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Archives International Auctions, Part XXI
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11 Moody’s Railroad Manual Moody’s SteamRailroads - 1949 - Amer-
ican and Foreign. Excellent condition. ���������������������������������� Est. $30-60
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12 Moody’s Investors Service, ND (ca.1920’s), Specimen Stock Cer-
tificate. New Jersey, Specimen Common Stock, Odd Shares, No vi-
gnette, POC’s,VF-XF condition.Well known financial rating agency
that evidently let us down in 2007-2008.����������������������������� Est. $80-160
Unique Original Artwork of
Stock Certificate Vignette
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13 McDonald’s Corp. Original Artwork for Stock certificate Vignette
Original artwork of stock certificate vignette with young man and
woman with McDonald’s logo, Big Mac, French Fries and drink. Also
includes a proof of the vignette and a photo proof of the vignette.
Painted and drawn on large card with clear plastic overlay with
globe. Unique in archive. �������������������������������������������������Est. $500-1000
Historic 1893 Edison Light Bulb
from Famous Trial
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14 Original Edison Lamp Bulb, 1893 from Edison’s Lawyer Records
of Famous Trial. The year 1893 was a momentous one for Thomas
Edison because that year he was taken to court by one HenryGoeb-
el. Goebel was a German watch maker and minor inventor who
had come to NewYork in 1848, but had never mastered English or
understood anything about patent regulations, He claimed that he
had made a lamp embodying all the essential features of the Edison
lamp as early as 1865. Goebel brought a number of his lamp bulbs
to the trial as did Edison. After a great deal of testimony had been
heard and the lamp bulbs from both sides had been exhibited, the
judge concluded that Thomas Alva Edison was the true inventor of
the incandescent light bulb and the rightful owner of the patent.
The Edison lamp bulbs used in the case of which this was one were
retained by Edison’s lawyer with records from the trial. Historic
item from this prolific scientist and inventor. ������������������Est. $500-1000
California Gold Rush Era Currier Litho-
graph With Early Aviation References
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15 (Gold Rush). TheWayThey Go to California. NewYork: N.Currier,
1849. Lithograph, 13 x17 1/2 inches,This lithograph by Currier offers
a humorous depiction of the mad rush toCalifornia in search of gold
in 1849, in which desperate men head west by ship, rocket or diri-
gible. A passenger laden vessel is shown pulling away from a dock
as seven other ships sail away in the distance. The boat carried ban-
ner reading “Passage $125 and found (if Lost)”. Amazingly, a rock-
et carrying a lone passenger soars over the dock, the rider’s hair
blowing in the wind. An airship loaded with passengers is shown in
the upper left corner. The dirigible is based on an actual plan de-
vised in 1849 by Rufus Porter, editor of Scientific American. The
lithograph has a 3 Inch tear extending from bottom edge through
title into image. Light foxing and wrinkling, small old stain in lower
margin, Good condition. Rare California contemporary Gold Rush
lithograph. �������������������������������������������������������������������Est. $2000-4000