Archives International Auctions Auction 88 October 24, 2023

Archives International Auctions - Sale 88 116 October 24, 2023 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com New York 579 579 Brooklyn Steamship & EmigrationCo., 1867, Issued Bond New York, 1867. $1000 I/U 7% Convertible Gold Coupon Bond, Black print with gold underprint and green seal at bottom left corner, Company title at top with small vignette of steamship at top left corner, S/N 1134, VF-XF condition with toning along fold lines, Pickford & Co. �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $100-200 580 580 Lake Keuka Navigation Co., 1882, I/C Stock Certificate Signed by Charles W. Drake as President. Penn Yan, New York, 1882. 1 Share Capital Stock I/C Certificate, Black on black border with company title at top, S/N 19, POC’s and hand written across front, VF-XF condition, signed by James Drake (I assume a relative of Charles) on the back. Dennison & Brown. The Keuka Lake Steamboat “Wars” began in 1873 due to competition between competing business men associated with different cities and railroads. It lasted between 1873 and 1892, when it ended after Charles W. Drake, a New York City business men with a consortium of financiers started by buying the Bath & Hammondsport Railroad and the “old line” (the Keuka Lake Navigation Company). He then set his sights on Mrs. Halsey, T.O. Hamlin, and the “new line” (Crooked Lake Navigation Company). Rumors that Drake was going to have a steel-hulled boat built which would be the largest and finest on the lake. plus a purchase offer she couldn’t refuse, caused Mrs. Halsey to sell her company and its boats to Drake in 1892, thus ending the last of the “Steamboat Wars”. ���������������������������� Est. $75-150 Rhode Island 581 581 Narragansett Steamship Co., 1869, I/C Bond, Signed by Civil War General Ambrose E. Burnside Rhode Island, 1869. $500 I/C, 7% First Mortgages Bond, Black on red underprint and Blue paid stamp overprints, Type set with no vignette and adhesive revenue stamp at right, Signed by Civil War General Ambrose E. Burnside as president and Onslow Stearns as trustee who was also the 34th governor of new Hampshire. This bond was issued and possibly helped finance the merger of the Narragansett Steamship Company with the Boston, Newport and New York Steamboat Company. VF condition. Mudge & Son Printers. ��������������������������������������������������� Est. $150-250 SCRIPOPHILY - OIL, GAS & ENERGY Delaware 582 582 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