November Wonders: Western Americana Auction (November 2021)

Inc. in New Hampshire. No. 398, issued for 928 shares to Peter W. Trench on March 29th, 1889 in Portsmouth. Signed by the president (illegible) and tr

Inc. in 1903 in the District of Columbia. No. 12928, issued for 5 shares to Helena L. Tiedemann on March 25th, 1910. Signed by president AC Jessup and

Rare. Inc. in New Jersey. No. 92, issued for 10 shares in 1908 in Jersey City. Signed by the president, Louis De Goli, and the treasurer. Not cancelle

Inc. in New York. No. 680, issued for 100 shares to Marcus Hein on Mar. 27, 1888, in Brooklyn. Signed by president Geo. Pennock and secretary W. Willi

Inc. in New York. No. 450, issued for 100 shares to Chas. G. Davis in 1884 in New York. Signed by the president (AW Dimock) and the treasurer. Not can

Lot of two different. Inc. in Delaware: 1) No. 1028, issued for 70 shares in 1925. Signed by the president Wolf and secretary Columbus. Not cancelled.

Lot of 3 different. Includes: $100 bond, 1912, not cancelled; $50 bond, not cancelled. Both signed by vice president Sellers and secretary Jack. Stamp

Lot of 2 different. Inc. in Maine. No. 331, issued in 1910 for 66 shares to Anna Gabner. Not cancelled. No.4632, issued for 675 shares to FH Steel in

Inc. in New York. Low certificate number 2, issued for 50 shares to Caroline Tracy in March 1907. Signed by the president Wm. Crehore and treasurer Al

Inc. in New York. No. 143, issued for 100 shares to Arthur Hunter on Oct. 26th, 1886 in New York. Signed by the vice-president and secretary. Not canc

Founded in 1848 (California Gold Rush Era). Office at Syracuse, NY. No. 248, issued for 5 shares to Ivers Monroe on Nov. 13th, 1883. Signed by the pre

Lot of 2 different. Inc. in PA: 1) Stock no. 61, issued for 8 shares to N Milton Woods in 1903. Not cancelled. Black border and print, gold seal, and

Inc. in New Jersey. No. 143, issued for 5,000 shares to Parish on Sept. 9th, 1899. Signed by president Conwell and treasurer Douglass. Not cancelled.

Lot of 2 different. Inc. in Arizona. Both issued in 1903, not cancelled. Signed by the president, EB Hume, and the secretary. Blue or orange borders,

Inc. in South Dakota in 1902. No. 43, issued for 500 shares to Frank Clawson in 1904. Signed by president Rood and secretary Arthur Morey. Not cancell

Lot of 5 different. Includes: The Cleburne & Bono Telephone Company (Texas, 1907); May & Doby Springs Telephone Company (Oklahoma, 1911); Te...

Lot of 6 different. Included: Skagit Valley Rural Telephone Co. (1920); Universal High Power Telephone Co. (Seattle, 3 diff., 1918, 1919, and 1925); W

Lot of 2 different. Inc. in Delaware. Both issued in 1931 to Paul Knight. Not cancelled. Blue or green borders, black print, and nice vignette with a

Lot of about 40 pieces, most different. Please inspect. Includes: Ashland Home Telephone Co. bond (1902); Marquette and Adams County Telephone Co. (19

Early and attractive certificate issued in 1879. Stamp cancelled. 22 coupons attached. Text on front and back is in French. Ornate engraved border. 8.

Lot of 4 different: 1) Automatic Dialing Corporation. First robocalling? No. CN 7 issued in 1945 for 500 shares, not cancelled; 2) The Automatic Telep

Lot of 3 different: 1) Inc. in South Dakota. No. 4186, issued for 25 shares in 1902 in Denver. Signed by the president and secretary. Not cancelled. B

Lot of 7 different. Includes: Delta County Co-Operative Telephone Co. (Paonia, Colorado, 1914); Dakota Central Telephone Company (1922); The Roslyn Mu

Lot of 8, most different. Included: Farmers and Merchants Mutual Telephone Co. (Waubay, South Dakota, 1909); Farmers & Merchants' Mutual Tel...

Lot of 11, most different: 1) Nine are for the International Telephone & Telegraph Corporation. Six varieties. Inc. in Maryland. Issued 1931-197...

Lot of 7. Includes: The Mexican Telephone Company (1882); Mexican Central Telegraph & Telephone Co. (1885); Mexican Pacific Telephone Co. (1883)...

Lot of 13, most different. Included: Fada Radio & Electric Corp. (1933); International Western Electric Co. (uniss); United Wireless Telegraph C...

Lot of 43: 25 bonds and 18 stocks. Issued 1935-1988. Some specimen. Includes: Universal Telephone Cp.; Rochester Telephone Corp.; Nynex Corp; North Ca

Lot of 3 different. Issued in 1894, 1908, and 1911, all cancelled. Incorporated under the Companies Acts 1862 to 1886. The Monte Video Telephone Compa

Rare certificate issued at Louisville, Kentucky in 1854. The company was chartered in Tennessee with total capital of $444,900. This is certificate #1

No. 1953. $500. Issued in September 1882. Not cancelled. Signed by president James (illegible) and secretary Robert Coursen. Black border and print. A

Lot of 13 different including five Specimen bonds. $1,000, $5,000, $10,000, $25,000 denominations. Eight have a vignette of a younger girl talking on

Inc. in South Dakota. No. 329, issued for 20 shares to Federico Vannucci in 1908. Signed by the president, Tullio Giara, and treasurer Allen. Not canc

Lot of 2 different. Inc. in Delaware in 1925. Both issued in 1954 to Maude G. Rice for one share. Printed signatures of president FS Spring and secret

Lot of 8, multiple varieties. Inc. in Maine. Issued 1908-1917, none cancelled. Seven have the same allegorical telephone-themed vignette. Multiple bor

Inc. in Maine. No. 1945, issued for two shares to MO Kinney in April 1907. Signed by vice president CC Wilson and treasurer SS Bogard. Not cancelled.

Lot of 6. Utah, Nevada, and Oregon. Included: Mason Valley Telephone & Telegraph Co. (Carson City, Nevada, unissued); Iron County Telephone Comp...

This was an early coin operated cigarette machine. Number 43 for 5 shares in 1913. Signed by president Constantine Coconis (as in the company name). B

Now here is a unique stock to be found an American soil! Number 92024 for 1,000 pounds in 1964. Pain with title in a black box. The American Tobacco C

Lot of nine. Includes purple and brown 1926 stocks. Older stocks are reddish orange, red, purple green and blue. All different."A partnership w...

Three certificates, #8, #23 and #26, issued in 1907. Two of them are issued to National Steamship Company. This was a very closely held corporation wi

Lot of two issued in 1892. Both have a nice steamer vignette. Inc. in Connecticut. The Norwich & New York Transportation Company was organized i...

A rare stock certificate issued in 1865 to a Mr. McCormick by The Main Street Bridge Company of Lafayette, Indiana. Cert is for 10 shares at $50 each.

A nice old stock certificate issued by the North Vernon and Hardenburg Turnpike Company for two shares at $50 each to John Waley and signed by secreta

Certificate notes receipt of $3,000 for purchase of shares in the Bay State Steamboat Company. The company was established to run a line of steamboats

Lot of 2 different. 1) No. 89, issued to Nathaniel G. Upham for one share on October 11th, 1823. Signed by the treasurer (illegible) and clerk James C

A blue variety and an orange variety, both issued and canceled. Vignettes of a large oceanliner at the top. The company was a shipping company on the

Lot of four: 1) Green $500 bond signed by Governor Balzaar. 1920. Very rare: numbers 317 to 380 inclusive. That equals $5,000. Issued to State Permane

Stock certificate issued by Western Pneumatic Horse Collar Company for 2,500 shares at $1 per to Nate R. Salsbury, former producer and manager of Buff

This is an early stock issued by Central Bridge Corporation of Bristol, New Hampshire. It is stock No. 42 and is for one share. It is issued to James

American Bicycle Company, incorporated in New Jersey, stock certificate No. A1608, 100 shares issued January 20, 1903 to Philip H. Rockstrah. Signed b

Nice lot contains five stocks and bonds from the east coast. Includes: 1) Norwich & New York Transportation Company, (CT), 1892. 2) Office of th...

Stock certificated issued to Catherine Bolton for 40 shares at $100 per share by Rochester Baggage and Transfer Company. The certs signed by company p

Impressive stock certificate issued by The Canal Department of the State of New York in 1862. It was issued by a man named Banks in the amount of $5,0

Two $1,000 bonds from this New York corporation. Vignettes at the top of a steamer with a horse drawn team in front. Granted by the Republic of Venezu

Stock certificate for Clinton and Blendon Plank Road Company, Ohio, No. 88, 13 shares issued to Frank C. Martin on Sept. 13, 1899, signed by President

This is an early Bedford, Pennsylvania turnpike company issued stock certificate. The company issuing the stock to (Unreadable) is The Limpetuoll and

A stock certificate dated May 1, 1852, issued by The Manheim, Petersburg and Lancaster Turnpike or Plank Road Company. It is issued to David Schultz.

Stock certificate issued by McSherrytown & hanover Turnpike Company to Ambrose Cline. The cert is for 10 shares at $10 per share. It sis signed ...

Stock certificate issued to David Mulford by the Middletown and Chster Turnpike Road Company. It is dated January 10, 1859, is for one share at $50 pe

Rare stock certificate issued by Montrose & Harford Plank Road Company to Lackawanna Iron and Coal Company for one share at $25 per. The signatu...

Lot of 2 different rare stocks. Issued in 1901, not cancelled. Issued in 1903, not cancelled. Same corporate signatures: president Nathaniel Ferguson

Very early date navigation stock from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania issued in 1838. Cert. #1227, issued for one share. Signed by the company office

No. 2934, issued for one share to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania on July 5th, 1821. Signed by president RH Rose and treasurer Putnam Catlin. Not can

Both issued in 1861 for one share. Both have some condition issues with foxing and chipping at top edges. The Ocean Steam Navigation Company (OSNC or

Includes: Center Turnpike, Road, June 12, 1821, signed by Ely Bradford. Bell font and Philipsburg Turnpike, July 8, 1822. Center and Kisha Co. keyless

All issued on canceled and in excellent condition. Bell font and Philipsburg Turnpike, July eighth 1822. Centre and Kisha Chela Turnpike, November 20,

Lot of 11. Includes issued, unissued and cancelled. Northern Refrigerator Line, Inc, United Transportation Co. (3), United States Freight Co. (3

These are five very attractive stock certificates. Includes Societe de Navigation Transoceanique (FR), Enterprises Maritimes Belges (Belgium), Compani

The 1848 bond is issued to and signed by Vespasian Ellis as president. Also a bond issued in 1852. Vignettes at the top of a steamer with a horse draw

Seven different stock certificates. Includes: Staunton and James River Turnpike issued to Gen. Samuel Blackburn for two shares, July 4, 1828 signed by

4 Different Turnpike stock certificates. The very attractive York and Gettysburg Turnpike, July 118 21. Center Turnpike 1821. Milford and Owego Turnpi

Two U.S. bridge building companies' stock certificates, with beautiful vignettes, from Arkansas and Ohio. The lot includes: The Baring Cross Bri...

Lot of 5, three varieties. 1) No. 100, issued for 2,233,070 shares (!) to the company president, C. Elwell, in 1909. Not cancelled. Orange border, bla

Numbers 44, 47 and Series 59. 1930. Coupons are detached, but included. Nice historical lot. Bonds are trimmed. Date: 1930 Country (if not USA): S

A very old (1855) stock certificate issued by Saco & Biddeford Gas Light Company for 25 shares at $100 per share to (illegible) and signed by E....

Lot of 12 different. Included: Flint Creek Power Co. (#1, 1934); Montana-Dakota Utilities Co. (two diff. Specimen bonds and a Specimen stock); Madison

Stock certificate issued by Speery Electric Light & Motor Company on November 5, 1885 to John A. McShane for five shares at $100 per share. It i...

Austin Water Company stock certificate, from Austin, Nevada, issued in 1912. No. 2, 475 shares issued to Emma E. Reed, signed by President Emma Farnsw

Pristine Gold Circle Water Company uncanceled stock certificate, from Gold Circle (Elko County), NV, (became Midas, NV, in 1909), issued in 1908. No.

Wow! Although a few people still live here, it is a ghost of what it was in 1906. In is Nevada and water was an issued! Number 19 signed by secretary

A very rare stock certificate issued by Citizens Gas Light Company of Newark New Jersey. It is issued to Eustace E. Marcy for 14 shares at $50 per sha

Interesting early stock cert issued byThe Nassau Gas Light Company of Brooklyn, New York. It is issued to Mary Mullhollan for a $700 interest in the c

A nice collection of 12 stock certificates issued by various Eastern water companies. These start with four unmarked specimens from The City Ice &am...

Stock certificates from three various pipeline companies. Issuers include Meiser Flat Pipe Line Company. It's issued to Dyer Stanley for two sha...

Collection of four specimen copies and four stock certificates, dated from 1930 to 1968. First is issued to Charles horne for 10 shares and is signed

Three stock certificates issued by companies that appear to be ahead of their time. The issuers include The Solar Light Corporation, issued December 1

Issued to A. G. Edgerton, April 11, 1912, for 10 shares of the Ditzler Lateral Ditch Company. Datelined Biggs, California. Date: Country (if not U

This school bond certificate is puzzling to this describer. It's issued for the Chico School District (Now the puzzling part) of Orange County, ...

Seven stock certificates all dealing with studios that produced classic horror films. Let's start with the granddaddy of them all, a stock speci...

Very nice and scarce Mendocino County stock. Red pen cancels. VF. Date: Country (if not USA): State: California City: Mendocino County Provena

Large green unissued certificate. It reads-Has caused the engrossment of this testimonial and its presentation to-blank-In commemoration of the Celebr

Named after the famous "Tower of Jewels" building at the 1915 Pan-Pacific International Exposition held in San Francisco. This certificate...

This school bond certificate is puzzling to this describer. It's issued for the Chico School District (Now the puzzling part) of Orange County, ...

Lot of 4 different. Includes: Santa Rosa Water Works (1906); Calaveras Water & Mining Company (1882); Los Angeles Improvement Company (1907); an...

Lot of 19 various. Includes: Anglo & London Paris National Bank of SF (1928); Lamb Department Market (1906); Albert Pike Memorial Temple Associa...

Lot of sixteen stock and bond certificates from California water companies: San Jose Water Works; Santa Carmelita Mutual Water Co.; Little Potato Slo

Lot of 4. 1) Three issued stock certificates for the Rocky Mountain Grain & Commission Company. Issued 1922, 1926, and 1929. Beautiful eagle vig...

Lot of two different. Both feature a volcano vignette! Issued in 1966, stamp cancelled. Printed corporate signatures. Green or red borders, black prin

L. Candee & Company stock certificate No. 185 for 65 shares issued to Gibbs Gilbert Esq. on Feb. 23, 1867. L. Candee & Co., Rubber Works, ma...