Archives International Auctions Sale 37 2 Sessions - 6th December and 13th December Click Lot Title to Bid

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Archives International Auctions - Sale 37
52 December 6 & 13,2016 Archives International Auctions
239
Missouri,
19xx, Specimen Stock, Black on blue border and underprint, Moving
locomotive bottom center, VF condition, ABNC.��������������������������Est. $70-140
New Jersey
Extremely early railroad stock
certificates and possibly one of the first in
New Jersey
240
New Jersey, 19th
August, 1831, 2 Shares, I/U, Plain form with decorative border, S/N 36.
Fine to VF with endorsements on back visible through the thin paper,
Extremely early and rare New Jersey railroad stock. (From the collection
of John E. Herzog).�����������������������������������������������������������������������Est. $300-600
241
New Jersey,
2nd January, 1833, 2 Shares, I/U, Plain form with decorative counterfoil
on left, S/N 2, Has printed “Increased Stock” on top margin, Issued to
William B. Astor, signed on the back, but signature not readable and
possibly not his. Extremely early and rare New Jersey railroad stock.
William Backhouse Astor (1792 – 1875) was an American property
tycoon who inherited most of his father John Jacob Astor’s fortune.
He worked as a partner in his father’s successful export business. His
massive investment in Manhattan real estate enabled major donations
to the Astor Library in East Village, which became the New York Public
Library. (From the collection of John E. Herzog). �����������������������Est. $250-500
242
Newark, New Jersey, 50
Shares, I/U, Black on light green, eagle on top middle, S/N 13, Fine with
minor splits. ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������Est. $50-100
243
New Jersey. $500 Unissued 5% First Mortgage Gold
Bond. Black ink with light brown border and under print. Vignette of
locomotive at station top center. VF, HBNC.���������������������������������Est. $60-100