Archives International Auctions Sale 60 U.S., Chinese & Worldwide Banknotes, Scripophily, Coins, Historic Ephemera, Security Printing Ephemera, Stamps & Postal History July 7 & 8, 2020

Archives International Auctions - Sale 60 110 July 7-8,2020 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com New Jersey 745 745 Quaker City Life Insurance Co., ca.1910-20 Specimen Stock Certificate. New Jersey. Odd Shares Specimen Capitol Stock Certificate. Black printing with brown border and under print. Vignette of Quaker man at top center of certificate. Pink stamp “not to be removed from file” at top right corner of certificate. POC’s. VF with toning at top border. SBNC.” �� Est. $110-220 New York 746 746 Bear Stearns Co. Inc., 1985 Specimen Stock Certificate Delaware. Odd Shares Series D Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock Specimen certificate, Black print on brown border and under tint, Company title at top, Pin punched Specimen at bottom, VF-XF condition, SCUSBNC. Facsimile of Alan C. Greenberg Chairman of the Board from 1985-2001. The Bear Stearns Companies, Inc. was a New York-based global investment bank, securities trading and brokerage firm that failed in 2008 as part of the global financial crisis and recession, and was subsequently sold to JPMorgan Chase. Its main business areas before its failure were capital markets, investment banking, wealth management, and global clearing services, and it was heavily involved in the subprime mortgage crisis. �� Est. $100-180 747 747 Continental Insurance Co. 1920-30’s Specimen Stock Certificate New York, ND (1930S). 100 Shares Specimen Capital Stock Certificate, Black text with green border and underprint, Man with musket and drum at top center. Red specimen overprints, 00000 serial numbers, POCs, Last Specimen stamp at top right corner. VF condition, ABNC. The Continental Insurance Company began as a fire insurance company, issuing its first policy in 1853, and is still in business today. �� Est. $70-110 748 748 Government Security Life Insurance Co. 1870-80s Progress Specimen Bond New York, ND (1870-80s). $5000 Progress Proof Bond, Black text with green border and underprint, Native American featured at center, with American eagle and shields to the right. Fine condition with damage along margins and fold lines, with staining throughout as well as some splitting along middle fold line. Continental BNC. �� Est. $120-240 Historic company that helped pave the way for the market crash of 2007-2008. 749 749 Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., 2005 I/U Stock Certificate. New York (Inc. in Delaware). 5 Shares Common Stock, I/U, Black print on green border and under tint, Image of founding of company at top middle in Montgomery, Alabama with portraits of founders Mayer & Emanuel Lehman at bottom corners, VF-XF condition, ABNC. Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. was a global financial services firm. Before filing for bankruptcy in 2008, Lehman was the fourth-largest investment bank in the United States (behind Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, and Merrill Lynch), doing business in investment banking, equity and fixed-income sales and trading (especially U.S. Treasury securities), research, investment management, private equity, and private banking. Lehman was operational for 158 years from its founding in 1850 until 2008. On September 15, 2008, the firm filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection following the massive exodus of most of its clients, drastic losses in its stock, and devaluation of assets by credit rating agencies, largely sparked by Lehman’s involvement in the subprime mortgage crisis, and its exposure to less liquid assets. Lehman’s bankruptcy filing is the largest in US history, and is thought to have played a major role in the unfolding of the late-2000s global financial crisis. The market collapse also gave support to the “Too Big To Fail” doctrine. Rare and historic stock certificate.�� Est. $450-750