Archives International Auctions Sale 50 The Milestone Auction U.S., Chinese & Worldwide Banknotes, Scripophily, Autographs and Security Printing Ephemera

Archives International Auctions - Sale 50 117 December 3-4,2018 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com 804 804 Farmers & Exchange Bank, 1864 Stock Certificate. Charleston, South Carolina. 20 Shares I/U Capital Stock Certificate, Black print on simple black border, Company title at top with image of foreman overseeing working slaves below, Cancelled along left side of certificate, Fine-VF condition with cut close margins to left, ABNC. ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $100-200 SCRIPOPHILY - BREWERIES & DISTILLERIES California 805 805 Robert Mondavi 1981 Specimen Stock Certificate. Napa, California. Odd Shares, Specimen, Dark Brown on green border and undertint with the undertint of the winery, Pin-punch Specimen, Facsimile signature of Robert Mondavi as president, Robert Gerald Mondavi (June 18, 1913 – May 16, 2008) was a leading American vineyard operator whose technical improvements and marketing strategies brought worldwide recognition for the wines of the Napa Valley in California. From an early period, Mondavi aggressively promoted labeling wines varietally rather than generically. This is now the standard for New World wines. Rare specimen stock certificate.������������ Est. $120-240 Massachusetts 806 806 Sam Adams - Boston Beer Co., Inc., 1995 Specimen Stock Certificate Massachusetts. Odd Shares Class A Common Stock Specimen Certificate, Black print on slate blue border and under tint, Samuel Adams beer logo at top above company title, Pin punched cancelled, VF-XF condition, NBNC. ��������������������������� Est. $90-150 South Carolina 807 807 Germania Brewing Co., ca.1880-1900 Remainder Stock Certificate. Charleston, South Carolina. Odd Shares Capital Stock Remainder Certificate, Black print on black border with gold under tint, Company title at top with allegorical figure at top right corner, Low serial number; #36, VF-XF condition, Goes. Scarce SC brewery stock. �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $35-70 SCRIPOPHILY - CATTLE AND RANCHING Western States 808 808 American Cattle Trust, 18xx (ca. 1880-90) Specimen Stock Certificate Western company. 1887, 100 Shares, Green border. Eagle vignette. Modeled largely after the Standard Oil Trust. The concept and purpose of the Cattle Trust by Eastern capitalists was to organize and control the western cattle market, erase range and water rights and monopolize the cattle industry and wipe out the independent cattlemen. Due to internal squabbling at every level of the company, it fell apart and went bankrupt in 1890. Historic certificate of a dark and ugly period of the western cattle and cattle ranching industry. Red specimen overprints. VF condition with light toning of paper. Rare. �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $300-500 SCRIPOPHILY - COMMUNICATION & PRINTING New York 809 809 New York Evening Post, Inc., 1923 Specimen Common Stock Voting Trust Certificate. NY. Odd Shares, Specimen, Black on blue border and underprint, Specimen overprints, POC’s, XF condition, the Post was founded by Alexander Hamilton with about US$ 10,000 from a group of investors in the autumn of 1801 as New-York Evening Post, the most famous 19th-century New-York Evening Post editor was the poet and abolitionist William Cullen Bryant. Famous U.S. paper presently owned by Murdoch companies. ����������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $110-180 SCRIPOPHILY - COMMUNICATIONS Delaware 810 810 Time Warner Inc., 1990 Specimen ADR Stock Certificate Delaware. Odd Series D Depositary Shares Specimen Stock Certificate, Black print on red border and under tint, Allegorical woman at top above company title, Pin punched Specimen, VF-XF condition, SC-USBNC. ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $80-150