Archives International Auctions Sale 55 U.S., Chinese & Worldwide Banknotes, Scripophily, and Security Printing Ephemera October 10, 2019

Archives International Auctions - Sale 55 128 October 10,2019 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com 908 908 New York and Harlem Rail Road Co., 1863 I/C Stock Certificate ITASB Jacob Little. New York, 30 Shares, I/C, Fine condition with Issued to and signed by Jacob Little, cut cancels in middle repaired with scotch tape that has stained the face, ABNC. Jacob Little was an early 19th-century Wall Street investor and the first and one of the greatest speculators in the history of the stock market, known at the time as the “Great Bear of Wall Street”. A market pessimist, Little made his wealth “bearing stocks”, at turns short selling various companies and at others cornering markets to extract profits from other short sellers. Through his great financial foresight Little amassed an enormous fortune, becoming one of the richest men in America and one of the leading financiers on Wall Street in the 1830s and 1840s, but his speculative activities irritated his peers and earned him few admirers. Little lost and remade his legendary fortune multiple times before losing it for good in 1857 ������������������������������������������ Est. $75-150 909 909 NewYork and Westchester County RR Co., 1865 Bond. NY. March 1, 1865, $500 I/U 7% Mortgage Coupon Bond, Horse drawn streetcar at top, Allegorical woman lower right and NY arms lower left with red seal, 15 coupons attached, VF toning and slight splitting at folds, still rare and the first time offered by us. Listed railroad in Cox with no image, this very possibly can be the only example known. Jacques Sandmeyer, Lith, 87 Fulton St., NY. (Ex. John E. Herzog Collection)������ Est. $200-400 910 910 New York Central Railroad Co., ca.1890-1910 Specimen Stock Certificate New York. 10 Shares Capital Stock Specimen Certificate, Black print on black border with brown under tint, Portrait of Cornelius Vanderbilt at top flanked on either side of a ship and a locomotive, Specimen overprints and POC’s, VF-XF condition, ABNC. Cornelius Vanderbilt (May 27, 1794-January 4, 1877) was an American steamship and railroad builder, executive, financier, and promoter. He was a man of boundless energy, and his acute business sense enabled him to outmaneuver his rivals. ��������� Est. $90-180 911 911 NewYork, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad Fractional Share Receipt Group NY. 1947, green, issued, cancelled, VF-EF, 17 pieces ����������������������������������� Est. $20-35 912 912 New York, Ontario and Western Railway Co., ca.1900 Specimen Bond New York. $1,000 registered 4% specimen general mortgage gold bond, Black print on brown border and under tint on horizontal format, Locomotive in 3/4 profile at top, specimen overprints and POC’s, VF-XF condition.��������������������������������������� Est. $85-170 913 913 Seaboard Air Line Railway Co., Group of Specimen Bonds ca.1915-1930 New York. Group of 6 different Specimen bonds in various colors and denominations, all in VF-XF condition, ABNC. ������������������������������������������������������� Est. $55-110 914 914 Staten Island Midland Railway Co., Series A, 1915 Specimen Bond. Staten Island, NY. Specimen bond. 1915. $500. Green border and undertint. Electric streetcar with woman and child watching it pass.. Red specimen overprints, POC’s and “00000” serial numbers. Coupons attached. Unlisted railroad in Cox. Rare and attractive. ABNC. �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $200-300