Archives International Auctions Part XXI Fall Auction 2014

Archives International Auctions, Part XXI 41 October 25, 2014 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com 330 330 Coney Island & Brooklyn Railroad. Four Shares. 1919. NY. S/N 1766. Electric streetcar. VF+. Also included is an unissued example. ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������Est. $70-140 331 Eleven Piece Lot of Broadway Surface Railroad Bonds. 1885. NY. Green $1000. Large eagle, shield and flag. One has condition prob - lems, but the rest are mostlyVF+ with some minor edge roughness. ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $90-180 332 Hudson & Manhattan Railroad Certificates, Lot of Nineteen 1940’s, mostly. Nine examples are fully issued and feature trains running under the Great White Fleet in the Hudson. The other ten are unissued. XF on average. (19) ���������������������������������������Est. $100-200 333 333 Lake Ontario, Auburn and New York Railroad Co. 1861, Stock Certificate NewYork, NY. 1861. 10 Shs. Issued and uncancelled (no secretarial signature, but vice-president and corporate seal pres- ent). Green seal. Certificate #92. Locomotive R-L around curve with lake in background. VF+ condition. Rare railroad stock with 4 found in an old estate 10 years ago. ���������������������������������������������Est. $150-300 334 Lake Ontario, Auburn and New York Railroad Company Stock Certificate- Subscription Agreement NewYork, NY. 1856. 14 Shs. Issued and uncancelled. No vignette, black printing on light blue paper. Red seal. Certificate #50. VF condition. One of 5 certificates found 10 years ago in an old estate. �����������������������������������Est. $100-200 335 Lionel Corporation 1961 Proof Stock Certificate. 1961. Odd shares. Proof stock certificate of vignette, title, text without bor - der with signature of new president, John Medaris in black and new secretary,W.T.Watson. TheVignette proof is dated 10/30/61 on top. Approval form stapled to LL corner to start printing. Famous image of young boy with engineers hat playing with toy electric trains. XF condition with staple holes in left margin. SBNC. �������������Est. $150-300 336 Lot of Eleven, Twenty Third Street Railway Stocks and Bonds. 1891-1934 Shares. NY. IC. XF mostly. Women flank shield; 1912 Improvement and Refunding Mortgage Fifty-Five Year Five Per Cent Gold Bonds. Orange. Streetcar. ABN. Stamped endorsement, otherwise XF. (11) ��������������������������������������������������������������Est. $120-240 337 337 Manhattan Railway Company, 1881. ABN Proof Grouping. New York, 100 common shares, sailor and Indian flank New York City arms, dog below, red frame, India paper Proof mounted on card. VF+, although a fold split reaches just into the top right border. Also included is a red Proof on India paper of the frame and under print for 100 Second Preferred shares, a Proof on card of the black por- tions of the certificate, and an American Bank Note Company order form for similar certificates. ABN color proofs from this time period are truly scarce. Bid accordingly. EX Lot 5708 R. M. Smythe Febru- ary 1995. [4] ����������������������������������������������������������������������Est. $100-200 338 Metropolitan Cross-Town Railway Bonds, Lot of Six 1890. NY. First Mortgage Five Per Cent. Green border and underprint. IBN. XF. Crisp, bright and attractive. (6) ������������������������������������������� Est. $90-180 339 339 Mostly Brooklyn &NewYorkCity Railroad & Bus Bonds &Shares, Lot of Thirty+ 1880’s to early 1950’s. Broadway Surface Railroad 1884 $1,000 bond, horse drawn railway car, rough right edge, oth- erwise XF; 1928 City of NY $1,000 bond for the construction of the RapidTransit Railroad, wonderful cross-section of street scene. Sea Beach Railway 1896. Avenue Coach; Hudson &Manhattan Railroad and others. Some unissued, some with minor condition problems, several are XF. Nice colorful grouping. Sold as is, no returns. (30) ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������Est. $150-300 340 Mostly Brooklyn Railroad Bonds &Shares, Lot of Seven 1890’s to early 1900’s. NY. Brooklyn Ferry; Nassau Electric. Railroad; Broad- way & SeventhAve., Canarsie Railroad. The last two unissued. Nice, colorful grouping. Mostly XF. (7) ������������������������������������������ Est. $80-160 341 341 NewYork & Coney Island Railroad. Fifty Shares. 1879. NY. S/N 7. Red seal. Steamboat and map of Coney Island. Issued to Andrew R. Culver, and signed by him as president of the railroad. Dividend payments guaranteed by the Long Island Railroad. A stunning, fully issued example of a stock certificate usually found unissued or in deplorable condition. XF with one small nick in the bottom margin. ������������������������������������������������������������������������������Est. $120-240