November Wonders: Western Americana Auction (November 2021)

Two certificates issued in 1914 from Lackawanna Coal & Lumber Company. Inc. in West Virginia. Nice vignette shows the operation of loading railc...

1. Charter Oak Mutual Coal Company Stock- # 1617 for 10 shares to E Ingraham. Signed by FA Brown and Thomas Belknap president. Brown was city treasure

Cert. #104, issued at New York in 1865 for 1,000 shares to William H. Crump. Signed by John C. Risher as president and Aug. S. Jerome as secretary. Ni

Cert. #98, issued at New York in 1865 for 5,000 shares to William H. Crump. Signed by John C. Risher as president and Aug. S. Jerome as secretary. Nic

3 California mining stock certificates 1) 100 shares @ $1 each of Golden Gate Mining Co of CA. cert. # 2621 issued to Mr. W. Six on Mar 20, 1903. M

7%, 1st mortgage gold bond issued in 1888. Inc. in Wisconsin. Seventeen coupons attached at the right on this $100 bond. In 1887, the company gained c

1. Silverthorn Lead Mining and Smelting Stock - I/U #300 WJ Johnson 10 shares 1867. Signed by President Geer. 25c revenue stamp. 3 fold chips. 2. 1) H

Lot of 2 different. Both incorporated in Montana and issued in Bozeman. Property located at Clark's Fork, Wyoming Territory. (printed on the ear...

1) Yukon Stock Fraud: British American Gold Mining and Trading Company. 1902 certificate # 933 for 223 shares to R Batten. Signed by secretary and pre

Beautiful stock from Mexico issued in 1891. Vignette of a mountain scene with teepees along a river. Mines situated at Coneto, State of Durango, Mexic

Coal mining company, Lancashire, c1896-c1930 Established c1896, owning collieries in and around Wigan. Sold to Pearson & Knowles Coal & Iro...

Location: Buena Vista and Realito, Sonora, Mexico. Issued #261 An Baily 5 shares 1864, signed by President Rankin. Left side damage. Mines listed on t

Stock Cert, #C1155 for 100 shares, signed by President, vignette of miner working underground. 11.5 x 8.5" Date: 1918 Country (if not USA): ...

11 total certificates. All signed and unissued Bond certificates; the administrators signatures are illegible (stamp signatures). Very bright colors

Issued to William H. Little on August 23, 1900, for one hundred shares in the Callustro Company. Green ink on orange paper. Extremely rare. In 188

East River Iron & Coal Company, Ou Mill Brook, Pictou County, N.S. stock issued at Boston in 1864. "The Great Specular (sic) Ore Bed and Co...

Two from this hydraulic miner, issued in 1899. Inc. in New York. Water cannon shoots a huge blast of water at the hillside with what looks like a smal

337 for 500 shares to August Motter(?). Datelined New York 1865. Used for the purpose of purchasing property. Signed by William Cobb president and Sam

1) No. 734, issued for 100 shares to Elizabeth Seelbach on Dec. 28th, 1886. Signed by secretary Louis Hoffman and the president (illegible). Not cance

1 certificate total. Incorporated in Ontario, Canada, signed and NOT canceled out of Boston, Mass.; in good condition, nice purple trim with a black

Lot of over 45 stock certificates issued between the 1840s and the 1860s by the Lykens Valley Coal Company. Printed by John C. Clark or Wm. M. Christy

Collection of eleven stock certificates issued by various mining companies. Included are (Two) Moretti White Marble Company (1923), Nevada Marble Comp

1) Location of Mines: County of Gila, Territory of Arizona (printed on either side of vignette). No. 108, issued for 2,000 shares to Dan. P. Eills, co

1) 100 shares @ $1 each of Lampazos Silver Mines Company cert # C1152 issued to J. Heims on April 12, 1918. Registered Apr 13, 1918. 2) Mines at Broo

#421 for 20 shares to Henry Snyder. Signed by president Bryon E. Huntley and secretary William B. Sylvester. The company was formed in 1881 to fund si

A certificate for stock in the Philadelphia and California Mining Company, completed on Sept. 28, 1852, granting Theodore Walter 100 shares in the ven

This mortgage debenture is for 10 British pounds with Lieutenant Colonel Frederich Connor or Scarsdale Villas in Kensington and signed by W. H. Forbes

About 18 stock certificates for the United Eastern Mines Corp with brown borders. Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Provenance: The

Lot of 12. Includes: Farnham Oil Syndicate (two stocks, 1922 incl. low number 11); Weekley Petroleum Co. (two stocks, 1923); Wyo-Ill Petroleum Co. (4

Issued January 9th, 1920 to Zeb Kendall for five hundred shares of The Balsamea Company, principal office Carson City. Kendall was a major force in th

Various stock certificates from Arkansas , including Arch Brewer Oil Trust issued to Will Shaek (sp?) and signed by trustee A.L. Brewer dated April 14

Two specimen certificates from Superior Oil Company (CA). Both stamped "SPECIMEN" with small hole cancels where the signatures go. The Sup...

Stock certificates issued by four oil companies. Included are the Tex-Mex Fuel Oil Co. issued March 6, 1916. For 10 shares at $1 per.No cancellation.

Beautiful oil stock issued in 1901 with a great vignette of a harbor scene with many sailing ships across the entire certificate. The company's ...

Two certificates from Dos Palos Oil & Development Company, issued at Dos Palos, California in 1900. Located in Merced County. Lot also includes ...

A famous California oil locale. Inc. in California, 1921. No. 259, issued for 250 shares to Harry Rhodes on March 16th, 1922. Signed by president Carm

Two beautiful certificates issued 1901-02 from Sedalia and California Oil Company. Both issued for five Bearer Shares (not issued to a named person).

Inc. in Maine. No. 12012, issued for 200 shares to Daniel M. Hunsicker in 1902. Signed by president E. Cady and secretary Geo. Bennet. Brown border, b

A pair of stock certificates issued by asphalt and petroleum companies. First is a cert issued by Continental Asphalt and Petroleum Company. It is for

The Buick Oil Company was founded by the auto pioneer David Dunbar Buick (1854-1929) and was incorporated in Los Angeles, California in March, 1910. D

Two issued certificates from Signal Petroleum Company of California, issued in 1928 and 1947. Both uncanceled. Also a common stock from Signal Oil &...

Includes four Sinclair Oil issued certificates and two from Sinclair Consolidated Oil Corporation. The company was founded by Harry Sinclair. In 1919,

Rare cert. #45, issued for 20 shares at Ann Arbor, Michigan in 1867. Oilfield with derrick, tank and barrels with workers. Black print on creme. Calve

A pair of stock certificates issued by Eames Petroleum Iron Company and Eames Petroleum Gold & Silver Smelting Company. 1. Issued by Eames Petr...

Two more rare New York oils. 1) Bergen Oil & Coal Company, issued at New York in 1864. Cert. #559. Vignette of workers with barrels, a derrick a...

Two very rare New York oils. First, Manhattan Petroleum Company, issued at New York in 1864. Horse and wagon in front of an oilfield. Fere. Meyer, New

Rare stock certificate issued by The Anthracite Gas Producer Company for five shares at $100 per share to W.L. Smith and signed by Smith as treasurer

Lot includes three from Tex-La-Homa Oil Corporation, all different; one from O-Tex Production Company, Fort Worth; Oklahoma-Texas Oil, Mexia, Texas; a

Group of seven stock certificates issued by various oil exploration companies. Included are four issued by Williston Basin Oil Exploration Company of

West Virginia has been a very important oil producing state. The Volcano oil field was discovered in 1860 and the state's first oil pipeline was...