Archives International Auctions - Auction 117 September 30, 2026

Archives International Auctions - Sale 117 93 September 30, 2026 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com New York 447 447 New York. Paramount Pictures, Inc., 1935, Specimen Coupon Bond. New York, 1935. $500 Specimen 6% Sinking Fund Debenture Coupon Bond, Black print on steel gray border and underprint, Allegorical women at top flanking famous Paramount Logo - a mountain ringed with stars, Specimen overprint and POC, XF to AU condition, ABNC. ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������ Est. $140-200 Scripophily - Communications, Telecom & Printing Delaware 448 448 Jenkins Television Corp., 1930 Historic TV Pioneer Stock Certificate 1930. I/U stock. 25 Shrs. Green border, Temp Cert. XF cond. Charles Francis Jenkins was a leading inventor and promoter of mechanical scanning T.V. and largely responsible for strong interest in television in the 1920s and early 1930s in the U.S. Jenkins also provided the first public T.V. demonstration in the U.S. on 13 June 1925. He co-invented and publicly demonstrated the first practical motion picture projector in the U.S. (1894), developed an automobile with the engine in the front instead of under the seat (1898) and founded the Society of Motion Picture Engineers in 1916. He had 400 U.S. patents for inventions as diverse as an airplane brake and a bean-shelling machine. Today he has been almost forgotten by all but a few television historians. Yet in the U.S. he was responsible for the advent of television and was the first pioneer to make television a reality. Rare. Only one found in old Maine estate. ������������������������������ Est. $180-250 Hawaii 449 449 HI. Hawaiian Bell Telephone Co., ND (1880s), Uncut Unissued Stock Certificates. Honolulu, Hawaii, ND (1880s). Lot of 4 uncut sheets of 2 certificates each, U/U Capital Stock Certificates, Dark brown printing with palm tree and native flora and fauna at left, AU condition, Attached at left side with original binding, Hawaiian Gazette Print. (4 pages with 8 certificates). Sold “AS IS” no returns accepted. ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������ Est. $160-230 Montana 450 450 MT. Yellowstone Park Telephone and Telegraph Co., 1901, I/C Bond Bozeman, Montana, 1901. $500 I/C 6% First Mortgage Gold Coupon Bond, Brown border and underprint with allegorical woman with globe and wires on upper right with ornate title and text, Gold foil seal at bottom left corner, Purple cancelled stamps and POCs over certificate, S/N 43, XF to AU condition, Extremely rare telephone bond from this famous National Park. WBNC. ����������������������������������������������������� Est. $150-250