Archives International Auctions Auction 92 March 6, 2024

Archives International Auctions - Sale 92 115 March 6, 2024 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com SCRIPOPHILY - AUTOMOBILES & TRANSPORTATION Delaware 556 556 Willys-Overland Motors, Inc., ca. 1920-40s Specimen Stock Certificate Delaware, ca. 1920-40s. 100 Shares Specimen Stock Certificate, Black text with green border and underprint, Allegorical Hermes in flight at top center. Specimen overprints, POCs. XF condition, ABNC. In 1908, John Willys bought the Overland Automotive Division of Standard Wheel Company and in 1912 renamed it Willys– Overland Motor Company. From 1912 to 1918, Willys was the second-largest producer of automobiles in the United States after Ford Motor Company. ���������������������������� Est. $90-180 Ohio 557 557 Fisher Body Ohio Co. 1922 I/C Stock Certificate, Acquired by General Motors Ohio....., 1922. 50 Shares I/C Preferred Capital Stock Certificate, Black text with green border and underprint, Trio of allegorical figures at top center. POCs, Fine-VF condition, ABNC. Signed by F. J. Fisher as President. Fisher Body was an automobile coachbuilder, now part of General Motors. The company was founded on July 22, 1908 by Albert, Fred, and Charles Fisher of Detroit, Michigan. Their company became one of the top coachbuilders in the United States, building their signature factory, Fisher Body 21, in 1919. At the time, the company had more than 40 buildings housing 3,700,000 square feet of floor space. Prior to forming the company, Fred Fisher had built the body of the Cadillac Osceola at the Wilson Body Company. Starting in 1910, Fisher became the supplier of all closed bodies for Cadillac, and also built for Buick. General Motors bought 60% of the company in 1919 before integrating it entirely as an in-house coachbuilding division in 1926. Fisher purchased Fleetwood Metal Body in 1925. It was split from Ternstedt and recombined in 1968. Fisher was dissolved by being merged with other GM operations in 1984. ���������������������������������������������������� Est. $80-160 SCRIPOPHILY - AVIATION Delaware 558 558 Bendix Aviation Corp. ca.1929-30, 100 Shares, Specimen Stock Certificate With Zeppelin, Airplane, Limousine & Truck. California, (Inc. in Delaware), ca.1929-30. 100 Shares Specimen Stock Certificate, Black text with green border and underprint, Various means of transportation depicted at top center including Zeppelin, Mono-wing airplane, truck and Duisenberg type of limousine. Red specimen overprints, SC00000 S/N, and POCs. VF condition, Northern BN. The Bendix Aviation Corporation was a manufacturer of aircraft parts based from 1929 to 1960 in Los Angeles, California. �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $85-170 559 559 Bendix Aviation Corp., ND (ca.1929-30s) Specimen Stock Certificate with Zeppelin and Plane. Bendix Aviation Corp., ND (1929-30s). <100 Shares Specimen Stock Certificate, Black text with red border and underprint, Various modes of transportation at top center. Red specimen overprints, POCs, and S000000 S/N. Unc. condition, Northern BN. The Bendix Aviation Corporation was a manufacturer of aircraft parts based from 1929 to 1960 in Los Angeles, California. It was started by inventor Vincent Bendix in 1929 as a continuation of his auto parts company. ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $85-170