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Archives International Auctions, Part XXI

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October 25, 2014

Archives International Auctions

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England

32 S.T.D. Motors, Limited, 1933 Share Certificate.

England,1933, 25

Shares, I/U, VF. STD Motors (Sunbeam-Talbot-Darracq) was formed

in 1919 by the amalgamation of three established firms. Alexandre

Darracq built his first car in 1896, and his cars were so successful

that Alfa Romeo and Opel both started out in the car industry by

building Darracqs under license. In 1919 Darracq bought the Lon-

don-based firm of Clement-Talbot to become Talbot-Darracq in or-

der to import Talbots into England. Adding Sunbeam created “Sun-

beam-Talbot-Darracq,” or “STD Motors”.����������������������������� Est.

$75-150

33 Willys Overland Crossley Limited, Stock

England, 1933, 200

Shares, VF, Splits, I/U �����������������������������������������������������������Est.

$50-100

France

34 SocieteAnonyme Des Etablissements Doriot, Flandrin & Parant,

Stock

France, 3,000 Francs, 1917, I/U XF/AU. Doriot, Flandrin &

Parant (D.F.P.) was a French car maker based in Courbevoie, Seine

between 1906 and 1926. Auguste Doriot and Ludovic Flandrin had

both worked for Peugeot and then Clément-Bayard before setting

up their own car making company in 1906, Their main product

was a single cylinder light car and was sold as a Doriot-Flandrin. In

1908 they were joined by Alexandre and Jules-René Parant and a

new company was formed including all the names.[1] Four-cylinder

models were now made with Chapuis-Dornier engines alongside

the single-cylinder cars. The singles were discontinued in 1910 and

a smaller 1592 cc four joined the line up. D.F.P. started to make their

own engines in 1912. The 2-litre 12/15 was used byW. O. Bentley in

a tuned version with aluminum alloy pistons to race at Brooklands.

[1] The aluminum pistons were fitted to some 12/40 hp production

cars from 1914. This car also had electric starting.��������������� Est.

$80-160

Germany

35 Daimler -Benz Aktiengesellschaft, Bond.

Germany, 1942, Bond

1,000 Reichmarks, Mercedes Benz under the Supervision of the

Third Reich, XF, I/U.��������������������������������������������������������������Est.

$50-100

36 Volkswagen AG. Specimen ADR.

Germany. ND (ca.1960-70’s).

ADR Shares, Includes Bank of New York as Depositary in blue.

Specimen. XF, ABNC. ���������������������������������������������������������� Est.

$75-150

37 Volkswagen American Depositary Specimen Shares.

New York

(Germany). 1976. Chemical Bank American Depositary Specimen

Shares for Volkswagenwerk, Red border. EF, SBN. ��������������Est.

$50-100

Michigan

38 American Motor Body Co., 1920 Specimen Voting Trust Certifi-

cate, Class B Shares.

Odd Shares, Specimen stock certificate, no

vignette. XF, ABNC. The American Motor Body Co. was created by

the American Can Company as a Delaware Corporation on Febru-

ary 18, 1918. The purpose of its founding was the eventual takeover

of the plants and assets of two firms, the Wadsworth Manufactur-

ing Company of Detroit, Michigan and the Hale & Kilburn Corp. of

Philadelphia. Pennsylvania. Wadsworth’s president, Frederick E.

Wadsworth, had been previously involved with American Can Com-

pany’s competitor, the National Can Company. Surprisingly both

firms’ Detroit branches produced stamped automotive products in

addition to tin cans. At the time of the sale, Wadsworth Manufac-

turing was supplying closed automobile bodes to the Ford Motor

Co. and other Detroit automakers. �������������������������������������� Est.

$75-150

39 Ford Motor Company Prospectus.

Red and green bound book

containing 110 items relating to the public offering of 2,250,000

shares of common stock by the Ford Foundation in 1962. Nice

condition. ���������������������������������������������������������������������������Est.

$50-100

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40 General Motors Corp., 1946 Specimen Stock Certificate.

Mich-

igan, Less Than 100 Shares, Specimen Stock Certificate, $5 per

share, preferred, Specimen overprints, POC’s, XF, E.A.Wright. � Est.

$120-240

41 General Motors Management Corp., 1930 Specimen Stock Cer-

tificate.

Odd Shares, Specimen, Black on orange border, Allegorical

woman seated between globes, VF-XF, Scarce automobile related

certificate. FLD-ABNC. �������������������������������������������������������� Est.

$75-150

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42 REO Motors, Inc., ND ca.1930-40’s Specimen Stock Certificate.

Michigan. 100 Shares, Specimen, Black on brown border, Allegori-

cal seated young allegorical men flank “REO” logo. Specimen over-

prints, POC’s, XF ABNC. Very attractive and another very scarce

variety. ������������������������������������������������������������������������������Est.

$130-260

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43 REO Motors, Inc., ND ca.1930-40’s Specimen Stock Certificate.

Michigan. Less Than 100 Shares, Specimen, Black on orange bor-

der, Allegorical seated young allegorical men flank REO logo. Spec-

imen overprints, POC’s, XF ABNC. Very attractive and also a very

scarce variety.��������������������������������������������������������������������Est.

$130-260