Archives International Auctions Auction 85 May 23, 2023

Archives International Auctions - Sale 85 80 April 4, 2023 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com EPHEMERA - ALEXANDER HAMILTON DONATION COLLECTION 415 415 Alexander Hamilton Awareness Society Desk Calendars and Rubber Stamps, All proceeds & BP to be Donated to the AHA Society Desk Calendars from 2013-2017 Published by the AHA Society. Lot also includes two rubber stamps, One with Hamilton’s portrait and the other of his signature. All pieces are XF-Unc condition. (7). Sold “AS IS” no returns accepted. ���������������� Est. $200-400 EPHEMERA - AUTOGRAPHED CHECKS California 416 416 Farmers and Merchants Bank of Los Angeles, 1872, With G.D. Compton & Downey Autographs. Los Angeles, California, 1872, $500, issued and spindle cancelled, young woman on top right, ornate title, S/N 333, Issued to and signed by Griffith Dickenson Compton and signed by John G. Downey as President. Griffith Dickenson Compton led a group of thirty pioneers to the Los Angeles area in 1867. They traveled by wagon train from Stockton, California. They named the area Comptonville which was shortened to Compton. In 1888 the city of Compton was incorporated. John Gately Downey was an Irish-American politician and the seventh Governor of California from January 14, 1860 to January 10, 1862. Downey, California is named in Downey’s honor. His land company owned the land that was subdivided to create the town in the 1870s. Downey’s major highlight is having the third McDonalds ever opened (in 1953) and it is the oldest McDonalds still in business, which was 5 miles from where the cataloger was raised. ��������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $150-250 EPHEMERA - AUTOGRAPHS - BUSINESS & FINANCE 417 417 Dean G. Witter 1961 Letter with News Bulletin from 1990 Stating they will stay in the World Trade Center California. 1961. Letter from Dean Witter to William W. Conrad typed on Witter’s personal letterhead regarding a tour and hunting trip of northern India with Indian Shikar & Tours, a service which Conrad had recommended previously. Dean G. Witter (August 2, 1887 – May 25, 1969) was an American businessman, stockbroker, and investor. With his brother Guy Witter and cousin Jean Witter, Dean Witter co-founded Dean Witter & Company in 1924, which became the largest investment house on the West Coast. In its early years, Dean Witter focused on dealing in municipal and corporate bonds. The company was highly successful in its first five years, purchasing a seat on the San Francisco Stock Exchange in 1928 and then opening an office in New York and purchasing a seat on the New York Stock Exchange in 1929. Although a relatively young company, Dean Witter survived Wall Street Crash of 1929 and the Great Depression, posting profits every year during the 1930s and into the 1940s. Dean Witter would lead his company until his death in 1969. In 1978 Dean Witter and Reynolds Securities merged to form Dean Witter Reynolds Organization Inc. (DWRO) in what was then the largest securities industry merger in U.S. history. The resultant company, Dean Witter Reynolds, was the fifth largest broker in the U.S. One year later Dean Witter Reynolds became the first securities firm to have offices in all 50 U.S. states and Washington, D.C. After completion of the merger, Dean Witter Reynolds generated revenue of more than $520 million. ��������������������������� Est. $120-240 New York 418 418 August Belmont & Co. (Rothschild Brothers) 1885. I/U Second Exchange signed by August Belmont. New York, 1885. I/U Second Exchange for 2072.50 Francs, Black text with black border, ornate border with Rothschild coat of arms at left. Signed by August Belmont. The Rothschild family is a wealthy Jewish family originally from Frankfurt that rose to prominence with Mayer Amschel Rothschild (1744–1812), a court factor to the German Landgraves of Hesse-Kassel in the Free City of Frankfurt, Holy Roman Empire, who established his banking business in the 1760s. During the 19th century, the Rothschild family possessed the largest private fortune in the world, as well as in modern world history. August Belmont Sr. (December 8, 1813 – November 24, 1890) was a German-American politician, financier, foreign diplomat, and party chairman of the Democratic National Committee during the 1860s, and later a horse-breeder and racehorse owner. He was the founder and namesake of the Belmont Stakes, third leg of the Triple Crown series of American thoroughbred horse racing. RWH&E. ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������ Est. $90-180