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Goodshaw Mining Company Stock, Bodie with Grafton T. Brown Lithographer (123555)

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Stock & Bond - Mining Start Price:200.00 USD Estimated At:400.00 - 800.00 USD
Goodshaw Mining Company Stock, Bodie with Grafton T. Brown Lithographer  (123555)
SOLD
325.00USD+ (81.25) buyer's premium + applicable fees & taxes.
This item SOLD at 2020 Dec 17 @ 09:19UTC-8 : PST/AKDT
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Scarce Bodie stock issued in 1881 and printed by Grafton T. Brown. Grafton Tyler Brown was one of the first African American lithographers in the American West during the mid to late 19th Century. He was one of the first to illustrate views of California and the Pacific Coast. He also created the 2 earliest bird's eye views of Virginia City. By the time he was 26, Brown owned his own firm located in San Francisco. This stock certificate was issued to a G.B. Bayley Trustee on January 27, 1881 for 100 shares. Cert. #4886. The Goodshaw Mining Co. was located in the Bodie Mining District in Mono County. Three assessment stamps on reverse. Two mall mining vignettes. Not Cancelled. The stock has some extra fold lines. [REF: Robert Chandler, San Francisco Lithographer African Americana Artist Grafton Taylor Brown. 2014] Number 4933 for 100 shares to GB Bayley trustee. Signed by Charles C Harvey and president FGJ Margetson(?) Dated January 21, 1881. Small mining vignette. Assessment stamps 8-13 on back.

Date: 1881
Country (if not USA):
State: California
City: Bodie
Provenance:

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