Archives International Auctions Summer Auction June 25th, 2015

Archives International Auctions 183 June 25, 2015 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com 1092 1092 Aurora gold and Silver Mining Company, 1857 Issued Stock Certificate. Incorporated in New York, but a Western mine, either in Nevada or California, 500 Shares, Issued to John Stagg and signed by him as president, S/N 12, Choice fine with light ink burn in middle due to endorsement on back, incredible vignette of chariot with allegorical men, women and cherub. Rare and very desirable certificate. �������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $350-700 Alaska 1093 1093 Nome Beach Gold Dredging Co. Issued Stock. AK. (Inc. in South Dakota), 1910, 75 Shares, Issued and Uncancelled Stock, #773, Black print with black ornate border, Vignette of boat dredging to the bedrock top center with large gold seal bottom left,VF-XF condition, Steel Lithography. �������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $250-500 SCRIPOPHILY - MISCELLANEOUS New York 1094 1094 Combination Commode Co. Waterville, New York, 1894, 10 Shs., Clouds behind title, Red frame, gold seal, VF. ������������������������Est. $50-100 1095 1095 Seventh National Exposition of Power and Mechanical Engineering Specimen. New York, 1928, Specimen Certificate of Merit for Exhibition at Exposition. Red specimen overprint and POC’s. Allegorical man, woman and child on top, steam contraption at bottom. Choice Unc. ABNC. �������������������������������������������Est. $100-200 1096 1096 University Club Specimen Bond. New York, 1897, $1000, 2nd Mortgage 5% Gold Bond, Black on green border, Allegorical figures flank title with angel on top, Specimen overprints, POC’s, Coupons attached, ABNC. The University Club of New York, also known as University Club, is a private social club located at 1 West 54th Street at Fifth Avenue in Manhattan. It received its charter in 1865 when a group of college friends, principally Yale alumni, founded the club hoping to extend their collegial ties.The first meeting was held in the rooms of the Columbia College Law School whereTheodore Dwight, the Club’s first president was a professor. Founded to celebrate the union of social duty and intellectual life, the Club states in its charter that the purpose of the organization shall be the “promotion of Literature and Art by establishing and maintaining a Library, Reading Room and Gallery of Art, and by such other means as shall be expedient and proper for such purposes.” In addition to its many grand architectural features, the University Club hosts one of New York’s great private art collections. ��������������������������������������Est. $180-300 Oregon 1097 1097 Oregon Door Company Portland, Oregon. 1885. 150 Shares, #2, Issued and uncancelled. Brown border and brown underprint of ornate door factory with dock and ships, Red Seal, Stock is issued to and signed by F.E.Beach as president and is close to 1/3 of the capitalization of $50,000. VF condition. Rare and attractive early Oregon certificate. �������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $80-160