Archives International Auctions Sale 49 August 8, 2018

Archives International Auctions - Sale 49 89 August 8,2018 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com 667 667 Burton & Gurley Bank Note Engravers, circa 1820’s Proof Advertising Vignette Sheet. New York, 11.25 by 13.5 inches, black on india paper, 24 vignettes of notable people, allegorical women, men, horses, navigation as well as counters and counterfoils, Choice Fine to VF condition. Rare sheet rarely seen in any form and offered by us for the first time. B&G.��������������������������������������������� Est. $900-1250 CHECKS, DRAFTS & EXCHANGES Pennsylvania 668 668 Mellon National Bank and Trust Co., 1947 Specimen Sample Sheet of Traveler’s Checks. Pittsburgh, PA. Uncut sheet of 4 Traveler’s Checks from $10 to $100, uniface with description of the checks as well as the security features. Printed on security paper with small colored planchettes, Uncirculated but folded in 1/2 as made. SBNC. �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $80-130 PHILATELIC MATERIAL U.S. & Worldwide 669 669 Postal History and U.S. & Worldwide Stamp lot. Lot of dozens of stamps, covers and stampless covers. Highlights include 12 early U.S. stampless covers from Massachusetts; New York, Maryland, Pennsylvania and New Jersey dated between the 1790’s and 1870’s, some with contents; Washington-Franklin used stamps including $2 and $5 denominations; a letterhead for the “Head Quarters, First Military District, State of Virginia, Possibly confederate; various U.S. and Worldwide covers. Deserves inspection. mainly VG to VF condition. ���������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $250-500 EPHEMERA - AUTOGRAPHS Entertainment 670 670 W.C. Fields 1926 Signed Check. New York, NY. Dec. 27, 1926, Issued and cancelled check for $81.31, issued to Standard Oil Co of NY and signed by W.C. Fields, the famous comedian. XF condition. William Claude Dukenfield (January 29, 1880 – December 25, 1946), better known as W. C. Fields, was an American comedian, actor, juggler and writer. Fields’ comic persona was a misanthropic and hard-drinking egotist, who remained a sympathetic character despite his snarling contempt for dogs and children. His career in show business began in vaudeville, where he attained international success as a silent juggler. He gradually incorporated comedy into his act, and was a featured comedian in the Ziegfeld Follies for several years. He became a star in the Broadway musical comedy Poppy (1923), in which he played a colorful small-time con man. His subsequent stage and film roles were often similar scoundrels, or else henpecked everyman characters. Among his recognizable trademarks were his raspy drawl and grandiloquent vocabulary. �������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $200-300 671 671 Walt Disney Signed Check dated 1951. Burbank, CA. Nov. 14, 1951, Issued and cancelled check or draft made out to Walt Disney Special Account for $1,350 drawn on the Taluca Lake Branch of Bank of America and signed by Walter E. Disney. XF condition. Popular and rare autograph from this well known personality. ��������Est. $1750-2500 Finance 672 672 N.M. Rothchild, 1831 Signed Sight Draft by Rothchild. London, England. 1831 Issued Sight Draft for 627 Francs, 50 cents. Black printing on light blue paper, Signed by Rothchild. VF to XF condition. Nathan Mayer, Freiherr von Rothschild (16 September 1777 – 28 July 1836) was a German Jewish banker, businessman and financier. He was one of five sons of the second generation of the Rothschild banking dynasty. He was born in Frankfurt amMain, the third child of Mayer Amschel Rothschild (1744–1812) and Guttle Schnapper (1753–1849). Once the wealthiest man on earth, he was the richest among the Rothschilds������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $300-500