November Wonders: Western Americana Auction (November 2021)

Yosemite Holding Corporation temporary certificate, No. TCDO 1150, for eight shares issued to John C. E. Restall in 1930. The company was incorporate

Lot of 2 different. 1) Hawaiian Dry Goods Association. Inc. June 1899. No 143, issued for 5 shares to Mrs. Pamaka Sakopo on Nov. 24, 1899 in Honolulu.

Lot of 10. Includes: City of Nampa Local Sewerage Improvement District No. 22 (three, 1921); and City of Blackfoot Local Improvement Bond for Paving I

Lot of 3: 1) Stock certificate no. 250, issued in 1886 for 5 shares to the company secretary. Also signed by president Noble. Not cancelled; 2) Prospe

Certificate # 16, Issued to Geo. J. Titus, forty shares in The Society of the American Institute of Hebrew of Chicago, dated January 1883. Organized

Lot of 2. Inc. in Illinois. Issued in 1921 and 1922. Not cancelled. Blue or orange borders, eagle vignette. Columbian Bank Note Co., Chicago. Pinholes

Lot of 2 different. Issued in 1902 and 1903 for 4 shares. Printed signatures of the President and Secretary. Live signature of the Registrar. Both hav

Involved with industrial engineering and construction. Lockwood, Greene & Company was established on March 1, 1882 by Amos D. Lockwood and Steph...

Cert. #71, issued for one share at Boston, Massachusetts in 1831. Issued to Joseph Badger and signed by John Rayner as president and Benj. P. Richard

Temporary Warrant No. 74, issued for 10 shares to Thomas Sturgis on Sept. 8, 1930. Printed signatures of the vice president and secretary. Not cancell

$1,000 bond No. 845, issued in Jackson in 1833 to John Delafield. Rate is 6 per centum per annum. Planters' Bank of the State of Mississippi. Si...

Lot of 5 different, all unissued. Includes: Anaconda Amusement Company; Anaconda Meat Company (1890s); Anaconda Water Company (1890s); Montana Hotel A

Lot of 13, most different. Includes: Scandia Association (1880s, uniss); Western Hardware Co. (1908); Billings Rod & Gun Club (1914); Billings R...

1) City of Butte. 1890. 15 coupons remaining, Gold & Wihte. Excellent condition other than folds. Hole cancelled, Bottom left corner ripped, Not...

Lot of 2 different. 1) Fort Belknap Canal and Irrigation Company. Issued in 1906 in Chinook for 100 shares. Not cancelled. Eagle vignette. 2) Chinook

Lot of 3 different. Includes: Montana Realty & Loan Company (#4, 1916); Eastern Montana Milling Company of Forsyth, Montana (1914); and Masonic ...

No. A29, issued for 2 shares to Lee M. Ford in 1930. Signed by president Finlay and the secretary. Not cancelled. Green border, black print. Folds, so

Lot of 8 different. Includes: Great Falls Automatic Telephone Co. (1909); Boston & Great Falls Electric Light & Power Co. (1904 and unissued...

Lot of 4 different. Includes: The Montana-Washington Land Company (#9, 1908, not cxl); Citizens' Electric Company (unissued); Cottonwood and Cas...

Lot of 3 different. 1) Jeffery Hardware Company. Stock number 5, issued in 1914 for 20 shares. Not cancelled. Allegorical vignette. 2) Carbon Building

Number 183 for 1 share to WH Clanton. Dateline Billings July 7, 1893. Signed by president ID O'Donnell and Alex Graham. The central figure in th...

Lot of 4 different. 1) Christie & Leys Co. No. 23, issued in 1906 for one share. Not cancelled. Eagle vignette. They were druggists in Butte. 2)...

Lot of 2 different. 1) Elbow Ditch Company. Joliet, Carbon County. No. 9, issued in 1898. Poor condition. 2) Lima Ditch Company. Issued in 1921 for 2,

Lot of 2 different. 1) Howard Music Company. Butte. No. 37, issued for 40 shares to secretary JD Slemens in 1913. Also signed by president John M. How

Certificate of 2 Pounds and Coupon of Revision. I/U, signed by secretary illegible. Treasure Hill area. Date: 1869 Country (if not USA): State: N

Inc. in New Jersey. Low no. 13, issued for 10 shares to MG Evans on May 20th, 1872. Not cancelled. Signed by the president (Cafe?) and secretary John

Lot of 2 different. Inc. in New York. Both issued in 1926 to Joseph J. Sartori. Signed by president William J. Ward and the secretary. Not cancelled.

Lot of 4, three varieties: Issued 1937, 1948, 1962, and 1968. All punch cancelled. Three have a bald eagle vignette. The other has an allegorical vign

A pair of documents from the town of Newtown, New York, one dated 1870, the other 1875. First, is a $500 bond issued to help finance a road project in

Bernie Madoff had been the head of the N.A.S.D. and a respected member of the investment community. And then, he committed the largest fraud in U.S. h

Stock Certificate for Cliff File Company, incorporated in New York, No. 32 for 20 shares issued to Geo B. Flint on April 20, 1869. Signed by President

Serial number 5, a First Mortgage Gold Bond for $1000 from The Raton Water Works Company of New York. Pages of coupons still attached. Date: 1935 Co

This is a pretty unreadable stock certificate from the mid-1800's issued by Albany Manual Labor University This institution began as Albany Ma...

Inc. in Oregon. Low number 9, issued for one share to WG Bushnell on June 25th, 1918. Signed by president Homer A. Rogers and secretary Frank B. Riley

Number 60 for 2 shares for $10. Signed by president RW Nash. The association was headquartered int the Township of Plumstead, Bucks County, Pennsylvan

Lot of ten stock certificates from the Beehive State: Independent Water Co.; Castle Homes Inc.; Salt Lake Fuel Co.; Danielsen Plow Co. (2); Deseret Bu

Issued at Richmond, 28 January 1862, 8 % Bond for US-$ 500, #466, 22.5 x 35.2 cm, black, white, folds, 5 coupons remaining, vignette of a female figur

Lot of 6: 1) Three different stock certificates. a) Fire Dust Appliance Company, Ltd. Inc. in Nevada. No. 240, issued for 172 shares in Reno to WF Sny

Unissued shares of Alaska Transportation, Trading, Mining & Manufacturing Company, number 365. Ken Prag Collection. Date: Country (if not USA...

Gorgeous purple ink stock certificate issued February 7, 1873 to Jane M. Hunt for ten shares in The American Sterling Company of Naubuc, Connecticut.

Approx 10 I/U 1954 stocks. Company was part of early 1850's uranium boom. Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Provenance: The Fr...

Lot of five stock certificates from companies in the Amusement Park business: Crystal Pavilion & Amusement Co.; Dutchess Amusement Operators; Ea...

Wow! The original Benbow Company stock certificate: issued to Jennison Heaton for 625 shares, on May 21, 1931. Signed by Clara E. Benbow, Secretary an

Four very early bicycle manufacturer and wheel repair company stock certificates issued from 1897-1900. Included are: The Carriage Cycle Co., incorpor

Lot of 23 stock and bond certificates from charitable organizations: American Bible Society; American Educational Alliance; American Social Registry;

Lot of eleven stock certificates from co-operative ventures: Deming Co-Operative Exchange (New Mexico; Allegheny County Cooperative Assoc.; Consumers

Lot of 12. Mix of issued/cancelled/Unissued bonds, some have coupons. Of Note: The Newark Ohio Waterworks Co. I/U, $500 6% gold bearer bond issued

Lot of eight stock certificates from companies making fire alarm or suppression equipment: American Telehone Fire Alarm Co.; Atmo Automatic Fire Alarm

Lot of 2 different: 1) The Alpha Sigma Pi Fraternity. Norwich University, Vermont. Low cert. number 2, issued in 1915. Not cancelled. Eagle vignette a

All written in German. No. 15877, No. 1184 shares, No. 64. Vignettes of caricature of scantily clad women. 8.5" x 12". Date: Country (...