Archives International Auctions Sale 48 May 23, 2018

Archives International Auctions - Sale 48 102 May 23,2018 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com New Jersey 725 725 United Fruit Co., 1907 Specimen Gold Bond, Now Chiquita Brand International. NJ. $1000, Specimen 5% Gold Coupon Bond, Black on blue border and underprint, seated allegorical woman at top, 6 coupons attached, Specimen overprint, POC’s, VF, ABNC. The United Fruit Company was an American corporation that traded in tropical fruit (primarily bananas), grown on Central and South American plantations, and sold in the U.S. and Europe. The company was formed in 1899, from the merger of Minor C. Keith’s banana-trading concerns with the Boston Fruit Company. It flourished in the early and mid-20th century, and it came to control vast territories and transportation networks in Central America, the Caribbean coast of Colombia, Ecuador, and the West Indies. It maintained a virtual monopoly in certain regions, some of which came to be called banana republics, such as Costa Rica, Honduras, and Guatemala. United Fruit had a deep and long-lasting impact on the economic and political development of several Latin American countries. After a period of financial decline, United Fruit was merged with Eli M. Black’s AMK in 1970, to become the United Brands Company. In 1984, Carl Lindner, Jr. transformed United Brands into the present-day Chiquita Brands International.������������������������������������������������������������ Est. $120-200 Virginia 726 726 Upshur Guano Co., 1885 Specimen 8% Bond. Virginia. $500 Specimen 8% 1st Mortgage Coupon Bond, Black print on brown border, Image of steam boat coming into port at top, POC’s along bottom, VF-XF condition, Homer Lee BNC. � Est. $300-500 Scripophily - Entertainment Colorado 727 727 Stan Lee Media, 2001 (Inc.1996) I/U Stock Certificate for 1 Share. CO. Orange and yellow with portrait of Stan Lee on top, XF, Rare Stan Lee stock certificate. Well known Avengers and super hero comic book and now movie creator. SC-USBNC. ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $200-300 New York 728 728 Metropolitan Concert Co., 1880 Stock Certificate. New York, 1880, 10 Shares, I/U, Black printing without underprint, New York arms at center, S/N 316, VF- XF, Conceived by Charles Lanier and Rudolph Aronson and supported by Jesse Seligman, J.P. Morgan, Morris Jesup and others with James P Lowery as President. Constructed in 1880 on Broadway, 41st and 7th Avenue, the present site of the Broadway Theatre. It included a sliding roof and a French restaurant and seated in total about 3000 people with 50 musicians in the orchestra. Later became a skating rink and theatre but finally demolished to make way for the new Broadway Theatre. ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $450-750 Ohio A rare Columbus Zoological Company Stock Certificate. 729 729 Columbus Zoological Company, 1903 Issued Stock Certificate Columbus, Ohio, 1 Share, I/U stock certificate. Eagle vignette with embossed corporate seal on lower left. Certificate # 1282. Printed by the “Ohio Co., Columbus, OH”. Choice condition. Ornate hand written names and numerals. Extremely rare and popular zoo related stock certificate. ������������������������������������������������������������������ Est. $600-1200