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Archives International Auctions - Sale AIAXXXIV
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July 26, 2016
Archives International Auctions
www.archivesinternational.comSCRIPOPHILY - AUTOGRAPHS
Maine
486
486 Lake Torpedo Boat Co., 1916 Stock Certificate Signed by SimonLake.
Maine, 1916, 100 Shares, I/C stock certificate signed by Simon
Lake, Fine. Simon Lake (1866-1945). *Inventor; Submarine pioneer.
Beginning in the early 1890s, and continuing for over 40 years, Lake built
a succession of submarines through which he developed some portion
of the submarine technology in use today. He is generally credited
with developing the first workable periscope, and pioneering the use
of hydroplanes fore and aft to achieve submergence while maintaining
an even keel. *Winslow & Associates. Also includes booklet on
Lake.����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������Est.
$120-200
Virginia
487
487 American Animal Tether Company, 1886 Stock Certificate ITASB by CSA General Fitzhugh Lee.Richmond, VA., 30 Shares, I/U, S/N
1, ITASB Civil War Confederate General Fitzhugh Lee as president. VF
condition. Lee was a Confederate cavalry general in the American Civil
War, the 40th Governor of Virginia, diplomat, and United States Army
general in the Spanish–American War. He was the son of Sydney Smith
Lee, a captain in the Confederate States Navy, and the nephew of General
Robert E. Lee. Scarce Civil War Signature on stock certificate. Also
includes photograph and cigar label with Fitzhugh Lee’s photograph.
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$200-400
488
488 Chicago Town Company of Virginia, 1892 Stock Signed by CSA General Fitzhugh Lee.Chicago, VA., 200 Shares, I/U, S/N 2, ITASB
Civil War Confederate General Fitzhugh Lee as president. VF condition.
Lee was a Confederate cavalry general in the American Civil War, the
40th Governor of Virginia, diplomat, and United States Army general
in the Spanish–American War. He was the son of Sydney Smith Lee,
a captain in the Confederate States Navy, and the nephew of General
Robert E. Lee. Scarce Civil War Signature on stock certificate. Also
includes front cover of TRUTH magazine for 1898 with Fitzhugh Lee’s
photograph. ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������Est.
$300-600
489
489 Indianapolis &St. Louis RailwayCo., 1882 StockCertificate signed by T.A. Hendricks.Indianapolis, IN. 1882, 100 Shares, I/C, S/N 12,
ITASB T.A. Hendricks who was Vice President under Grover Cleveland
fromMarch to November 1885 when he passed away unexpectedly. Rare
signature. VF. ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������Est.
$350-700
SCRIPOPHILY - AUTOMOBILE &
TRANSPORTATION
Massachusetts
490
490 Indian Motorcycle Co., Stock Certificate.Springfield, MA. 1930, 50
Shares, I/C stock certificate. Blue border, Native American “Indian”
portrait in middle top. XF condition with POC’s. Rare and popular
motorcycle stock certificate. ��������������������������������������������������������Est.
$325-600
Michigan
491
491 General Motors Company (GM), 1910 Preferred Stock Trust Certificate Specimen.Michigan. 191x (ca.1910). Odd Shares. Orange
border and undertint, no vignette. Voting Trustees listed at bottom
include James N.Wallace; Frederick Strauss; William C.Durant and
Anthony Brady. Red specimen overprints, “00000” serial numbers and
POC’s. XF condition. ABNC. Rare early corporate GM certificate.
This is possibly the last one available. General Motors was founded
on Wednesday, September 16, 1908, in Flint, Michigan, as a holding
company for Buick, then controlled by William C. Durant. Historic
Stock Certificate.���������������������������������������������������������������������������Est.
$375-550