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

Archives International Auctions - Online Winter Sale #7 29 February 27,2019 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com SCRIPOPHILY - CONSUMER GOODS Delaware 204 204 Levi Strauss & Co., 1984 Specimen Stock Certificate Delaware. Odd Shrs Specimen Stock Certificate, Black print with blue under tint and end panels, Portrait of Levi Strauss at top left next to company name, Pin punched specimen, VF- XF condition, S-C USBNC. ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $100-200 Georgia 205 205 American Textile Woolen Co. ca1910-20 Specimen Stock Certificate Georgia. Odd Shares Preferred Stock Specimen Certificate, Black on brown border and underprint, Vignette of modern loom top center with bald eagle on the left and a sheep on the right, POC’s, VF-XF condition, SCBNC.����������������������� Est. $90-150 Massachusetts 206 206 Southern New England Ice Co., ca.1927 Specimen Stock Certificate Massachusetts. <100 Shares Common Stock Specimen Certificate, Black print on green border and under tint, Block of melting ice at top, Specimen overprints and POC’s, VF-XF condition, RBNC. Attractive and rare as a specimen.���������������� Est. $90-150 Wisconsin 207 207 Parker Pen Co., ca.1900-1920 Specimen Stock Certificate Wisconsin. Specimen <100 Shares Common Stock Certificate, Black print on green border and under tint, Allegorical woman with feather held aloft at top, Specimen overprints and POC’s, VF-XF condition, RBNC. The Parker Pen Company is a manufacturer of luxury pens, founded in 1888 by George Safford Parker in Janesville, Wisconsin, United States. George Safford Parker, the founder, had previously been a sales agent for the John Holland Gold Pen Company. He received his first fountain pen related patent in 1889. In 1894 Parker received a patent on his “Lucky Curve” fountain pen feed, which was claimed to draw excess ink back into the pen barrel when the pen was not in use. The company’s first successful pen, released in 1899, was the Parker Jointless. The Lucky Curve feed was used in various forms until 1928. ������������������������������������������������� Est. $100-180 SCRIPOPHILY - ENTERTAINMENT & MOVIE STUDIOS Delaware 208 208 American Broadcasting Co., 1943 Specimen Stock Certificate. Delaware, ND, Specimen Stock, <100 Shares, Black on green border and underprint, ABC microphone flanked by sitting allegorical figures, POC’s and red SPECIMEN overprints, VF-XF condition, SBNC. ABC launched as a radio network on October 12, 1943, serving as the successor to the NBC Blue Network, which had been purchased by Edward J. Noble. It extended its operations to television in 1948, following in the footsteps of established broadcast networks CBS and NBC. In the mid-1950s, ABC merged with United Paramount Theatres, a chain of movie theaters that formerly operated as a subsidiary of Paramount Pictures. Leonard Goldenson, who had been the head of UPT, made the new television network profitable by helping develop and greenlight many successful series. In the 1980s, after purchasing an 80% interest in cable sports channel ESPN, the network’s corporate parent, American Broadcasting Companies, Inc., merged with Capital Cities Communications, owner of several print publications, and television and radio stations. In 1996, most of Capital Cities/ABC’s assets were purchased by The Walt Disney Company.������������������������������������������� Est. $120-180 209 209 Crusader Films Corporation of America, 1920 Stock Certificate Pair. Delaware. 1920, Lot of 2 stock certificates, Both are 5 Share certificates with the same design, Includes Common stock, Brown border and Preferred Shares, Green border, Both with S/N 652. Both in VF condition. In 1920 the company ran an ad advising that “the future of the nation depends largely upon the kind of Pictures we give our Children. It also said 22 million school children were absorbing their knowledge through motion pictures. According to the United States Investor periodical in 1921 it was described as “a promotion with very little chance of success” and “one was taking a gambler’s chance at buying this stock”. Scarce early silent film era stock certificates. (2) ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $120-200