Cauldron of Curiosities Auction, 2024 October

A collection of 13 bank stock certificates from Northeastern U.S. states, c1859-1974. Mostly early. Includes: Bank of America, 1859; Briggs National B

A collection of 14 bank stock certificates from Northeastern U.S. states, c1830-1970. Mostly early. Includes the states of: New Jersey (1); Delaware (

A collection of 10 bank stock certificates from Ohio, Kentucky, Michigan & Indiana, c1843-1901. Includes: Bank of Kentucky, 1843 & 1858 (dif...

A mini collection of 6 bank stock certificates from San Francisco, c1917-74. Includes: Anglo & London Paris National Bank, 1917; Bank of America...

A collection of 15 stock certificates from trust companies, c1881-1959. Includes Trust Fund Scrip from First National Bank of Cooperstown, N.Y., 1881;

A collection of 28 bank stock certificates with cities or towns in their names, c1843-1940. Includes: Clarkston State Bank, Michigan, 1929-40 (6) (3 d

A dozen stock certificates from U.S. coastal banks, c1849-1974. Includes: Pajara Valley Bank, Watsonville, Calif., 1902, 2 revenue stamps; Anglo &am...

A collection of 16 bank stock certificates from U.S. Western states, all different, c1901-74. Mostly early. Includes: unissued Goldfield Bank & ...

A collection of 6 stock certificates from U.S. county banks, c1853-1934. Banks include: Delaware County Trust Company, Chester, Penn., 1934; Delaware

55 Mostly Great Lakes Bank Stocks in groups of mostly 2 with 1 single. c. 1855-1955. Bank of America, Bank of United States, Central National Bank of

12 Mid America bank stocks, c. 1842-1920. Bank of Kentucky, Union Deposit & Trust, Bank of Buchanan County, St. Joseph, Mo., National Bank of Ca...

A group of 7 stock certificates from state banks, c1844-1924. Includes: Bank of Kentucky, 2 different, 1844 & 1852; Old Colony State Bank, 1924,...

A collection of 8 stock certificates from bank mortgage cos., loans, credit, savings, etc., c1895-1965. Includes Oakland Mortgage & Finance Comp...

Sears Investment stock certificates (2). #107 & #168 for five & six shares at $10 per share.[ Ken Prag Collection

7 securities stocks, c. 1915-49. 2x Williamson, 2x Corporation Securities of Chicago, Mutual Securities, U S & Intl Securities, Equitable Securi...

Lot of 5. I/C. Centrales Electiques des Flandres , 3 & 4 million Francs w/500 francs dividends, coupon attached. Punch hole cancelled. Print...

Lot of 12 Bonds have coupons attached. Five are I/U : Autobus Belges, LíAfricaine, Compagne Vovillere Metallurgiove. Some are cancelled by...

I/U. Rare certificate of a Belgium aircraft company of the 1920ís located in Zeebrugge. !0,000 bearer shares, Reddish border, issued 1926, ...

#1452236 issued 1922. Bond of the German Empire, debt bearing, 50,000 marks. Green border, green underprint eagle, lower left corner, Reich Debt A

Lot of 2. Issued 1922 from German Reich. #116563 & 116571, 20,000 Baptized mark imperial currency, no interest until Nov 1 ë25 , & ...

1907 Canal de Corinthe bond without coupons. Map on verso.

1) Two $1,000 bonds issued in 1974. Guaranteed by the Mitsubishi Bank, Ltd. Brown border, black print, & red logo. Punch cancelled. Partial shee...

Lot of 7. I/U. Los Reyes Gold Mining & Milling Co., Thhe Golden Belle Mining Co (gold seal attached), Juanita Mining Co. S.A. ( 13 atteched...

A receipt for sale of stock of the La Providencia Silver Mining Company, Mexico, c1863. Assessment No. 1, preprinted with dateline San Francisco, the

Lot of 7. I/C & I/U. One specimen, one imprinted revenue stamp. Compania Mexicana Delagua Caliente, S.A., Mexico Tramways Co., Mexico North W...

Lot of 6. Both I/U & I/C. Three affixed revenue stamp. List: Amera-Mex Developing Co S.A. (two), La Nacional Compania Mexicana de Petroleo, S.A...

3 different Russia bonds. 1864 St. Petersburg Raffles, 1894 Ryazan Oralsk Railway Co, 1910 Nikolaef Horse Drawn Street Rail.

A 1961 stock certificate for 650 units of "7% Cumulative Preference Stock Fully Paid in Unilever Limited", made out to Mrs. Mabel Louise S...

A mini collection of six old different stock certificates from Mexican telephone & telegraph companies, c1882-1905. Please see photo(s) for mor...

A collection of two different stock certificates, 10 each, Mexican Telephone & Telegraph Company, unissued, c1926.[ Mexico Ken Prag Collection

A set of four different Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company stock certificates, c1949-54. Please see photo(s) for more details.[ Philippines

1922 $1000 sewage disposal bond.[ Los Angeles California

A 1922 stock certificate for 10,000 crowns issued by a power company. Also, an 80,000 Kronen lottery loan out of Vienna. Please see photos for more d

Stock certificate for the Michigan Central Railroad, dated May 2, 1931, with a beautiful vignette of a steam locomotive. The punch cancel goes through

About 130 1893 Central New York and Western RR Bond Coupons. No bond included.[ New York

Ohio & Kentucky Railway Co, Bond, $1000, #44, issued 1928, signed by vice-president & asst secretary (illegible), 11x9", i/c, 1 cert[ ...

Stock and guaranty certificate (2) issued by United Smelters, Railway and Copper. The contract of guaranty was issued in February 1909, while the stoc

Three stock certificates from the Atchinson, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad Company. Two certificates date 1889, and the third dates 1917. All three of

1882 certificate made out to Charles B. Poke confirming ownership of twenty-one shares in capital stock of the Sonora Railway Company. Stamped with co

Trio of RPC postcards featuring street rail cars, c1908-10. Photos of: "When the car comes in, Cerro Gordo, Ill."; "Interurban Sta., ...

18 postcards from Fiji & Samoa etc. with 5 RPC's. Natives, colorful stamp collages, Tahiti, Papenoo Point etc.[ South Pacific

Two Nevada County Narrow Gauge Rail Road (NCNGRR) commemorative coins from 1976, specially created by the Nevada City Mint to commemorate the 100th an

Three checks written on The Denver and Rio Grande Railroad, The Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company and The Rio Grande, Southern Railr...

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Meter Usage Bulletin and Cover. It's from 1925, is rare and nice condition. It's postmarked Elkhart, Kansas....

An 1836 and an 1842 Notice of Assessment document from Western Rail Road. One is dated December 15, 1836, the other, February 10, 1842. Torn corner on

Three railroad themed porcelain doorknobs mounted on a 3"x 15" board. There are two RXR crossing signs and one with a Katy MKT Lines RR t...

A Virginia and Truckee Railroad Co. work card, Gold Hill, June 6th, 1874. Signed by G.W. White, Forman, on front, Joseph Bergeron on verso. Jo Berjin

7 pieces of c. 1870's Nevada railroad ephemera. 1 Central Pacific and mostly V & T RR billheads.

Railroad tour books include a Union Pacific guide to California, The Georgetown Loop in Colorado and "The Trail of the Olympian" offered ...

Legal document (Consent Decree?), handwritten, in 1884 for the New York, Ontario and Western Railway . The document is eight pages (Four double sided

A rail pass issued by The Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad to members of the Y.M.C.A. This one was issued in November of 1916 at a cost of $5 &am...

A passenger's ticket to board The Cleveland, Lorain & Wheeling Railroad Co. train, dated July 28th, 1884. Signed by General Manager Oscar To...

Lackawanna and Bloomsburg Railroad Company mortgage certificate issued to Maltby & Case for $100 and issued on February 15, 1859, three after ...

7x5" train wreck photo with Glenn Morrison next to crane lifting 205 ton engin(sic) from Yackama(sic) River. Light contrast, please inspect.[ Y...

Three photos from the Rawlins, Wyoming wreck of a Union Pacific train. It was the worst train wreck in the state's history killing 31 people. Th...

A group of ten timetables from Union Pacific, Northern Pacific, Rio Grande, Burlington Northern and Missouri Pacific. They are from the 1950s and 1960

1893 Vinton, IA and 1917 Order of Railroad Telegraphers passes.

Collection of 3 RPC postcards of railroad bridge and track construction, c1909. One previously used.

Collection of 5 postcards featuring turn of the century U.S. railroad stations. 4 RPCs. Coggon, Iowa; Union Depot, Soo, Michigan; Penn Depot, Carbon,

Stock certificates (4) issued by The Reading Company dated 1965, 1967, 1968 & 1988. Vignettes are all the same, Greek figures border a diesel lo...

2 different Southern Pacific RR keys. Switch "S" and CS 44.

Timetables for The Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway, The Chicago & Northwestern, Colorado & Southern, Pictorial Folder and cards for ...

Union Pacific CS-21 lock. Latch and bottom hanger pivot.

Issued 1946 Monarch Air Lines stock.

A group of 5 aviation postcards from France, c1917. Colorized postcards with several illustrations of airplanes on each are unused and approx. 4&quo...

c. 1913 French biplane postcard.

A RARE RPC Japanese postcard of stunt pilot, Art Smith. Smith made two trips to Asia, in 1916 and 1917, to give aeronautic demonstrations. Smith is se

Vintage photograph of tire store selling 'Mason Maxi-Mile' brand products. Circa 1910s -1920s. Three men in the picture pose for the photogr...

7 RPC's of cars, bikes, buggies and wagons.

Collection of 6 RPC postcards with photos of horse-drawn buggies and wagons, 1 with gasoline-powered vehicles, c1900-10s. All unused.

A pair of RPC postcards of an early motorbike and bicycle, c1908 & 1910. The first is a photo of a man on an Excelsior motorbike, with a child o...

Collection of 4 postcards related to street transportation, c1910. Includes 3 RPCs. Horse-drawn street car, Rock Hill, N.C; motorized street car, Coff

Trio of RPC postcards featuring photos of people in newly delivered new cars, c1900-10s. Includes a 1900 Pierce Arrow, Campbell's Photo Design S...

1864 receipt from Philadelphia and New York Express Steamboat Co. via Delaware & Raritan Canal, 24 sacks of wool. Also, 1837 report page related...

Five documents relating to early American maritime shipping, dating between 1815 and 1883. The documents include shipping inventories and ledgers reco

6x8" photo of Divide, MT Standard School with ladies and children in front. Good contrast, a few small image loss spots.[ Divide Montana

A black and white photograph of a 1920s automobile dressed up to promote Inyo and Mono counties in California. The vehicle is parked on a street with

5 original San Francisco earthquake photos, these are NOT repros. 3x5.25"-ruins of city hall, ruins after 1 year x2. 5x7" glossy-funeral ...

3x 7" c. 1900-05 South Dome prints by Detroit Litho. Lower right creases. Please inspect.[ Yosemite Park California

A photograph of the Sentinel Hotel in Yosemite Valley, c1890s. Description and photographer's name, "Pillsbury Picture Co. No. 1," pri...

Lot of 24 vintage color pictures of the Western Pacific Railroad Crossing from Utah to California. The images are mounted on heavy brown paper and bou

1904 The Views That Made Colorado Famous by Hook. Colorado Springs and vicinity. Chips, stain, mold. Overall poor condition, sold as is.

Louis A Gerolamy was a photographer between 1883 & 1909. Here is a 1890 receipt from Gerolamy Bros. in Chicago. Several vertical creases.[ Chica...

Two photographs of Minnesota scenery taken by Minneapolis photographer M. Nowack, meant to be viewed through a stereographic viewer. The images are pr

7.5x9.25" photo of Hawthorne Bros. trucks in front of their garage building. Good contrast.

Collection of 15 photographs of the Niagara Falls and Great Lakes region, c1909. Includes a 5" x 4" photograph of the Niagara Cantilever B...

Lot of 2. Photographic Merchants Board of Trade Letterheads, 1895 Black hand written has some small holes.[ Cleveland Ohio

1918 photo of a tunnel being constructed by H.H. Hampton Kent Yard Contracting of Kent, Ohio. The tunnel was made to house water mains that would supp

c. 1907 photo of Shidler Dramatic Co. cast of Oklahoma. Identified on reverse as Navare(sic) Ohio. 8x9.75".[ Navarre Ohio

A collection of four pieces of ephemera related to social groups, c1871-1908. Includes: an invitation to merchants to shop for wholesale carpets, Leed

A dozen photographs of the surname Lockwood family photos, c1860-1910. Family members, some with descriptions, are provided on the reverse of each pho

12 views of Ohio caverns in an embossed hand colored leatherbound souvenir booklet. c. 1926. Includes original box. Overall nice condition.

Two photos of Ohio schoolchildren, taken in the 1880s. The children featured are from Green Springs School and Powell School, in Seneca County and Woo

A photograph of a large family operation, possibly a European religious group, in Ontario, Canada, taken c. 1890. The photograph depicts around 30 ind

A photograph of the Coyne Bros. Co. School of Practical Plumbing. A group of forty men pose for the photograph outside of the plumbing school, which h

About 40 modern US postcards and 20 multiview outdoor and park photos.

Vintage wooden stereo viewer (missing the sliding mechanism); & about 35 photo cards of Italy: mostly Rome, but also Pompeii, & Vatican prie...

An 1864 letter from one '___ S. Allen' (first name illegible) of Saint Louis, Missouri, to a close friend. The letter describes Allen's ...

Agfa-Sure Shot, Cadet, unmarked 5x4x3". Ansco-B?2, 2a, B2 Cadet. Not tested.

4 Argus cameras in brown leather cases. Argus Seventy-five, argoflex Seventy-five, 2x argoflex. Not tested.