Archives International Auctions Sale 48 May 23, 2018

Archives International Auctions - Sale 48 120 May 23,2018 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com Scripophily - Navigation & Shipping 832 832 International Mercantile Marine Co., 1902 Specimen Bond, Builder & Owner of the Titanic. New Jersey. $1000 4 1/2% Mortgage and Collateral Trust Gold Coupon Bond, Black print on brown border and under tint, Large ship docked at top, Specimen overprints and POC’s, VF-XF condition, ABNC. 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. The capital stock was increased from $15 million to $60 million preferred and $60 million common stock. It was holding company under which “subsidiary lines will be permitted full liberty in managing their own affairs”. Winthrop L. Marvin wrote in 1902, “the greatest shipping enterprise which the world has ever known in the work of American capital.”�������������������������������������� Est. $600-900 Ephemera - Navigation Illinois 833 833 “Wreck of the Titanic” Sheet Music by William Baltzell. Chicago, Illinois, 1912, Memorial Composition for piano by William Baltzell and dedicated to the Titanic’s musicians; front page of folder with various Titanic images by Z.A. Hendrick but with some small edge tears. Great Titanic collectors piece. ���������������������������� Est. $200-375 Scripophily - Navigation & Shipping California 834 834 Union Iron Works Dry Dock Co., 1909 Specimen Bond with Early Battleship. California. $1000 Specimen 6% Sinking Fund Gold Coupon Bond, Black print on green border and under tint, Large battleship at sea at top, Specimen overprints and POC’s, VF-XF condition, FL-ABNC. Rare bond.��������������������������������������������� Est. $230-350 Delaware 835 835 Leavitt Lusitania Salvage Co., Inc. 1922 Issue Stock Certificate. Delaware, 1 Share, I/U, black on light gold underprint, eagle at left, S/N 145, Signed by B.F. Leavitt as president, VF condition with archival reinforcement of some small split at vertical fold border margins, the Lusitania was sunk by the Germans early in 1915 at the beginning of WW I.������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������ Est. $200-300 New Jersey 836 836 St. Louis, NewOrleans andOceanCanalTransportationCo. Issued Bond. Louisiana, 1887, Incorporated in NJ, $1000, 6% First Mortgage Gold Bond, Issued and Uncancelled Bond, #350, Black on brown border and underprint, Steamship docked with passengers loading top center, VF-XF condition, HLBNC. Extremely attractive and rare bond. ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $350-500