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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 CompanyPortland, 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