Archives International Auctions Auction 82 January 24th, 2023

Archives International Auctions - Sale 82 124 January 24, 2023 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com 619 619 E.I. Du Pont de Nemours and Co. 1921 Specimen Bond Delaware, 1921. $5000 Specimen 7.5% Registered Gold Bond, Black text with yellow border and underprint, Man leaning against stone building at top center. Red specimen overprints, 00000 serial numbers, POCs. VF condition, ABNC. DuPont de Nemours, Inc., commonly known as DuPont, is an American company formed by the merger of Dow Chemical and E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company on August 31, 2017, and the subsequent spinoffs of Dow Inc. and Corteva. Prior to the spinoffs it was the world’s largest chemical company in terms of sales. Rare bond with only 3 found in the AB Archives in 2002 of this denomination. ������������������������������������������������������������������ Est. $240-450 620 620 Hercules Inc., 1960s Unique Production Department Mockup Design Proof Stock Certificate. Delaware. 1979, Odd Shares, Proof stock certificate with archival notations made with green crayon. Hercules, Inc., was a chemical and munitions manufacturing company based in Wilmington, Delaware, incorporated in 1912 as the Hercules Powder Company following the breakup of the Du Pont explosives monopoly by the U.S. Circuit Court in 1911. Hercules Powder Company became Hercules, Inc. in 1966, operating under this name until 2008, when it was merged into Ashland Inc. ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $200-400 Scripophily - Industrial & Manufacturing 621 621 Air Products and Chemical Inc., ND (1970s) - 1987, Group of Specimen Certificates Delaware, ND (1970s) - 1987. Group of 2 Specimen Stock Certificates and 2 Specimen Bonds, All are in different colors and denominations and have either specimen overprints or pin punched cancelled, All are XF-AU condition. (4). Sold “AS IS” no returns accepted. ���������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $100-200 622 622 Eastman Chemical Co., (From Eastman-Kodak), 1993, Specimen Stock Certificate Delware, 1993. Common Stock Specimen Certificate, Black and blue printing, Vignette of older men at top in front of chemical plant, Specimen overprint and Pin punched Specimen at bottom, XF-AU condition, ABNC. Eastman Chemical Company, an American Fortune 500 company, is a global specialty chemical company that produces a broad range of advanced materials, chemicals and fibers for everyday purposes. Founded in 1920 and based in Kingsport, Tennessee, the company now has more than 40 manufacturing sites worldwide and employs approximately 15,000 people. Eastman Chemical was spun off from parent Eastman Kodak in 1994 and had 2014 sales revenue of approximately $9.6 billion. In 1920, Tennessee Eastman was founded with two major platforms – organic chemicals and acetyls. Products such as calcium acetate, sodium acetate, acetic acid, and acetic anhydride became the basis for the company’s platforms. During World War II, RDX, a powerful explosive, was manufactured for the U.S. government at Holston Ordnance Works at Tennessee Eastman sites. At the peak of production near the end of the war, the ordnance plant was producing a million and a half pounds of explosives each day. Tennessee Eastman was responsible for managing the Y-12 National Security Complex at Oak Ridge, Tennessee which produced enriched uranium for the Manhattan Project, from 1943 to May 1947. �������������������������������� Est. $100-200