Archives International Auctions Auction 91 January 23, 2024

Archives International Auctions - Sale 91 83 January 23, 2024 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com Maine 362 362 Manakin Automatic Doll Co., 1884 I/U Stock Certificate Maine. 9,000 Shares Capital Stock Issued Certificate, Black print on black border, Ornate company title at top, Low serial number #12, VF-XF condition with mall stains at bottom. Rare if not unique subject matter. Automatic Dolls that I assumed moved once wound up. Est. $250-500 New York 363 363 Sterling Cycle Co., 1888 Historic Early I/U Bicycling Stock Certificate. Maine, 1888, I/U Stock, 5 Shares, #70, Black print with ornate black border and Bald Eagle vignette center, VF condition with vertical crease down middle from folding, John A. Lowell & Co. In 1894 Annie “Londonderry” Kopchovsky traveled “around the world” on a Sterling. Starting from Boston and heading west, her first bike was a Columbia but it proved unsuitable. In Chicago, the Sterling company gave her a men’s Sterling (weighing 21 pounds, it had no brakes) which made riding in skirts impossible. She then wore bloomers and finally rode in a men’s riding suit. Peter Zheutlin’s book “Around the World on Two Wheels” records her journey. She claimed to be the first woman to “cycle around the world”, duplicating a feat that Thomas Stevens had accomplished 10 years earlier. In 1898 Sterling won a Silver Medal at the Trans-Mississippi International Exposition held in Omaha, Nebraska for its “chainless bicycles and safeties”. ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $100-200 Scripophily - Communications Florida 364 364 Florida. Peninsular Telephone Co., ND (1940-60s), Uncut Pair of Proof Stock Certificates Florida, ND (1940-60s). Uncut Pair of 100 Shares Cumulative Preferred Stock Proof Certificates, Black on red border and underprint, Pair of allegorical figures flanking a globe with only Florida and telephone wires behind them, Extra large margin, VF to XF condition, SBNC. ������������������������������������������ Est. $120-240 Illinois 365 365 Illinois Bell Telephone Co., 1923 and 1941 Specimen Registered Bond Quartet. Illinois, 1923 and 1941. Lot of 4 Registered Specimen Bonds, Includes: 1923, $1000, Series A, 5% Bond with Steel Gray border; $10,000, Series A ,5% Bond with red border; 1941, $1000, Series A, 2 3/4% Bond with Orange border; and, 1941, $100,000, Series A, 2 3/4% Bond with Brown border. All bonds have Specimen overprints and POCs, are in VF-XF condition, and were printed by ABNC. (4). Sold “AS IS” no returns accepted. ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������ Est. $150-250