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Archives International Auctions, Part XXI
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October 25, 2014
Archives International Auctions
www.archivesinternational.comNew York
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95 NewYork Telephone Co., 1919 Specimen Bond.
NewYork, 1919,
$1000 Specimen 6% Gold Bond. Allegorical women and men flank
old fashioned telephone. POC. Coupons attached. XF Condition.
ABNC. Rare and early NYTelephone specimen. �����������������Est.
$120-240
96 Philco Corp. 1959. Bond Specimen.
NewYork. 1959. $1,000 4 1/4%
Convertible Subordinated Debenture, Orange border, Benjamin
Franklin, EF, ABNC.����������������������������������������������������������������Est.
$25-50
Washington
Bill Gates Facsimile Signature on Specimen
Microsoft Stock
97
97 Microsoft With Facsimile Bill Gates Autograph.
Washington,
Shares, Famous software maker, Specimen, Green, #MS, ink nota-
tion in margin, otherwise XF. ��������������������������������������������� Est.
$250-500
98
98 Jenkins Television Corp Historic TV Pioneer Stock
1930. I/U stock.
25 Shs. Green border, Temp Cert. XF cond. Charles Francis Jenkins
was a leading inventor and promoter of mechanical scanning T.V.
and largely responsible for strong interest in television in the 1920s
and early 1930s in the U.S. Jenkins also provided the first public T.V.
demonstration in theU.S. on 13 June 1925. He co-invented and pub-
licly demonstrated the first practical motion picture projector in the
U.S. (1894), developed an automobile with the engine in the front
instead of under the seat (1898) and founded the Society of Motion
Picture Engineers in 1916. He had 400U.S. patents for inventions as
diverse as an airplane brake and a bean-shelling machine. Today he
has been almost forgotten by all but a few television historians.Yet
in the U.S. he was responsible for the advent of television and was
the first pioneer to make television a reality. Rare. Only one found
in old Maine estate. �����������������������������������������������������������Est.
$200-400
99 Radio Corporation of America,”RCA”, ca.1920-30’s - David Sar-
noff
ND, ca.1920-30’s, 100 Shrs, Specimen stock certificate. Radio
and electric power lines flanked by World Globes. Red specimen
overprints, POC’s and “00000” serial numbers. XF condition. David
Sarnoff facsimile signature as president. Rare early RCA certificate.
ABNC. ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est.
$75-150
Scripophily - Food & Drinks
Maryland
100 Columbia Tea & Coffee Co., 1909 Stock Certificate.
Maryland, 3
Shares, I/U, Eagle on top left, S/N 17, Fine condition with a small
tear on the top right excess margin. ������������������������������������� Est.
$50-80
Missouri
101
101 Seven-Up Bottling Co. 1977 Specimen Stock Certificate.
St.Louis,
Missouri. 100 Shares, Specimen stock, blue border. “7 Up” logo.
Scarce certificate. XF condition. Republic BNC.������������������ Est.
$80-160
Pennsylvania
102
102 Hershey Chocolate Corp. 1925 Specimen Bond.
Hershey, Penn-
sylvania, 1925, $1000, Specimen 5 1/2% Gold Coupon Bond. Green
border. Seated allegorical woman with two children. Red specimen
overprints, POC’s and “00000” serial numbers. Fine toVF condition.
Rare early famous chocolate makers bond. ABNC.�������������Est.
$200-400
103 Booth Fisheries Co. 1922 Specimen Bond.
Delaware, 1922, $1000,
Specimen 7% Sinking Fund Gold Coupon Bond, Two fishermen in
small boat bringing in their catch with lighthouse and other fisher-
men behind them, VF-XF condition, ABNC.������������������������� Est.
$80-160
104 Coca-Cola International Finance, N.V. 1983 Specimen Bond.
Netherlands Antilles, $10,000 Specimen 11 3/4% Coupon Bond.
ABNC, XF. ���������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est.
$40-80