Archives International Auctions Sale 51 U.S., Chinese & Worldwide Banknotes, Scripophily, Autographs and Security Printing Ephemera

Archives International Auctions - Sale 51 87 March 19,2019 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com 615 615 Broadside in Dutch, ca.1720, Satirizing John Law’s Mississippi Company Land Scheme. Amsterdam, Netherlands. MISSISSIPPI OF ‘T WYDEFAAMDE GOUDLAND DOOR DE INBEELDING, Amsterdam, 1720. 10” x 15”. Dutch text. Underneath the title, a well-executed woodcut depicts an artist’s conception of the Mississippi River Valley. There is a vertical fold, and a short repaired edge split, otherwise generally Very Fine. From a Dutch collection of broadsides entitled HET GROOTE TAFEREEL DER DWAASHEID (The Great Mirror of Folly). Like the South Seas Company, John Law’s Mississippi Company was a speculative land scheme that promised an investment in a virtual paradise, but delivered little or nothing for most investors. (John E. Herzog Collection) ������������������������������������������������������������������ Est. $250-500 EPHEMERA - LOTTERY TICKETS Louisiana 616 616 Louisiana LotteryTicketAssortment, ca.1887-1891. New Orleans, LA. Lot of 4 lottery tickets, Includes 2 examples of Louisiana State lottery, 1891, VF; and 2 different colors of 1887 The Original Little Louisiana Co., lottery tickets, VF. Attractive assortment. ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $85-150 CHECKS, DRAFTS & EXCHANGES 617 617 James Robb & Comp., Bankers, 1853 2nd of Exchange. New Orleans, LA. 1853, $6000 2nd of Exchange, Payable to John Calhoun, Esq., Fine condition with the signature area with cut cancels, still a scarce New Orleans fiscal item. RWH&E -New Orleans. ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $90-160 SECURITY PRINTING EPHEMERA Great Britain 618 618 Thomas De La Rue & Co., Ltd. Ca.1890-1910 Advertising Note. TDLR Advertising note with tiger. One side is blue with yellow undertints and the other side so orange with light blue undertint. Attractive. Uncirculated to CU condition. TDLR. ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $250-400 619 619 Hugo Fleury Original Artwork Produced ND (ca.1930-40’s) for Waterlow & Son. England, ND (ca.1930-40’s). 19 mounted pencil sketches, pen and ink drawings and watercolors mounted on 9 by 12 inch thin manila card on front and back. Included is a watercolor of Pegasus with two globes and 10 additional pencil sketches of horses, fish, dogs and floral decorations, on the second side there are 8 images, with 7 of them watercolors and ink or pencil of lion and cubs, allegorical man, man with horses, woman athlete and woman in arch with man with hammer and others images. They can probably be soaked, but I did not want to endanger the artwork. Fleury, an artist and designer for Waterlow & Sons, is known for designing stamps for the 1935 King George V Silver Jubilee Issue for England as well as a 1935 Portugal 1000 Escudos Note and a number of Czechoslovakian banknotes used in the 1940’s and also other banknotes and stamps. Rare artwork from this well known Waterlow & Company artist. Fine to XF condition. W&S. ������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $500-700