Archives International Auctions Sale 57 U.S., Chinese & Worldwide Banknotes, Scripophily, and Security Printing Ephemera and Historic U.S. Liberty Loan Bonds February 13, 2020

Archives International Auctions - Sale 57 72 February 13,2020 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com 506 506 Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc., 1961, Progress Proof Stock Certificate. Delaware. Progress proof stock certificate. Vignette featuring WB logo flanked by allegorical women with reel of film and book (of scripts). Black ink on white paper. No frame or numbers. Pencil annotations at top front and back. ABNC.�� Est. $150-300 Scripophily - Famous Names Maine 507 507 The Electric Corp. 1909 I/U Bond Signed By Charles FrancisAdams Jr. Maine, 1909. $5000 I/U 7% Registered Gold Cumulative Debenture Bond, Black text with orange border and undertint, at left and right are depictions of figures holding electrical wires in circular frames. VF condition, printed by ABNC. This bond was signed by Charles Francis Adams Jr, a member of the prominent Adams family. He served as a colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War, and went on to be an author, historian, and member of the Massachusetts Park Commission. He was the great-grandson of United States President John Adams and grandson of President John Quincy Adams. �� Est. $200-300 New York 508 508 Tiffany & Co., 1970s Specimen Stock Certificate New York. >100 Shares Specimen Stock Certificate, Black text with yellow border and underprint, Illustration of man carrying clock at left. Red specimen overprints, POC’s, in VF-XF condition and printed by SCBNC. �� Est. $120-240 Scripophily - Farming & Agriculture New Jersey 509 509 AmericanCottonOil Co. 1911 Specimen Bond, Part of theOriginal Dow Jones Industrial Average New Jersey, 1911. $1000 Specimen 5% Gold Coupon Bond, Black text with brown border and undertint, Allegorical scene of farmers picking cotton on a farm at top. Red specimen overprints, “00000” serial numbers, POC’s, VF condition, printed by ABNC. In 1884 the American Cotton Oil Trust was formed, and in 1889 its name was changed to the American Cotton Oil Company. It was founded to trade in cotton seeds and cottonseed oil. The original Dow Jones Industrial Average, or DJIA consisted of 12 stocks including American Cotton Oil Company, which eventually became a part of Best Foods. Possibly one of the first example of a Dow Jones Industrial Average certificate predecessor company certificates. Unique in archive. HBNC. XF.�� Est. $200-350 Scripophily - Food & Drink Georgia and New York 510 510 Coca-Cola Company, Voting Trust Certificate 1919 Specimen Temporary Certificate. Georgia and New York. 1919. 100 Shares, Specimen, Black text on dark blue border and light blue underprint, No vignettes, Specimen overprints, POC’s and “00000” Serial numbers, VF/XF condition. This is the earliest Coca-Cola stock certificate that exists. 3 were found in different colors in the 1990’s that were saved from a paper shredder at that time. The three Voting Trustees were composed of: Ernest Woodruff who was born in Columbus, Georgia, the son of Ernest Woodruff, an Atlanta businessman who, among other things, was leader of the group of investors who bought The Coca-Cola Company from Asa Griggs Candler in 1919. His grandfather was Atlanta manufacturing magnate Robert Winship. Eugene W. Stetson of the Guaranty Trust Company of New York formed the Stetson Family Office in 1919 when he organized and arranged for the public offering of the Coca-Cola Company. Stetson also ran the Illinois Central for Averill Harriman at Harriman’s request. He merged the well-capitalized Guaranty Trust Company with the much smaller J.P. Morgan bank. The Stetson School of Business at Mercer University in Atlanta, Georgia was established in his memory. The third trustee, Samuel Candler Dobbs, was president from 1919 to 1920 and chairman of The Coca-Cola Company, from 1919 to 1922. This is it, a historic company and an extremely rare stock certificate. ABNC.�� Est. $400-600