Archives International Auctions Auction 90 December 18, 2023

Archives International Auctions - Sale 90 87 December 18, 2023 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com Scripophily - Food & Drinks New York 426 426 Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co. Inc., 1926, I/C Serial #1, Stock Certificate New York..., 1926. 88,000 Shares 7% Cumulative Preferred Stock I/C Certificate, Black print on orange border and underprint, Company title at top, S/N P1, POCs along signatures at bottom, VF condition, ABNC. The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company, better known as A&P, was an American chain of grocery stores that operated from 1859 to 2015. From 1915 through 1975, A&P was the largest grocery retailer in the United States (and, until 1965, the largest U.S. retailer of any kind). ��� Est. $20-35 Scripophily - Guns & Ammunition Connecticut, New York, Maryland and New Jersey 427 427 Colt’sManufacturingCo., 1959 I/C StockCertificate andAdditional Stocks and Bonds, ca.1936-78 Connecticut, New York, Maryland and New Jersey, 1936-78. Lot of 11, I/C Stock and Bond Certificates, Highlights Include: Ct., 1959, Colt’s Manufacturing Co; Liggett & Myers Inc.; Phelps Dodge Corp.; General Foods Corp. and more. Items range from VF-XF condition. (11). Sold “AS IS” no returns accepted. ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $35-55 Scripophily - Navigation & Shipping Delaware 428 428 Atlantic Fruit Co., 1915 and 1920, Specimen Bond Assortment Delaware, 1917-20. Lot of 5 Specimen Bonds, Includes 1915, $1000 6% Sinking Fund Gold Debenture Coupon Bond with Brown border; 1920, $1000 7% Sinking Fund Gold Debenture Series A Registered Bond with Green border; 1920, $10,000 7% Sinking Fund Gold Debenture Series A Registered Bond with Brown border; 1920, $500 7% Sinking Fund Gold Debenture Series A Coupon Bond with Orange border; 1920, $1000 7% Sinking Fund Gold Debenture Series A Coupon Bond with Green border. All have Specimen overprints and POCs, are in VF-XF condition, and printed by ABNC. (5). Sold “AS IS” no returns accepted. The Atlantic Fruit Company was an American shipping company formed in 1905 by Joseph Di Giorgio in Baltimore. Di Giorgio arrived in Baltimore from Sicily in 1899. When he moved to California in 1911, the business was worth $12 million. ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $90-140 Scripophily - Industrial & Manufacturing 429 429 Esterbrook Pen Co., 1967 Specimen Stock Certificate. Delaware. Odd Shares Common Stock Specimen Certificate, Black print on green border and underprint, Company title at center with portrait of founder Richard Esterbrook at center, Pin punch cancelled, VF-XF condition, E.A. Wright BNC. The Esterbrook Pen Company is a former US manufacturing company founded by English immigrant Richard Esterbrook and based in Camden, New Jersey. It was the largest pen manufacturer in the United States, having reached a record of producing 216,000,000 pens a year. The company produced dip pens, then concentrating on fountain pens until it was acquired by Venus Pencils in 1967, ceasing activities in 1971. In 2014, Harpen Brand Holdings, LLC, acquired the rights to the “Esterbrook” brand name, releasing a series of pens. Four years later, the brand was purchased by Kenro Industries, which is its current owner and holder, manufacturing the Esterbrook pens in Kenro’s plant of Mineola, New York. ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $25-35