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Archives International Auctions - Sale 36
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October 22&25,2016
Archives International Auctions
www.archivesinternational.comScripophily - Industrial
New Jersey
296
296 Eclipse Improved Wheat Cleaning Machine Co., 1883.New Jersey.
100 Shrs Stock Certificate. Issued. Uncancelled. Low serial # 46. Very
Fine. (From the collection of John E. Herzog)����������������������������Est.
$160-250
Scripophily - Insurance
Louisiana
297
297 Louisiana Mutual Insurance Company of New Orleans, 1862 Investment Certificate.New Orleans, LA. March 1st, 1862. $20,
Issued, Black with red “1862” overprint, steamship on top, pelican feeding
chicks on bottom, This was issued under Confederate occupation. The
Union army captured the city on April 29th, barely 2 months later. Rare
late confederate insurance document. (From the collection of John E.
Herzog) �����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������Est.
$500-800
Scripophily - Land & Real
Estate
California
298
298 Railroad Avenue Extension Homestead Association, 1869 Issued Stock CertificateSan Francisco, California. 1 Share I/U Stock
Certificate. Black with red printing over certificate. Building at center of
the certificate. 25 cent revenue stamp at left. Very fine condition. (John
E.Herzog Collection). �������������������������������������������������������������������Est.
$100-150
Texas and Germany
299
299 Texas and German Emigration Company, 1854 Issued Stock Certificate.Galveston, Texas. 5 Shares, I/U Stock Certificate. Black
print with an simple black geometric border on left hand side of
certificate, printed on light blue paper. XF condition with small hole
along left border close to edge of certificate. Beginning in the 1840s,
a wave of social unrest in Germany began a flood of immigration to
Texas. The Texas and German Emigration Company, also known as the
Adelsverein, purchased more than 4,400 acres of land in Fayette County
advertising it as a settlement opportunity to Germans . Some 5,257
Germans arrived in Texas between October 1845 and April 1846. The
largest and most well-known of their settlements are New Braunfels in
Comal and Guadalupe County and Fredericksburg in Gillespie County.
Historic certificate. (John E.Herzog Collection). ������������������������Est.
$300-500
Scripophily - Manufacturing
New Jersey
300
300 United States Steel Corp. Specimen Bonds. Lot of 5.New Jersey,
1901, Registered 50 Year 5% Gold Specimen Bonds, Series A,B, C, D, F,
Black on red, purple, brown, orange and blue border and under print,
Vignette top center of locomotives at steel plant, Red SPECIMEN
overprints and POC’s, red s/n “00000”, VF-XF condition, ABNC.
Specimen of company IPO certificate. Company was formed by J.P.
Morgan and attorney Elbert Gary by combining Andrew Carnegie’s
Carnegie Steel, Gary’s Federal Steel and William Henry Moore’s
National Steel for $492 million. ����������������������������������������������������Est.
$300-600