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

Archives International Auctions - Online Winter Sale #7 30 February 27,2019 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com New York 210 210 Paramount Famous Lasky Corp., ca.1910-1920 Specimen Stock Certificate New York. 100 Shares Common Stock Specimen Certificate, Black print on red border and under tint, Company title at top with Bald Eagle above and different studio logos flanking title, Specimen overprint and POC’s, VF-XF condition. Paramount Pictures began its operations in 1912 as the Famous Players Film Company, and was founded by Adolph Zukor (1873-1976). Adolph Zukor was born in in Austria-Hungary and came to New York when he was 15 years old. He started in the fur business in Chicago where he entered the new film entertainment business by buying a nickelodeon in 1903. Two years later, Zukor had a business partner named Marcus Loew. Shortly thereafter, Zukor became the treasurer for Loew’s growing chain of movie theaters. With profits from a film distribution deal, Zukor branched out on his own to found the Famous Players studio. It was Zukor who then hired Famous Players’ key to success, a young actress named Mary Pickford. She was soon known as “America’s Sweetheart.” In 1916 Famous Players merged with Jesse L. Lasky’s Feature Play Company to form Famous Players-Lasky Corporation. (Lasky’s partners were Samuel Goldfish [later Goldwyn] and Cecil B. DeMille.) After several more name changes, mergers, management shuffles, and a bankruptcy, the newly reorganized Paramount Pictures, Inc. emerged in 1935. In the 1930s and ‘40s, Paramount was known for its big stars: Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour, Ray Milland, Marlene Dietrich, Maurice Chevalier, and the Marx brothers. Paramount became involved with anti trust problems began when the Federal Trade Commission investigated block booking in 1921. In a complaint filed on August 30 of that year, the FTC charged Famous Players-Lasky with restraint of trade by forcing exhibitors to buy unwanted films. Though the case focused on block booking, the investigation also brought studio-ownership of theaters under fire, and accused Famous Players-Lasky of using theater acquisition to intimidate exhibitors into block booking arrangements for Paramount movies. After 17,000 pages of testimony and 15,000 pages of exhibits, the FTC concluded in 1927 that block booking was indeed an unfair trade practice. The case Federal Trade Commission v. Famous Players-Lasky Corporation, et al resulted in a cease and desist order for block booking on July 9, 1927, as well as a demand for reform on Paramount theater purchasing. The three respondents —Famous Players-Lasky Corporation, Adolph Zukor, and Jesse L. Lasky— were given 60 days to comply with the findings. Paramount debuted its wide-screen VistaVision in 1954 to compete with Fox’s CinemaScope. The 1950s were good to Paramount. Popular stars and well-known directors made the Paramount logo very familiar to moviegoers. The studio became a subsidiary of the Gulf + Western conglomerate in 1966. A bitter takeover struggle between QVC and Viacom in 1993 ended with Paramount becoming part of the Viacom Corporation.���������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $130-200 SCRIPOPHILY - EXPRESS COMPANIES 211 211 Adams Express Company Stock Pair with Matching Letterhead. Lot of 3 items. Includes 186x dated letterhead with vignette of steamship at dock similar to the vignette on the left of the stock certificates. Also included are Two common stock certificate specimens, one with red borders and odd Shs and one with purple borders, Less than 100 shares. Both w/ Adams flanked by train and ship vignettes, ABNCo. All XF, Scarce and very attractive trio of items. ������������������������������������������������������������ Est. $$50-90 SCRIPOPHILY - FARMING & AGRICULTURE New Jersey 212 212 International Harvester Co., 1912 Specimen Bond New Jersey. $5000 Specimen 5% Gold Coupon Bond, Black print on brown border and under tint, Allegorical woman with wheat at top, Specimen overprints and POC’s, VF-XF condition, ABNC. ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $100-180 SCRIPOPHILY - FOOD & DRINKS Delaware 213 213 Coca-Cola International Corp., ca.1940-1950 Specimen Stock Certificate Delaware. 100 Shares Common Stock Specimen Certificate, Black print on green border and under tint, Allegorical woman sitting at top, beside cornucopia , above company title, Specimen overprints and POC’s, VF-XF condition, RBNC. The Coca-Cola Company is an American corporation, and manufacturer, retailer, and marketer of nonalcoholic beverage concentrates and syrups. The company is best known for its flagship product Coca-Cola, invented in 1886 by pharmacist John Stith Pemberton in Atlanta, Georgia. The Coca-Cola formula and brand were bought in 1894 by Asa Griggs Candler, who incorporated The Coca-Cola Company. The company— headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, but incorporated in Wilmington, Delaware—has operated a franchised distribution system since 1889: the Company only produces syrup concentrate, which is then sold to various bottlers throughout the world who hold exclusive territories. The company owns its anchor bottler in North America, Coca-Cola Refreshments.���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $130-200 Missouri 214 214 Seven-Up Bottling Co.,1939 Specimen Stock Certificate. St. Louis, Missouri. Specimen <100 Shares Common Stock Certificate, Black text on black border, Company logo above title at top, Specimen overprints and POC’s, VF-XF condition, RBNC. 7 Up is a brand of lemon-lime-flavored non-caffeinated soft drink. Early and rare 7up stock certificate. From a new find, this was the only example found.������������� Est. $140-250