Archives International Auctions Auction 82 January 24th, 2023

Archives International Auctions - Sale 82 129 January 24, 2023 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com 643 643 Standard Shipbuilding Corp., ND ca.1900 Progress Proof Stock Certificate. New York, Odd Shares, Proof Stock certificate, Black printing only, no border or undertint, steamship being pulled by a tug boat, Purple cancelled overprints and crayon numerals referring to the printing plate number. This was the cancellation impression for the company’s records. Fine. Republic BNC. Rare if not unique navigation certificate. Standard Shipbuilding, Shooters Island NY, (formerly Townsend & Downey) was located on Shooters Island was a yacht builder in the early years of the last century, most notable for building “Meteor” for the Kaiser. Downey sold the shipyard in 1917, to a group of Cuban financiers, and started a new yard in the Arlington section of Staten Island. The Cubans expanded the Shooters Island yard from 25 to 50 acres, effectively occupying the entire island, which is just off the Richmond Terrace section of Staten Island. At its peak, it had about 4,500 employees. Rare. �� Est. $110-200 Texas 644 644 Texas SteamshipCo., 1915 &GalvestonWharf Co., 1929Specimen Bond Pair TX. Lot of 2 pieces, Includes: Texas Steamship Co. 1915 $1000 Specimen 6% Gold Coupon Note in orange; and Galveston Wharf Co. 1929 $1000 Specimen 5.5% Refunding Mortgage Gold Coupon Bond in brown. Both have red specimen overprints, 00000 serial numbers, and POCs. Fine condition, ABNC. Scarce Texas Navigation related specimens. 2 items. �� Est. $150-300 Scripophily - Oil, Gas & Energy Colorado and New Mexico 645 645 Victor-American Fuel Co., 1910 and 1912, Set of 6 Specimen Registered and Coupon Bonds Colorado and New Mexico. (Inc. in Maine), Assortment of Specimen Bonds, The Registered bonds are dated 1912 and the coupon bonds were issued in 1910, Includes: $100 Registered Bond in Brown; $100 Coupon Bond in gray; $500 Registered Bond in green; $500 Coupon Bond in orange; $1000 Registered Bond in purple; $1000 Coupon Bond in olive green. All pieces have Specimen overprints and POCs and are in XF condition. Sold “AS IS” no returns accepted. Victor-American Fuel Company, also styled as the Victor Fuel Company, was a coal mining company, primarily focused on operations in the US states of Colorado and New Mexico during the first half of the Twentieth Century. Prior to a 1909 reorganization, the business was known as the American Fuel Company. Behind the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company, the Victor-American Fuel Company was the second-largest coal company in the state and the wealthiest owned by Coloradans, during the first decades of the 20th century. During the 1913-1914 Colorado Coalfield War, strikebreakers and mine guards working for Victor-American that had been hired in response to the United Mine Workers of America-led labor uprising were targeted in attacks. (6). �� Est. $325-650 Delaware 646 646 NorthernNaturalGasCo., aBerkshireHathawayEnergyCompany, ND (ca.1950-60s), Proof Stock Certificate Delware, ND (ca.1950-60s). Common Stock Proof Certificate, Black printing with blue side panel, Male and female allegorical figures at top, Printed on large brown paper, VF-XF condition with staple holes along right side, S-C USBNC. In business since 1930, Northern Natural Gas owns the largest interstate natural gas pipeline system in the United States. Northern Natural Gas’ pipeline system stretches across 11 states, from Southern Texas to Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, providing access to five of the major natural gas supply regions in North America. The company provides natural gas transportation and storage services to 83 utilities and numerous producers, energy marketing companies and industrial end users. It also provides grid transportation between other interstate and intrastate pipelines, and access to major North American gas supply basins in Canada, the Rocky Mountains, the MidContinent and Permian Basins, and major shale gas developments. �� Est. $120-240