Archives International Auctions - Auction 109 December 16, 2025

Archives International Auctions - Sale 109 102 December 16, 2025 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com Scripophily - Banking & Finance Delaware 527 527 NY. Morgan Stanley Group Inc., 1988-1994. Specimen Registered Bond & Japan Index Call Warrants Pair New York. Lot of 2 specimen Morgan Stanley certificates, Includes 1988, Registered $-Odd, 9.80% Notes due 1998, with red production department overprint with Approval signatures with rerquested changes marked, Pin-punch Specimen; adn 1994, Japan Index Call Warrants Expiring May 28, 1996, MS is an American multinational investment bank and financial services company headquartered at 1585 Broadway in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. With offices in 41 countries and more than 75,000 employees, the firm’s clients include corporations, governments, institutions, and individuals. Uncirculated condition. SC- USBNC. ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $150-250 New York & Pennsylvania 528 528 NY. & PA., New York and Pennsylvania Early Banking Stock Certificate Assortment, 1813 to 1889. New York & Pennsylvania. Lot of 6 Issued Stock Certificates representing early American banking history, including examples from New York and Pennsylvania, Includes: 1813, Lansingburgh, NY. Bank of Lansingburgh, I/C Stock certificate; 1857, Stroudsburg Bank, I/C, with Liberty and Washington portrait vignette; 1855, Bank of Pennsylvania, I/U, (Miners’ Bank Branch) featuring allegorical and agricultural scenes; 1889, Commercial National Bank of Pennsylvania, I/U, with ornate harbor vignette; and two, 1871, Kensington National Bank of Philadelphia certificates bearing U.S. revenue stamps and engraved industrial views. A visually impressive group spanning pre-Civil War through post-Reconstruction banking design, with early fiscal signatures and detailed engravings. Conditions range Fine to VF. (6). Sold “AS IS” no returns accepted. ��������������������������������������������������� Est. $120-180 Scripophily - Banking, Finance & Insurance California 529 529 CA. Bank of California, 18xx (July, 1st, 1864), Specimen Stock Certificate From their First Book of Stock Certificates San Francisco, California, 18xx ( July, 1st, 1864),. Specimen Stock Certificate from their first book of certificates, Lot also includes letter from W. F. C. to a Mr. P. J. Howard thanking him for sending in the specimen stock certificate. The person writing the letter mentions that they will keep the stock certificate in their files for “its historical significance.” Both items are in AU to Uncirculated condition. (2). Sold “AS IS” no returns accepted. ���������� Est. $250-400 Mississippi 530 530 MS. Agricultural Bank of Mississippi, 1845 I/U Stock Certificate. Natchez...., MS, 1845, Agricultural Bank of Mississippi, 25 Shares Stock Certificate (I/U). Printed in black with a decorative border; left vignette of allegorical female figures; dramatic central vignette of a Native American and a settler with agricultural products and a river steamboat in the background; hand-signed by the cashier and president, dated May 21, 1845, with manuscript entries; chartered in Natchez during the cotton boom to provide capital and credit to planters and merchants in the heart of the cotton belt; like many Southern antebellum banks it became closely tied to the volatile cotton economy and land speculation and later suffered in the financial turmoil of the 1830s and 1840s; the condition ranges from Choice Fine to VF condition or better. ������ Est. $200-400 New York Wells & Fargo Autographed Certificate 531 531 NY. American Express Co., 1860, Issued Stock Certificate signed by H.Wells and J. Fargo. New York, 1863...... 1 Share I/U Stock Certificate, Black printing with simple black border, Dog in circular frame at top guarding a safe with rail station and ship yard behind, S/N 678, VF condition with damage to left side margin. Signed by H. Wells as president, and William Fargo as Secretary with Alex Holland as treasurer. Henry Wells, William G. Fargo, and John Butterfield were key founders, with Wells and Fargo being particularly notable for their later involvement in founding Wells Fargo & Co. in 1852. Both companies initially focused on transportation and financial services, such as secure shipping of goods, currency, and valuables during a time when banking and logistical services were fragmented in the United States. American Express grew rapidly and diversified, eventually becoming a leader in financial services, particularly with the introduction of money orders, traveler’s checks, and later, credit cards. ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $300-500