Archives International Auctions Sale 54 U.S., Chinese & Worldwide Banknotes, Scripophily, and Security Printing Ephemera July 24, 2019

Archives International Auctions - Sale 54 Archives International Auctions www.arcchivesinternational.com 81 July 24,2019 562 Twentieth Century-Fox FilmCorp., ca.1940-1950 Proof Stock Certificate Delaware. 100 Shares Common Stock Proof Stock Certificate, Black print on green border and under tint, Allegorical figures flank company logo at top, VF-XF condition, SBNC. Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation is an American film studio that is a subsidiary of Walt Disney Studios, a division of The Walt Disney Company. For over 83 years, it was one of the “Big Six” major American film studios; formed from the merger of the Fox Film Corporation and Twentieth Century Pictures in 1935. In 1985, the studio was acquired by News Corporation, which was succeeded by 21st Century Fox in 2013 following the spin-off of its publishing assets. Est. $130-200 562 Delaware Scripophily - Casinos, Gambling & Entertainment 563 Harvard Club of Boston, ca.1910-1930 Specimen Certificate Massachusetts. $-Odd Amount Specimen Certificate, Red print on red border with title at top, Seal of Harvard Club at bottom, VF-XF condition, ABNC. Est. $75-150 563 Massachusetts 564 Biograph Company, 1916 Issued Stock Certificate New Jersey. 20 Shares Capital Stock Issued Certificate, Black print on brown border on small sized certificate, Bald Eagle at top above company title, VF-XF condition, ABNC. The Biograph Company, also known as the American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, was a motion picture company founded in 1895 and active until 1916. It was the first company in the United States devoted entirely to film production and exhibition, and for two decades was one of the most prolific, releasing over 3000 short films and 12 feature films. During the height of silent film as a medium, Biograph was America’s most prominent film studio and one of the most respected and influential studios worldwide, only rivaled by Germany’s UFA, Sweden’s Svensk Filmindustri and France’s Path_. The company was home to pioneering director D. W. Griffith and such actors as Mary Pickford, Lillian Gish and Lionel Barrymore. Est. $180-280 564 New Jersey 565 United States Playing Card Co. 1905. Colorful Letterhead. Cincinnati, OH. Letter addressed to Bateman-Switzer Co. pertaining to rebate issues. The top segment of the letterhead shows elaborate design with the US Playing Card Co. name promi- nently displayed at top. VF-XF. Est. $55-90 565 Ohio 566 American Land and Cattle Co., ca.1880-1900 Specimen Stock New Jersey. Odd Shares Capitol Stock Specimen Certificate. Black print with an orange border and vignette. Image of a young bull at lower left corner and allegorical figures of Liberty and Prosperity at top. Specimen overprint, handwritten “specimen #44” , POC’s. Fine-VF condition. HBNC. Est. $110-150 566 New Jersey Scripophily - Cattle and Ranching 567 Lyons and Campbell Ranch and Cattle Co. 1895 Specimen Bond. Silver City, New Mexico, 1895, $500. 6% second mortgage bond. Green border with cattle roping vignette. ABNCo. Litho Specimen with coupons, VF, rare western cattle ranching bond. Est. $200-400 567 New Mexico 568 Pittsburgh and Allegheny DroveYard Co., 1885 Specimen Bond Pennsylvania. $1000 Specimen 5% Coupon Bond, Black print on black border, Cattle at top, Specimen overprints and POC’s, Fine-VF condition with splitting along fold lines, ABNC. Est. $75-120 568 Pennsylvania 569 PIXAR, 2005 Specimen Stock Certificate with Steve Jobs Facsim- ile Signature. California. Odd Shares, Black on m/c, Early PIXAR animation characters on bottom, XF/ Unc condition. Popular and attractive specimen from this famous pioneer animation company. Pixar Animation Studios is an American computer animation film studio that is a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company. Pixar began in 1979 as the Graphics Group, part of the Lucasfilm computer division, before its spin-out as a corporation in 1986, with funding by Apple Inc. co-founder Steve Jobs, who became the majority shareholder. Disney purchased Pixar in 2006 at a valuation of $7.4 billion by converting each share of Pixar stock to 2.3 shares of Disney stock, a transaction that resulted in Jobs becoming Disney’s largest single shareholder at the time. Est. $300-500 569 California Scripophily - Communications & Technology