessory Transit Co. (of Nicaragua), Issued Bond.
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Nicaragua (Incorporated and offices in NY), 1855, $1000, I/U bond, #13, black on thin off white paper, steamship in middle, VF condition. Historic com
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 400.00 - 800.00
Sold to floor for (1,050.00) = 1,050.00
 
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