Archives International Auctions Auction 83 February 28, 2023

Archives International Auctions - Sale 83 120 February 28, 2023 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com Scripophily - Miscellaneous 570 570 Navigation, Insurance, Distillery and Municipal Assortment of Stock Certificates and Fiscal Documents, ca.1853-68 Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts and Washington, D.C. Assortment of 8 Miscellaneous Certificates, Includes: Distillery Warehouse Certificates (2); Home Insurance Co. of New Haven (4); 1864, Boston, Newport and New York Steamboat Co.; Board of Commissioners of the District of Kensington. Pieces are in Fine-VF condition. (8). Sold “AS IS” no returns accepted. �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $75-150 Scripophily - Museums & Planetariums New York 571 571 American Museum of Natural History Planetarium Authority, 1934 Specimen Bond Rarity New York, 1934. $1000 Specimen 4.5% Serial Revenue Coupon Bond, Black text with blue border and underprint, Hayden Planetarium depicted at top center. POCs throughout, VF condition, HBN. The original Hayden Planetarium was founded in 1933 with a donation by philanthropist Charles Hayden. The Hayden Planetarium, designed by architects Trowbridge & Livingston, opened In 1935. In January 1997, the original Hayden Planetarium was closed and demolished. On February 19, 2000, the $210 million Frederick Phineas and Sandra Priest Rose Center for Earth and Space, containing the new Hayden Planetarium, opened to the public. Neil deGrasse Tyson is its first and, to date, only director. This bond was issued in the 4th year of the Authority’s existence. This is the second of only 2 examples found of this variety in the ABN Archives. ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $550-850 Scripophily - Navigation & Shipping Illinois 572 572 Cairo City and Canal Co. 1838 I/C $1000 6% Coupon Bond. Cairo, Illinois, 1838, $1000 6% Coupon Bond, Ink Cancelled with ink burn in cancellation areas, Fine to VF condition. Rare and very early Canal Bond. The city is located at the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers. Fort Defiance, a Civil War camp, was built at the confluence in 1862 by Union General Ulysses S. Grant to control strategic access to the river. Cairo has the lowest elevation of any location in Illinois and is the only Illinois city to be surrounded by levees. It is in the area of Southern Illinois known as Little Egypt. The first municipal charter for Cairo and for the Bank of Cairo were issued in 1818, but without any settlement and without any depositors. A second and successful effort to establish a town was made by the Cairo City and Canal Company in 1836–37, with a large levee built to encircle the site. Historic bond issued in 1838 when the town was formed. ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������ Est. $200-400 New York 573 573 Larchmont Yacht Club, 1926 Specimen Bond New York. $500 Specimen 5 1/2% Gold Debenture Bond, Black print on green border and under tint in horizontal format, Yacht on water at top, Specimen overprints and POC’s, Fine-VF condition with splitting along fold lines condition, ABNC. �������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $80-160