Archives International Auctions Sale 48 May 23, 2018

Archives International Auctions - Sale 48 119 May 23,2018 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com New York 827 827 American Bank Note Co., 1920-1930 Specimen Stock Certificate New York. <100 Shares Common Stock Specimen Certificate, Black print on brown/ green border and under tint, Large Bald Eagle at top, Specimen overprints and POC’s, VF-XF condition, ABNC. ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $200-350 Pennsylvania 828 828 Group of 6 Issued Certificates 1806-1885 Pennsylvania. 6 Pieces. 2 Documents from the Treasurer of the State of Pennsylvania regarding State Appropriation to local schools. Other pieces in the lot are items declared/imported for example Caleb Wright brought in 11,580 pounds of coffee on the Schooner Conquest, Capital Gallagher-the Master of the Barque Louisa, arrived with 1,000 “segars” from Havana, Cuba. Included in lot is a Deposit slip signed by Daniel Edgar Sickles. Sickels was a Congressman of New York who killed Philip Key (son of Frances Scott Key) for having an affair with his wife. Sickles was charged with murder. He secured several leading politicians as defense attorneys, among them Edwin M. Stanton, later to become Secretary of War, and Chief Counsel James T. Brady who, like Sickles, was associated with Tammany Hall. Sickles pleaded temporary insanity—the first use of this defense in the United States. Before the jury, Stanton argued that Sickles had been driven insane by his wife’s infidelity, and thus was out of his mind when he shot Key. The papers soon trumpeted that Sickles was a hero for “saving all the ladies of Washington from this rogue named Key”. Then during the Civil War, Sickles had a leg amputated after it was damaged from cannon fire at the Battle at Cemetery Ridge. He preserved the bones from his leg and donated them to the museum in a small coffin-shaped box, along with a visiting card marked, “With the compliments of Major General D.E.S.” For several years thereafter, he reportedly visited the limb on the anniversary of the amputation. The museum, now known as the National Museum of Health and Medicine, still displays this artifact. 6 Pieces.�������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $80-150 South Carolina 829 829 Charleston Hotel Co., 1894 Specimen Bond. Charleston, SC, $500 Specimen 7% Specimen Coupon Bond. Black on light brown. ABNC. ����������������� Est. $120-200 Western States 830 830 Group of 4 Bond and Stock Certificates, Mining & Railroad, ca.1850-1900 4 Pieces of Issued and some cancelled stock and bond certificates, Includes Terminal Railroad, Round Mountain Mining, and additional certificates, All ranging from Fine to VF condition.�������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $70-120 Scripophily - Navigation New Jersey Historic Trio of Titanic Related Items, an 1895 specimen bond of the International Navigation Co., the predecessor company of the International Mercantile Marine Co., which is represented by an 1902 bond which financed the formation of the company by J.P. Morgan and a 1912 Memorial song “The Wreck of the Titanic” sheet music. 831 831 International Navigation Co., 1895 Specimen Bond, Predecessor Company to International Mercantile Marine Company. New Jersey. $1,000 Specimen 6% General Mortgage Coupon Bond, Black print on brown border and under tint, Image of large Cruise Liner at top, POC’s at bottom, VF-XF condition, FBNC. INC was formed in 1871 with the backing of the Pennsylvania Railroad to operate foreign flagged vessels on transatlantic routes to Philadelphia. J.P. Morgan & Co. announced the details of the trust’s organization on October 1, 1902. Named the International Mercantile Marine Company, a reorganization and renaming of the International Navigation Company. ����������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $450-600