Archives International Auctions Sale 62 U.S., Chinese & Worldwide Banknotes, Scripophily, and Security Printing Ephemera and Historic Ephemera October 29, 2020

Archives International Auctions - Sale 62 52 October 29,2020 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com New York 376 376 American Television Corp., 1939 I/U Stock Certificate New York. 50 Shares Common Stock I/U Stock Certificate, Black print on brown border, Bald Eagle at top, VF-XF condition, Quayle & Son, New York. By 1934, Sanabria was able to present a projecting television systemwith a picture 30 feet wide, he continued to demonstrate his system until the late 1930s and was in business manufacturing television picture tubes until 1955. In 1940 Sanabria working with Dr. Lee de Forest explored the concept of a primitive Unmanned combat air vehicle using a television camera and a jam-resistant radio control and presented their idea in a Popular Mechanics issue. In the years before World War II, Mr. Sanabria formed and was the principal stockholder and president of American Television Corp.. ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������ Est. $150-300 377 377 Commercial Cable Co. 1900-1910 Specimen Bond New York. $1000 Specimen 4% Registered 1st Mortgage Gold Bond, Black print on brown border and under tint on horizontal format, Image of the planet at top with telephone wires connecting USA and UK across the Atlantic Ocean, Specimen overprints and POC’s, with legend stating that Registered Bonds and coupon Bonds are interchangeable, VF condition with minor toning along fold lines condition, FBNC. The Commercial Cable Company was founded in New York in 1884 by John WilliamMackay and James Gordon Bennett, Jr. Their motivation was to break the then virtual monopoly of Jay Gould on transatlantic telegraphy and bring down prices. The technology was well established by this time, and they were able to lay cables from Waterville in Ireland to Canso, Nova Scotia, without the major technical problems of the first Transatlantic telegraph cable. Onward connections to New York City and beyond were initially overland and later submarine. It had a twenty-five percent share ownership in the Commercial Pacific Cable Company that operated a cable from San Francisco to Manila and Shanghai after 1906. Together these companies were all part of the Mackay Companies, also known as the Associated Companies. The company flourished for a time but in 1928, together with other elements of the Mackay System, came under the control of International Telephone and Telegraph (ITT) under a wholly owned subsidiary, the Postal Telegraph & Cable Corporation. This would be reorganized in 1935, with Commercial Cable becoming part of the American Cable and Radio Corporation. The undersea cables remained in use carrying telegraph traffic until 1962. In 1998, cables were briefly visible going out to sea at Waterville and are probably still there.������������������������������������ Est. $200-400 378 378 Drawbaugh Telephone and Telegraph Co. 1896 Specimen Bond New York, 1896. $500 Specimen 6% Debenture Gold Bond, Black text with orange border and underprint, Portrait of a man at top center. POCs, Fine condition. Daniel Drawbaugh (July 14, 1827 – November 2, 1911) was a purported inventor of the telephone for which he sought a patent in 1880. His claims were contested by the Bell Telephone Company, which won a court decision in 1888. Rare bond. ���������������� Est. $100-200 379 379 International Business Machines Corp. (IBM) 1960’s Proof Stock Certificate New York, ND. <100 Shares Proof Capital Stock Certificate printed on brown paper, Black text with purple border at left, Globe at top with latitude and longitude lines. Fine condition with extended margins, SCBN. International Business Machines Corporation is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Armonk, New York. It was founded in 1911 in Endicott, New York, as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company and was renamed “International Business Machines” in 1924. IBM produces and sells computer hardware, middleware and software, and provides hosting and consulting services in areas ranging from mainframe computers to nanotechnology. It is also a major research organization, as of 2020 holding the record for most U.S. patents generated by a business for 27 consecutive years. Facsimile signature of Thomas J. Watson, Jr. ����������������������������������������������� Est. $130-260 380 380 International Business Machines Corp., ca.1950-60 Specimen Stock Certificate New York. 100 Shares, Specimen Stock Certificate with production department archival design notes penciled on the face. Black print with a green border and under tint. Image at top of two allegorical figures, male and female, flanking company title. Specimen overprints, POC’s, VF-XF condition with notes and specifications written in the margins. SBNC. �������������������������������������������������������� Est. $130-260 381 381 New York Telephone Co. 1909 Specimen Bond. New York. Specimen $500 4 1/2% Gold Coupon Bond, Black on orange border, 2 men speaking to each other on old fashioned telephones, with logo of Bell with text “Local and Long Distance Telephone - Bell System” on top. POC. ABNC. EF. ����������������������������������������������� Est. $120-240