Archives International Auctions Sale 7 - February 27, 2019 Live and Online Sale

Archives International Auctions - Online Winter Sale #7 28 February 27,2019 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com New York 198 198 Franklin Brewing Co., 1915 Specimen Bond New York. $1000 Specimen 4% 1st Mortgage Gold Coupon Bond, Black print on green border and under tint, Allegorical figures sitting together at top, Specimen overprints and POC’s, VF-XF condition, FL-ABNC. ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $100-180 SCRIPOPHILY - CASINOS, GAMBLING & ENTERTAINMENT Nebraska 199 199 Aerial Circuit Pleasure Wheel Co., 1904 Issued Stock Certificate Nebraska. 600 Shares Capital Stock I/U Certificate, Black print on black border, Me sitting together at top, Low serial number-39, VF-XF condition. A pleasure wheel was the early name for the Ferris Wheel. ���������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $110-180 SCRIPOPHILY - CATTLE RANCHING Wyoming 200 200 Union Cattle Co., 1886 Bond. Wyoming, 1886, $1,000. 10-year sinking fund gold bond. Issued and uncancelled. Gold foil seal. Brown border with steer sticking head out from under title. w/ partial coupons, XF. William Sturgis (1842-1936) served with the Union forces of the Civil War. In 1872, William and Thomas Sturgis in partnership with Gorham B. Goodell formed Sturgis, Goodell & Co., which raised cattle in Laramie County, Wyoming. William and Thomas helped to organize the Wyoming Stock Growers Association and William served as assistant secretary. He was secretary of the Laramie County Stock Association three years after it was organized and served for eleven years; he was one of the most influential men in the area’s cattle business. ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������ Est. $100-180 SCRIPOPHILY - CLUBS & ASSOCIATIONS New York 201 201 Lotos Club, 1895 Specimen Bond. New York, 1895, $100, 6% Income bond, Specimen, Black with eagle, POC’s, Specimen Overprint, XF condition, ABNC. The Lotos Club, one of the oldest literary clubs in the United States, was founded on March 15, 1870, by a group of young writers, journalists and critics. ������������������������������ Est. $140-250 SCRIPOPHILY - COMMUNICATIONS & TECHNOLOGY Delaware 202 202 American News Co., 1934 Specimen Stock Certificate Delaware. 100 Shares Capital Stock Specimen Certificate, Black print on green border and under tint, Allegorical figures at top, Specimen overprints and POC’s VF-XF condition, RBNC. American News Company was a magazine, newspaper, book, and comic book distribution company founded in 1864 by Sinclair Tousey, which dominated the distribution market in the last quarter of the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century. The company’s abrupt 1957 demise caused a huge shakeup in the publishing industry, forcing many magazine, comic book, and paperback publishers out of business. ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $110-180 Maine 203 203 American Pacific Acoustic Co., 1888 Issued Stock Certificate Maine. 500 Shares Capital Stock I/U Certificate, Black print on black border with peach under tint, Company title at top, Fine-VF condition with minor toning and staining at bottom of piece. Telephone Company������������������������������������������������������������������������������������ Est. $40-75