Archives International Auctions Auction 81 December 15th & 16th 2022

Archives International Auctions - Sale 81 101 December 15, 2022 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com Maine 463 463 Manakin Automatic Doll Co., 1884 I/U Stock Certificate Maine. 9,000 Shares Capital Stock Issued Certificate, Black print on black border, Ornate company title at top, Low serial number #12, VF-XF condition with mall stains at bottom. Rare if not unique subject matter. Automatic Dolls that I assumed moved once wound up. Est. $250-500 Scripophily - Communications New York 464 464 Mutual Union Telegraph Co., 1880 Specimen Bond. New York, 1880, $1,000. 6% bond. Black border w/ native American and male reaper flanking globe with telegraph wires, Horizontal bond. Specimen w/coupons and POC’s. XF, ABNCo. Rare early competitor of Western Union. ���������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $250-450 465 465 NewYorkTelephone Co. 1909 Specimen Bond Pair New York. $500 and $1,000 Specimen Bonds. One with a green border and one with an orange. Both with dramatic vignette of 2 men speaking on an old fashioned telephone. During the height of the scripophily market in the 1990’s this bond sold for over $500 each. Both are in VF- XF condition, ABNC. ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $250-500 Scripophily - Computers, Internet & Technology Delaware 466 466 Gateway 2000, Inc., 1998 Specimen Stock Certificate Delaware. Specimen Odd Shares Common Stock Certificate. Black print with green border. Vignette of people at top of certificate standing around cubes covered in cow hide design. Uncirculated condition. Rare specimen. This is the only example available. ABNC. Gateway, Inc., previously Gateway 2000, is an American computer hardware company. The company develops, manufactures, supports, and markets a wide range of personal computers, computer monitors, servers, and computer accessories. It was acquired by Acer in October 2007. �������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $230-450 467 467 Network Solutions, Inc., 1983, Specimen Stock Certificate (Possible IPOCertificate) Delaware, 1983. Common Stock Specimen Certificate, Black on brown border and underprint, Company title at top, Pin punched Specimen and POCs, XF-AU condition. SC-USBNC. Network Solutions, Inc. (NSI) first operated the domain name system (DNS) registry under a sub-contract with the U.S. Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) in September 1991. NSI gave out names in the .com, .org, .mil, .gov, .edu and .net Top Level Domains (TLDs) for free, along with free Internet Protocol (IP) address blocks. In 1992, NSI was the sole bidder on a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to further develop the domain name registration service for the Internet. In 1993, NSI was granted an exclusive contract by the NSF to be the sole domain name registrar for .com (commerce), .net (network) and .org (organization) TLDs, a continuation of work NSI had already been doing. NSI also maintained the central database of assigned names called WHOIS. ��������������������� Est. $120-240