Archives International Auctions Sale 61 U.S., Chinese & Worldwide Banknotes, Scripophily, and Security Printing Ephemera and Historic Ephemera October 4 & 5, 2020

Archives International Auctions - Sale 61 93 October 4-5,2020 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com Scripophily - Food & Drinks Delaware 672 672 Burger King Holdings, Inc. 2006 Specimen Stock Certificate. Delaware. Odd Shares, Specimen Common stock, Black on blue, brown and m/c, POC’s, The Burger King Man on right and logo on left, uncirculated. Attractive fun and scarce as a specimen. ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $180-280 673 673 Charles E. Hires Co., 1920 “Root Beer” Proof Stock Certificate Delaware, ND (1920s). 100 Shares Specimen Capital Stock Certificate, Black text with green border and underprint, Men at work outside in circular frame, flanked by other scenes of men working. VF-XF condition, SBN. Charles Elmer Hires (1851-1937) was an American pharmacist and an early promoter of commercially prepared root beer though his company, The Charles Hires Co. Hires reportedly learned about root beer on his honeymoon in New Jersey, where the woman who ran the hotel served a tisane known as “root tea” made from roots. His friend Russell Conwell, who went on to found Temple University, suggested that “root beer” would be more appealing to the working class. Originally, Hires packaged the mixture in boxes and sold it to housewives and proprietors of soda fountains. The drink was slow to catch on, but Conwell persuaded Hires to present his product at the 1876 U.S. Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia. To make it stand out, he called his drink “the temperance drink” and “the greatest health-giving beverage in the world.” Today, Hires Root Beer is a root beer marketed by Keurig Dr Pepper. It is considered the second longest continuously made soft drink in the United States. Only Verner’s ginger ale, dating to 1866, is older. Est. $130-250 674 674 Coca-Cola International Corp. 1940-50’s Proof Stock Certificate Delaware, ND (1950s). Odd Shares Progress Proof Class A Stock Certificate, Black text, Allegorical woman seated at top center, no borders. Purple Cancelled throughout stock, wide left margin, Fine-VF condition with some notations in ink as well as some signs of general wear. The Coca-Cola Company is an American multinational beverage corporation headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. The Coca-Cola Company has interests in the manufacturing, retailing and marketing of nonalcoholic beverage concentrates and syrups.�������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $120-200 675 675 Thomas J. Lipton, Inc., 1964 Specimen Stock Certificate Delaware. Odd Shares Class A Stock Specimen Certificate, Black print on blue border and under tint with portrait of company founder Thomas Lipton at top, Specimen overprints and POC’s, VF-XF condition, S-CBNC. Lipton is a British brand of tea, owned by Unilever. The company is named after its founder Thomas Lipton. Sir Thomas Lipton began travelling the world for tea, since sales had doubled from £40 million in the late 1870s to £80 million by the mid-1880s. However, he believed the price was far too high, so in 1890 he purchased his own tea gardens in Ceylon, now Sri Lanka, and packaged and sold the first Lipton tea. Staying true to this vision, he arranged packaging and shipping at low costs and sold his tea in packets by the pound (454g), half pound (227g), and quarter pound (113g), with the advertising slogan: “Direct from the tea gardens to the teapot.” Lipton teas were an immediate success in the United States. ������������������������������� Est. $150-250 Georgia and New York 676 676 Coca-Cola Company, Voting Trust Certificate 1919 Specimen Temporary Stock Certificate. Georgia and New York. 1919. <100 Shares, Specimen, Black text on olive green border and underprint, No vignettes, Specimen overprints, POC’s and “00000” Serial numbers, VF condition with a (Coke?) stain on the upper right corner. 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. $500-800