Archives International Auctions Auction 106 September 24, 2025

Archives International Auctions - Sale 106 117 September 24, 2025 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com Pennsylvania 540 540 PA. Fairman, Draper, Underwood & Company Proof Advertising Sheet. 1824. Philadelphia. 16” x 17 1/2”. With over fifty intaglio engraved vignettes, counters and end panels by one of the premier bank note companies of the 1820s & 1830s. “2” in the white box in the top border. Printed at a time when many banks realized that their very existence depended on the use of high quality, complex, and artistic vignettes on their banknotes in order to prevent counterfeiting. The vignette at the top center is a perfect example - William Penn’s Treaty with the Indians. The two small birds at the bottom (Running Grouse) attributed to James Audubon. Lightly pasted on a black paper sheet. VF detail, but there are numerous tears and splits that have been repaired with tape. A perfect display piece. �������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $400-800 541 541 PA. International Association of Siderographers, 1971, Banquet Program and Invitation Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1971. Lot of 2 items, Includes: Litho printed program for the Thirty-second Biennial Convention of the International Association of Siderographers, held at the Ben Franklin Hotel, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, September 4, 1971, addressed to national officers, delegates, and membership; Matching intaglio printed invitation card issued by the Siderographers of Philadelphia announcing the Biennial Banquet, decorated with the city’s coat of arms. Light toning and spotting on the program cover, otherwise in Uncirculated condition. An excellent example of late-period union and engraving-related ephemera tied to the historic craft of plate engraving for U.S. currency and security printing. (2). Sold “AS IS” no returns accepted. ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������ Est. $120-160 542 542 PA. Security Banknote Co., ca.1920-40’s Progress Proof Stock Certificate Pair Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. ca.1920-40’s, Lot of 2 progress proof stock certificates, Includes: Progress Proof of the Black text with allegorical woman and child at top center over title, printed on white paper, various production department design notes written in ink; and, the matching frame for the stock certificate of 100 Shares Preferred Stock Certificate, Purple border and undertint, also with production department notes made during the design process. Lot of 2 pieces. SBNC. (2) ���� Est. $200-350 Philadelphia and New York 543 543 PA. NY., ABNC ImpressiveAdvertising Broadsides, One fromNew York, the Second fromPhiladelphia, ca.1898 Philadelphia and New York, Lot of 2 different Advertising posters, 8 in x 12 in., the Philadelphia sheet is in black with green undertint, Company title, Eagle and allegorical women at top, Allegorical men and women at bottom, with listing all of the items they produce, XF condition with 2 horizontal folds; and, the New York version, similar in layout, is in black on light olive undertint, with the title on top flanked by 2 allegorical women, and the bottom with the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor, 2 POCs, “Return to Specimen Room” on top right, and date “May 1898” on top left, Uncirculated, both very attractive and rare. ABNC. (2) ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $200-300