Archives International Auctions - Auction 118 November 17 & 18 2026

Archives International Auctions - Sale 118 83 November 17, 2026 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com Various States 406 406 American Bank Note Co. Proof Vignette Collection, 1850s to 1900s Various States, ca.1850 to 1900s. Lot of 9 ABN proof vignettes. Includes: NY and Kuba Mail Steamship Co. proof coupon, ca. 1860s; Proof Coupon Back #20, ca. 1860s; Chile, Banco Nacional de Chile proof coupon, 1860s to 1870s; Numeral Denomination Counter Compound proofs, ca. 1860s; Numeral Counter Compound proofs 2 to X, ca. 1860s; Counterfoil Plate #2191, ca. 1860s; Arms of Maryland intaglio vignette, 1850s, black, BC&Co.; Soldier with Bayonet intaglio vignette, 1880 to 1900s, black, ABNC; City of Providence, RI intaglio vignette, 1860 to 1880s. Conditions range from Fine to Uncirculated. (9). Sold “AS IS” no returns accepted. ������������������������������������������������� Est. $80-140 407 407 Security-Columbian Banknote Co., Lot of Production Files, 1990 to 1994 Lot of 5 Production Files for Various Companies, Includes: Maritrans Partners L.P., Luby’s Cafeterias, Inc., National Income Realty Investors, Inc., Giant Cement Holding, Inc., and Medical Care International Inc. Files comes with proto types, samples, approval forms, and correspondence between the companies and the printing house. (5 Files). Sold “AS IS” no returns accepted. ��������������������������������������������������� Est. $75-120 Washinton, D.C. 408 408 DC. 1918 International Steel & Copper Plate Printers Union 26th Annual Convention Souvenir AlbumwithWilson Portrait byG.F.C. Smillie Washington, D.C....., July 15th–20th, 1918. This impressive oblong, ribbon-tied souvenir album has 32 pages. It was produced for the union whose members printed the nation’s currency, bonds and stamps at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. The cover bears a finely engraved intaglio portrait of George Washington, and the script- engraved title page features a vignette of the U.S. Capitol. Highlights include a superb intaglio portrait of President Woodrow Wilson, signed in the plate by G.F.C. Smillie, the Bureau’s master portrait engraver, and a flying American Eagle vignette with “E Pluribus Unum.” John Peterson & Son photogravures depict the Bureau of Engraving and Printing and the battleship U.S.S. North Dakota (photo by N.L. Stebbins). A.W. Elson & Co., Boston, fine art photogravures reproduce paintings by Rosa Bonheur (“Deer in the Forest–Twilight,” from the Metropolitan Museum), Émile Renouf (“The Helping Hand”), Charles Burton Barber (“Wake Up!”) and George de Forest Brush (“The Indian and the Lily”), each with a printed descriptive tissue guard. This is a scarce wartime showcase of American security engraving and printing craftsmanship. Covers worn with small faults and foxing, interior like new. ��������������������������������������������� Est. $200-400 Canada 409 409 Canada. 1916 International Steel & Copper Plate Printers Union 24th Annual Convention Souvenir Album, Ottawa, with British American Bank Note Co. Advertising Poster Ottawa, Canada....., July 17th–22nd, 1916. This oblong, cord-tied souvenir album has 23 pages, including the front cover. The cover bears an intaglio lion’s head within an ornate frame with the Royal Arms, and the script-engraved title page features a beaver vignette with the American Bank Note Co., Ottawa imprint. The highlight is a superb full-page intaglio advertising poster for the British American Bank Note Company, Ottawa, “Incorporated 1866.” It is printed in sepia with elaborate lettering, a winged allegorical female holding a torch aloft, and a list of the firm’s products, including bank notes, bonds, stock certificates, cheques, drafts, bills of exchange, and postage and revenue stamps, along with its Montreal office at 2 Place d’Armes Square. Other BABNCo intaglio plates include a mountain railway river gorge and “View Westward in Prince of Wales Sound, Hudson’s Strait,” after a Dr. R. Bell photo of 1884. Also included are Elbert Hubbard’s “Loyalty” in engraved script, and photogravures of the Parliament Buildings (the Centre Block burned in February 1916), Quebec City and a habitant weaver at her loom. Cover worn with small tears, foxing and toning; interior AU. ���������������������������������������������������� Est. $200-400