Archives International Auctions Auction 87 September 12, 2023

Archives International Auctions - Sale 87 125 September 12, 2023 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com 604 604 Kentucky Fried Chicken Corp., 1971, Specimen Stock Certificate Delaware, 1971. >100 Shares Specimen Common Stock Certificate, Black on orange left side panel and underprint, Company title at top with portrait of Colonel Sanders (company founder) at top left, Pin punched Specimen, Uncirculated condition, FBNC. ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $200-400 SCRIPOPHILY - FRAUD & SCAMS Pennsylvania 605 605 Keely Motor Co., 1880, I/U Stock Certificate - Scam Scheme Philadelphia...., Pennsylvania, 1880. 40 Shares I/U Capital Stock Certificate, Black on green border, Portrait of Keely at bottom and allegorical woman at top beside ornate motor, S/N 958, Fine to VF with stain on right vertical fold edge and faults and tear at top, National BNC. Lot also includes Newspaper clipping from 1910 discussing the fraud. John Ernst Worrell Keely (September 3, 1837 – November 18, 1898) was an American fraudster and self-proclaimed inventor from Philadelphia who claimed to have discovered a new motive power which was originally described as “vaporic” or “etheric” force, and later as an unnamed force based on “vibratory sympathy”, by which he produced “interatomic ether” from water and air. Keely secured substantial investments from many people, including John Jacob Astor IV. Despite numerous requests from the stockholders of the Keely Motor Company, which had been established to produce a practicable motor based on his work, he consistently refused to the fully discuss principles on which his motor supposedly operated, and also repeatedly refused demands to produce a marketable product by claiming that he needed to perfect his inventions. He became embroiled in several lawsuits, and after Keely’s death evidence of his elaborate fraud was discovered. (ex. John E. Herzog Collection) ��������������������� Est. $110-220 SCRIPOPHILY - GUNS, GUN POWDER & EXPLOSIVES Delaware 606 606 Atlas Powder Co. Progress Proof Stock Certificate Pair and Proof Vignette, ca.1930-1950s Delaware, ca.1930-1950s. Lot of 3 pieces, Includes: ca.1930-40s, 100 Shares Proof Stock Certificate printed on brown paper, Black text with green border and underprint, Allegorical Atlas at top center, annotations around wide margins, VF to XF condition; ND (ca.1940-50s), Corresponding Certificate of Stock Progress Proof printed on white paper, Green border and underprint, annotations throughout, XF condition, no vignette; and, Proof Vignette printed on india paper featuring Atlas holding the World on his shoulders, “C-4259” imprint at top center, green intaglio print, Uncirculated condition. Incorporated in 1912, Atlas Powder Company functioned as an independent explosives and chemicals company until 1971, when it was purchased by Imperial Chemical Industries Limited (U.K.) and became its American affiliate under the name ICI Americas, Inc. (3) ������������������������������������������������������� Est. $200-400 607 607 Hercules Inc., 1974-83, Assortment of Specimen Bonds Delaware, 1974-83. Lot of 11 Specimen Registered Bonds, All have varying vignettes and amounts, with Specimen overprints and are in Uncirculated condition, Printed by SC-UBNC or SC-BNC. (11). Sold “AS IS” no returns accepted. ���������������������������������������������������� Est. $400-600