Archives International Auctions Sale 70 September 22, 2021 U.S., Chinese. & Worldwide Banknotes, Scripophily,

Archives International Auctions - Sale 70 111 September 22, 2021 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com New York 565 565 Brockway Motor Truck Corp. 1922 Specimen Bond New York, 1922. $500 Specimen 7% First Mortgage Sinking Fund Gold Coupon Bond, Black text with orange border and underprint. Red specimen overprints, 00000 serial numbers, and POCs. VF condition, ABNC. ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $100-180 566 566 General Motors Corporation ND (ca.1920’s) Specimen Bonus Certificate. New York. Vignettes of Samson Iron Horse Tractor; General Pershing’s Cadillac; and, a Dayton Wright Airplane. ABNC Specimen pin hole perforation and purple hand stamp. Rare specimen certificate. ABNC. ������������������������������������������ Est. $180-280 567 567 Niagara Falls International Bridge Co. 1896 Specimen Bond New York, 1896. $500 Specimen 5% First Mortgage Gold Coupon Bond, Black text with green border and undertint, Niagara Falls depicted at top center. Red specimen overprints, 000 serial numbers, and POCs. Fine-VF condition, ABNC. The Niagara Falls International Bridge Company was one of the companies that maintained the Niagara Falls Suspension Bridge, which stood from 1855 to 1897 across the Niagara River and was the world’s first working railway suspension bridge. �������������������������������������� Est. $375-750 New York. Alabama 568 568 Birmingham Motors, A Trust, 1921 I/U Stock Certificate Jamestown, New York and Birmingham, Alabama, 1921. 60 Shares I/U Capital Stock Certificate, Black text with green border, Eagle at top center. Fine condition. Birmingham Motors was a United States based automobile company. Organized in 1920, it was tentatively in business only from 1921 through 1923. �������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $90-140 West Virginia 569 569 Dawson Manufacturing Co., 1901 Specimen Gold Bond Rarity. West Virginia. $500, Specimen 1st Mortgage 6% Gold Coupon Bond. Black vignette and text on brown border, allegorical woman in middle with small train passing on her right under curved title. Specimen overprints, POC’s, ABNC. In 1901, the first known car to be made in Virginia was the Dawson Car, named for George Dawson, an Ohio machinist. Dawson set out from Cincinnati for Basic City (now Waynesboro), Virginia, via the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad (C&O), in 1899. There, at the crossroads of the C&O and the Shenandoah Valley (later the Norfolk &Western) Railroad, he established a machine shop known as Dawson Manufacturing Company. While the railroads likely kept him in business, Dawson also decided to try his hand at building a steam-powered car. The Dawson Steam Auto-Mobile was a 2-cylinder runabout with single chain drive and tiller steering. The driver and one or two passengers could sit atop the bench seat; the engine was located beneath it. The car rode on wire-spoked wheels with white rubber tires. Its top speed was said to be somewhere between 25 and 30 mph, and its side brass lamps ensured that a driver could continue driving into the evening hours. After the first model was on the road and a proven success, Dawson tried advertising the car in an automotive trade journal — but there were no takers. Because he wanted to continue building a second car, eventually he sold the first to Luther Gaw (auto mechanic) and John Clark (barber) of Waynesboro, Virginia. While Dawson continued to try to get backing, Basic City’s businessmen and bankers were not inclined to support the start-up car manufacturer. Discouraged and leaving his second incomplete car unsold, Dawson closed his business and returned to Cincinnati. Only 2 examples found in the ABN Archives. ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $230-450