Archives International Auctions Auction 90 December 18, 2023

Archives International Auctions - Sale 90 63 December 18, 2023 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com Ephemera - Horse Racing New York 319 319 Coney Island Jockey Club, Specimen 1886 June Meeting Grand Stand Ticket Pair from Hamilton BNC Archives. Coney Island, New York, 1886. Lot of 2 Grand Stand tickets to the June 1886 Meeting of the Coney Island Jockey Club. Both have a jockey riding a racehorse at center, with a stirrup frame and horseshoe at bottom: one blue and one yellow, with specimen overprints, as well as “U” and “N” overprints in red, respectively. Both are in VF condition, with light damage and staining at back, possibly from being mounted. The Coney Island Jockey Club was formed in 1879. Led by Leonard Jerome, James R. Keene, and the track’s president, William Kissam Vanderbilt, the Club held seasonal race cards at nearby Prospect Park fairgrounds until construction of the new race course was completed in Sheepshead Bay, New York. Hamilton BNC. (2) ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $90-130 Ephemera - Judaica - WW II Germany 320 320 Oberschlesische Hydrierwerke AG, 1942, I/U Bond, This was a sub camp of Auschwitz, the Nazi Concentration Camp. Germany....., Blechhammer (Auschwitz), 1942. Upper Silesia Hydrogenation Works, 1000 Reichsmark I/U 4%Coupon Bond, Black on brown and pink underprint, Printed in German, Coupon attached, VF-XF condition, G&D. Built originally as a Schmelt organization forced labor camp for Jews known as the Judenlager and it was also a sub-camp of Auschwitz, the Nazi Concentration Camp. The Oberschlesische Hydrierwerke, AG in Blechhammer served primarily to supply the Wehrmacht and Luftwaffe with car and aircraft fuel. Construction of the plant began in 1939-40 as part of the Third Reich’s mineral oil program for the production of synthetic fuel, Oil and Chemicals: Construction of the chemical plant “Hydrierwerke” was located in Blachownia Śląska. The plant used Jewish slave laborers from the nearby Blechhammer Concentration Camp which was established in 1942. ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $25-40 Ephemera - Mining & Gold Rush Nevada 321 321 Wells, Fargo & Co’s Express, 1889, Silver Bullion Receipt to Ship to Carson City Mint in Nevada. Virginia, Nevada, October 25th, 1889. Bullion Receipt Issued for 10 Bars Valued at $30,000, mined by the California & Virginia Mining Company. Uncirculated condition. I can imagine all of the coins with “CC” mint marks that were minted from silver coming from this silver delivery. ������������������������������ Est. $150-250 Ephemera - Presidential Autographs Ohio 322 322 William Howard Taft, ca.1882-1883 Autographed Distillery Warehouse Stamp When Collector of Internal Revenue in Ohio. Ohio, ND (ca.1882-1883), U/C U.S.I.R. Distillery Warehouse stamp, black on greenish blue paper, Taylor’s portrait at left with counterfoil on far left, Signed by Taft in ink. William Howard Taft (September 15, 1857 – March 8, 1930) was the 27th president of the United States (1909–1913) and the tenth chief justice of the United States (1921– 1930), the only person to have held both offices. After admission to the Ohio bar, Taft devoted himself to his job at the Commercial full-time. Halstead was willing to take him on permanently at an increased salary if he would give up the law, but Taft declined. In October 1880, Taft was appointed assistant prosecutor for Hamilton County (where Cincinnati is located), and took office the following January. Taft served for a year as assistant prosecutor, trying his share of routine cases. He resigned in January 1882 after President Chester A. Arthur appointed himCollector of Internal Revenue for Ohio’s First District, an area centered on Cincinnati. Taft refused to dismiss competent employees who were politically out of favor, and resigned effective in March 1883, writing to Arthur that he wished to begin private practice in Cincinnati. Taft was elected president in 1908, the chosen successor of Theodore Roosevelt, but was defeated for reelection in 1912 by Woodrow Wilson after Roosevelt split the Republican vote by running as a third-party candidate. In 1921, President Warren G. Harding appointed Taft to be chief justice, a position he held until a month before his death. ����������������������������������������������������� Est. $65-100