Archives International Auctions Auction 97 October 9, 2024

Archives International Auctions - Sale 97 114 October 9, 2024 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com Scripophily - State & City California 503 503 Panama Pacific, 1915 Exposition Bond, City and County of San Francisco, 1912 I/C Bond California. May 1912. I/C $1000. Exposition Bond, olive green. No coupons attached. Vignette of angel standing on bow of wooden ship with steamship and exposition grounds behind. The Panama-Pacific International Exposition was a World’s fair held in San Francisco, California between February 20 and December 4 in 1915. A specimen of this bond was sold in our first auction in January 2007 for over $900. This is possibly unique as an issued bond. SBNC. XF. Signed by Mayor James Rolf who also piloted the first San Francisco street car in 1912. �� Est. $350-700 Georgia 504 504 City of Atlanta, 1946, Specimen Municipal Bond Quintet for Airport, Sewage, Fire, and Auditorium Improvement. Atlanta, Georgia, 1946. Lot of 5 Specimen Bonds, Includes: $1000 Fire Protection, $1000 Traffic Improvement, $1000 Sewage Disposal System, $10000 Airport Improvement, and $1000 Auditorium Bonds. Each bond is in a different color, but they all have Specimen overprints, POCs, and are in XF to AU condition. (5). Sold “AS IS” no returns accepted. �� Est. $200-300 Puerto Rico 505 505 People of Puerto Rico, Series A, Isabela Irrigation Loan of 1935, I/C Government Bond Printed by the BEP Puerto Rico, 1935. $1000 I/C, 4 1/4% Coupon Bond, Black print on green border and red underprint, Title at top with statue dedicated to Christopher Columbus at left, S/N 26, Fine-VF condition. BEP........ �� Est. $240-400 South Carolina 506 506 State of South Carolina, 1869, Carpet Bag Era I/U Bond Signed by Robert C. Scott with 1962 SC State Treasurer Letter. Columbia, South Carolina, 1869. $1000 I/U 6% Coupon Bond, Black print with green border and underprint, State Seal at bottom with portrait of George Washington at top center and slave picking cotton at left and ship at right, S/N 2189, Fine to VF condition with archival repairs made, ABNC. Lot includes letter from a manager in the state Municipal Department to the State Treasurer, Mr. Jeff B. Bates, dated July 2, 1962. The correspondence between the two men discuss the post Civil War financial history of the state of South Carolina and the Carpet Bag regime. Sold “AS IS” no returns accepted. �� Est. $90-160 Scripophily - State & City New York 507 507 Dock Bond of the City of New York, 1870, I/C and Framed Bond New York City...., 1870. $1000 I/C 7% Bond, Black print with red border and underprint, Allegorical women flank view of Brooklyn Bridge over Hudson River at center, Bond is made out to George K. Sistare (who was a banker that killed himself after the crash of 1890) and signed by Mayor A. Oakey Hall. Bond is in Fine to VF condition and is mounted in a glass frame that shows off the front and back of the bond. �� Est. $300-500 Scripophily - Utilities, Water, Power & Gas Connecticut 508 508 New Mexico. San Pedro and Canon Del Agua Co.,1880 I/U bond. New Mexico, 1880. I/U bond. $1000. 1st Mortgage 7% Income Bond. Black border. XF condition. Rancher with cattle under ornate title. Coupons attached. This company was the subject of a long-term lawsuit with the U.S. government that was begun in 1881(right after this bond issue and the company was started) and completed in 1897 when the U.S. courts found that the property claimed by this company in New Mexico was obtained by a fraudulent survey. The company tried to control all of the copper and gold mining in the area but the survey was inaccurate and included a large and valuable mining area that should have been in the public domain. Rare and Interesting mining Company. FBNC. �� Est. $250-400