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 56 October 29,2020 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com Louisiana 401 401 New Orleans Pelicans, Inc., 1955 I/U Stock Certificate. New Orleans, Louisiana. 1 Share I/U Capitol Stock Certificate. Black print with black and gold border and under print. Eagle at top center. S/N 2213. VF to XF condition. Rare Louisiana Baseball Stock Certificate. The New Orleans Pelicans or “Pels” were a minor league professional baseball team based in New Orleans, Louisiana. Founded in 1865 as an amateur social/sporting organization, the Pelicans became a professional franchise when they joined the Southern League in 1887. That league operated off and on until it finally folded in 1899. During that time the team captured three pennants: 1887, 1889, and 1896. The Pelicans then became a founding member of the Southern Association in 1901. From 1887 to 1900, the team played at Sportsman’s Park/Crescent City Base Ball Park located at the foot of Canal Street near the New Basin Canal (now the Pontchartrain Expressway). In the 1950s, the team was associated with the Pittsburgh Pirates and was managed by Danny Murtaugh. Other notable Pelican managers included Larry Gilbert and Abner Powell, with the latter credited with introducing the perforated “rain check” in 1889. The Pelicans played their final game there in 1957. ���������������������������������� Est. $160-280 Massachusetts 402 402 BostonOperaCo. 1910 I/UStock Certificate Massachusetts, 1910. 2 Shares I/U Voting Trust Deposit Stock Certificate, Dark brown text with brown border and background. Signed by Robert Jordan as president, VF condition, Printed by ABNC. The company was founded in 1908 by Bostonian millionaire Eben Dyer Jordan, Jr. and impresario Henry Russell. Jordan, an opera enthusiast and amateur singer, was the heir to a department store fortune and provided the company’s financial backing for its first three seasons. He also provided the funds necessary to complete the Boston Opera House. The Boston Opera Company (BOC) was an American opera company located in Boston, Massachusetts, that was active from 1909 to 1915.������������������������������������ Est. $150-300 403 403 Hollywood Way Pictures, Inc., 1987 Specimen Stock Certificate CA. Hollywood Way Pictures, Inc., 1987 Specimen Stock Certificate, VF ABNC, Highly trained Hollywood motion picture production & stunt company. ��������������������������� Est. $50-80 SCRIPOPHILY - FARMING & AGRICULTURE New Jersey 404 404 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 & DRINKS North Carolina 405 405 PepsiCo, 1989 1,000 ECU Specimen 7 3/8% Bond, XF S-C USBNC - Green PepsiCo was formed in 1965 with the merger of the Pepsi-Cola Company and Frito-Lay, Inc. PepsiCo has since expanded from its namesake product Pepsi to a broader range of food and beverage brands, the largest of which included an acquisition of Tropicana Products in 1998 and the Quaker Oats Company in 2001.������������������� Est. $50-90