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Archives International Auctions, Part XXI

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October 25, 2014

Archives International Auctions

www.archivesinternational.com

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11 Moody’s Railroad Manual

Moody’s SteamRailroads - 1949 - Amer-

ican and Foreign. Excellent condition. ���������������������������������� Est.

$30-60

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12 Moody’s Investors Service, ND (ca.1920’s), Specimen Stock Cer-

tificate.

New Jersey, Specimen Common Stock, Odd Shares, No vi-

gnette, POC’s,VF-XF condition.Well known financial rating agency

that evidently let us down in 2007-2008.����������������������������� Est.

$80-160

Unique Original Artwork of

Stock Certificate Vignette

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13 McDonald’s Corp. Original Artwork for Stock certificate Vignette

Original artwork of stock certificate vignette with young man and

woman with McDonald’s logo, Big Mac, French Fries and drink. Also

includes a proof of the vignette and a photo proof of the vignette.

Painted and drawn on large card with clear plastic overlay with

globe. Unique in archive. �������������������������������������������������Est.

$500-1000

Historic 1893 Edison Light Bulb

from Famous Trial

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14 Original Edison Lamp Bulb, 1893 from Edison’s Lawyer Records

of Famous Trial.

The year 1893 was a momentous one for Thomas

Edison because that year he was taken to court by one HenryGoeb-

el. Goebel was a German watch maker and minor inventor who

had come to NewYork in 1848, but had never mastered English or

understood anything about patent regulations, He claimed that he

had made a lamp embodying all the essential features of the Edison

lamp as early as 1865. Goebel brought a number of his lamp bulbs

to the trial as did Edison. After a great deal of testimony had been

heard and the lamp bulbs from both sides had been exhibited, the

judge concluded that Thomas Alva Edison was the true inventor of

the incandescent light bulb and the rightful owner of the patent.

The Edison lamp bulbs used in the case of which this was one were

retained by Edison’s lawyer with records from the trial. Historic

item from this prolific scientist and inventor. ������������������Est.

$500-1000

California Gold Rush Era Currier Litho-

graph With Early Aviation References

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15 (Gold Rush). TheWayThey Go to California. NewYork: N.Currier,

1849.

Lithograph, 13 x17 1/2 inches,This lithograph by Currier offers

a humorous depiction of the mad rush toCalifornia in search of gold

in 1849, in which desperate men head west by ship, rocket or diri-

gible. A passenger laden vessel is shown pulling away from a dock

as seven other ships sail away in the distance. The boat carried ban-

ner reading “Passage $125 and found (if Lost)”. Amazingly, a rock-

et carrying a lone passenger soars over the dock, the rider’s hair

blowing in the wind. An airship loaded with passengers is shown in

the upper left corner. The dirigible is based on an actual plan de-

vised in 1849 by Rufus Porter, editor of Scientific American. The

lithograph has a 3 Inch tear extending from bottom edge through

title into image. Light foxing and wrinkling, small old stain in lower

margin, Good condition. Rare California contemporary Gold Rush

lithograph. �������������������������������������������������������������������Est.

$2000-4000