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Gavit & Co., Engravers & Printers, ND (ca.1840-50s) Advertising Sheet Rarity.

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Paper Money - United States Start Price:800.00 USD Estimated At:1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD
Gavit & Co., Engravers & Printers, ND (ca.1840-50s) Advertising Sheet Rarity.
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Albany, New York, ND (1840-50s), Gavit & Co., Engravers & Printers, 8 x 6.5 inches, black intaglio printing on yellow paper, old locomotive at left and steamboat at right flanking kneeling allegorical woman holding what appears to be a mirror over title and text describing the company, The text on the ad or broadside states " Gavit & Co., Engravers a& Printers, Exchange Building, Albany (NY)....", with additional description of what they produce. XF condition with a vertical fold down the middle and 3 small holes where it was possibly mounted. Gavit & Co. was founded by John E. Gavit (1817-1874) in 1841, his printing works were located on State Street, Albany, NY., which at the time of writing is a vacant lot. The firm was not in the big league of bank note printers. It was one of the seven firms that merged to form the American Bank Note Co. in 1858. The stock in the new American Bank Note Co. was apportioned to the seven founding firms based upon a number of factors such as the amount of business that each controlled, business contacts, and so forth. Rawdon, Wright, Hatch & Edson held the largest percentage of shares (23.9 percent) while the smallest number of shares (2 percent of the shares issued) went to Gavit & Co. of Albany, N.Y.. One biographer states that it was primarily through his efforts and vision that the American Bank Note Co. formation came to fruition and because of that, those efforts were rewarded by Gavit being included in the merger because, by all accounts, Gavit & Co. was a very small player in the overall scheme of things. This is the first time we have offered this ornate advertising sheet from Gavit & Company.