Archives International Auctions Auction 82 January 24th, 2023

Archives International Auctions - Sale 82 111 January 24, 2023 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com 558 558 R. G. Dun Corp. 1930, Specimen Bond, Dun & Bradstreet Predecessor Delaware, 1930. $1000 Specimen 5% Gold Coupon Bond, Black text with orange border and underprint, Allegorical trio of figures at top center. Blue specimen overprints, 00000 serial numbers, and POCs. Fine to VF condition with archivally reinforced slight splitting at top horizontal fold, ABNC. This bond is dated 3 years before R.G. Dun Corporation merged with competitor John M. Bradstreet to form today’s Dun & Bradstreet. Historic financial company and extremely rare bond with no more than 3 specimen examples found in the ABN Archives in 2002. ������������������� Est. $200-400 Massachusetts 559 559 National Rockland Bank of Boston Specimen Share Certificate, ca.1900-1920s with Charming Santa Claus Vignette. Boston, Massachusetts. All blue, Santa Claus, his sled full of toys, and his reindeers on a rooftop, shares of $20 each, B65893 in red at top left, ABNC, EF. Banks and other financial institutions often gave careful consideration to the symbols they selected for use on their bank notes, drafts, and stock certificates. They picked symbols that conveyed a feeling of strength, trust and friendliness to their potential clients, and that is precisely why the officers of the National Rockland Bank of Boston chose Santa Claus. This universal symbol of trust and friendship is highly coveted by collectors, and opportunities to obtain certificates like these are few and far between. Don’t miss this rare opportunity. ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $150-300 Nebraska 560 560 BerkshireHathaway Inc., 1989SpecimenZeroCouponNoteRarity Nebraska, (Inc. in Delaware). $-Odd Registered 5.50% Zero Coupon Subordinated Note Specimen Bond, Blue border with title, Pin-punch Specimen, XF condition, ABNC. (SC- USBNC printed border). Early shares of Warren Buffett’s company with Warren Buffet facsimile signature. The name speaks for itself. ��������������������������������������������������� Est. $550-1100 New Jersey 561 561 Somerset County Bank, ND, ca.1830’s, Proof Stock Certificate. Somerville, NJ, Odd Shares, Men horseback herding sheep with dog under straight title with Standing Justice on bottom, printed on india paper and mounted on thin card, Fine to Choice Fine condition but numerous areas of glue stains on right border margin, Engraved by Draper & Co. ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $180-350 New York 562 562 Bear Stearns Companies Inc. 1986 Specimen Stock Certificate New York (Inc. in Delaware), 1986. Odd Shares Specimen Stock Certificate, Black text with green border at left and underprint, Allegorical figure at top center with globes. Pin- punch specimen overprints. VF condition, SC-USBN. The Bear Stearns Companies, Inc. was a New York-based global investment bank, securities trading and brokerage firm that failed in 2008 as part of the global financial crisis and recession, and was subsequently sold to JPMorgan Chase. The company’s main business areas before its failure were capital markets, investment banking, wealth management, and global clearing services, and it was heavily involved in the subprime mortgage crisis. The collapse of the company was a prelude to the meltdown of the investment banking industry in the United States and elsewhere that culminated in September 2008, and the subsequent global financial crisis of 2008–2009. In January 2010, JPMorgan ceased using the Bear Stearns name. ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $130-260