Objects of Our Affection - February 2020

Wow! Very early wine stock certificate! No. 363, issued for one share to Joseph Warner on May 23rd, 1811 in Philadelphia for "promoting the Cul...

Early! Stock No. 291, issued for 40 shares to The Atlantic Fire Insurance Company on July 18th, 1836 in Philadelphia. Signed by the president and secr

This is the original very large certificate for 5 shares to Robert A. Cline in the Capital Board of Finance. Exceptionally outstanding engraving by Bu

Cert. #657, issued for 1 share in 1908. Vignette of the brewery at the top with trains running in front. The brewery opened in 1907 and operated until

Cert. #60, issued for 10 shares to Gershom Hull and signed by Saml S. Dreher as president. Five vignettes across the top and down the left side includ

Fantastic share certificate and very rare in issued form. Issued for 100 shares to Samuel V. Merrick and signed by Wm. Sellers as president. Nice vign

Dated 2001. Vignette of Stan Lee in an orange and yellow comic book style, plus the machine printed facsimile signature of Stan Lee. Stan Lee Media wa

Beautiful certificate issued in 1909. Large pine trees at both sides and at the bottom. A tree branch with four pine cones at the top. Issued at Douce

Cert. #606, $100, First Mortgage, 8% gold bond. Two vignettes, one of a woman carrying a fruit basket and the other an eagle. Black print on green tin

Number 209. 1886. Fabulous shiny gold seal with branding iron vignette in middle. Nice vignette of a steer at the top. Signed by Thos. Sturgis as pres

This company was a venture to harvest pearls and pearl shells in the Pacific Ocean. The first site chosen were the Pearl Islands in Panama. The compan

Bearer bond, issued and uncancelled. With partial sheet of 43 coupons. Three vignettes. Countersigned by the Banque de L’Indo-Chine a Paris. Printed

1) Truly a magnificent cert is # 1 of the Pig'n Whistle Corporation. In 1927, movie theatres didn't have concession counters inside their lo...

Specimen stock, Odd Shares, Common stock, Black on brown border and underprint, New York seal in middle. Gustav Stickley is probably the most well kno

The Shmoos first appeared in Al Capps Li'l Abner comic strip in 1948. Abner discovered the Shmoos when he ventured into the forbidden "Vall...

Carriage & buggy manufacturer that become an automobile company. Inc. in California. Low number 6, issued to company president KL Parrott on Oct...

Inc. in Arizona, 1913. No. 5887, issued for 200 shares to James A Rich on August 4th, 1916. Signed by vice-president Jno. Long and secretary Francis O

Lot of 2. The company claims their flying machine has made "The Secret of Bird Flight Solved." 1) Inc. in Nevada. Stock No. 210, issued fo...

Very rare. No. 998, issued for 200 shares to inventor and company president Dr. A de Bausset on August 1st, 1888 in Chicago. Signed by de Bausset as p

Dated 1937 (the year of the Hindenburg disaster. Incorporated in VA. Huge under-printed vignette of a blimp in front of a globe with the words: &qu...

Lot of 2 different. 1) Willamette Steamboat Company. Location of Office, Oregon City. Inc. in 1868. Low number 4, issued for one share to Alphonso Boo

Lot of 9. 1) Oregon Improvement Company stock certificate, issued in 1890. Stamp and punch cancelled. Vignette of ships at port. This company was form

Lot of 2. 1) Pacific Coast Steamship Company check. Seattle, Washington, 1911. 2) Stock certificate for the Puget Sound Towage Company. Inc. in 1891.

Rare. Inc. in New Jersey. No. 1434, issued for 100 shares to Edwin Gould on Nov. 24, 1902. Signed by Frank Gould as vice-president and asst. treasurer

Inc. in 1895 in New Jersey. No. 382, issued for ten shares to JF Jaguith on April 16th, 1901. Signed by president Simon Lake and the treasurer. Stamp

Lot of four. 1) Polish American Navigation Corporation. # 3494 for 5 shares. Founded in New York in 1919 to operate a cargo service between New York a

Lot of seven interesting pieces with some great vignettes. 1) Orinoco Steam Navigation Company of New York. 1855. # 493 for 1000 shares. Freight wagon

Rare Gold Rush! 50 year charter beginning in October 1852. No. 108, issued to Benjamin Moulton for one share on March 4th, 1853 in Sonora. Signed by p

Possibly unique. Inc. August 1867. No. 17, issued for two shares to Major General Patrick Edward Connor on May 12th, 1870 in Stockton. Signed by presi

Rare Gold Rush. Usually unissued. This is No. 42, issued for one share to Orson Fox on Nov. 8th, 1859 in Weaverville. Signed by president Lowden and s

Cert. #184, $100, 7%, issued in 1875, authorized by Belmont County, due 1877. Nice vignette of a fancy horse drawn carriage under the title. Four coup

This is an incredible stock with large historical significance. No. 901, issued March 16th, 1795 for one share to Doctor Frederick Kuhn. Signed by the

Cert. #356, issued for 3 shares to John Sellers and signed by Wm. Rhoads as president and Sellers as Treasurer. Stub is attached at the left, so it&...

Cert. #299, issued in 1871. Black and pink. $500, 8 %, Land Bond, due 1891. Three vignettes. Train at center with factory scenes on both sides. I/U. N

Five bonds issued in 1918. Thirty year gold bonds, $1,000 General Mortgage due 1948. No vignette. Brown. Black print on creme. The bonds are stamp can

Cert. #29, issued for 33 shares in 1887. Red variety not listed in Cox. Three allegorical figures, one holding torch and one holding a scale. Homer Le

Cert. #539, issued for 100 shares to the Estate of John Englis. Signed by Philip Van Wyck as president. The railroad ran from 1903 to 1907. Running fr

No. 320, issued for 10 shares to RL Hawks on Aug. 25th, 1884 in Boston. Signed by the president (illegible) and secretary Eaton. Not cancelled. Green

Arizona Narrow Gauge Railroad Co of the Arizona Territory. #206 $1000 7% 20 year bearer coupon bond due 1908. Issued July 1, 1883 signed W.H. Leuler

Unissued, but very attractive certificate. The company was incorporated under the Laws of Missouri and Arkansas. The certificate would have been issue

Incorp. States of Arkansas /Louisiana 1899 . #1, I/U, 250 shares @ $100 par issued to Geo. W. Fouke Jan 25, 1899 signed G.W. Fouke president. Brown

36 shares of Placerville & Sacramento Valley Railroad Co. cert. #13 issued to A. H. Allen dated Jan 19, 1918 signed William Alvord, pres. and J....

Cert. #792, issued to R.S. Tretz for 210 shares, July 6th, 1861. Signed by Geo (George) F. Bragg as president and J. Mora Moss as secretary. Incorpora

Dated 1907. Vignette of Yosemite Falls. Attached sheet of 23 coupons. Hand-signed by the president and secretary. Issued and uncancelled. Second mortg

Lot of 3, all signed by president Otto Mears. Punch cancelled signatures; one is barely affected, the other two are heavily punched. One issued to Mar

Stock and bond certificate from this railroad. Stock is issued in 1887 at Danbury, Conns. Very nice, large steam engine vignette. Hole cxls. thru sign

Cert. #277, issued for 30 odd shares to Julian R. Holley and signed by G.F. Artemis (?) as president and Holley as the corporate secretary. Inc. in CT

Cert. #160, issued for 350 shares to C.H. Platt, Trustee and signed by D.O. Warren as president. Small train at the top runs left to right. Extra fold

3 certificates. 1. Hartford and Wethersfield Horse Railway Co. incorp. Connecticut 1862. In 1893 it was consolidated with another horsecar company,

Beautiful certificate issued in 1902 for 100 shares at New Haven, Connecticut. Horse trolleys in front of a park scene. Black on creme. Small punch cx

Four Certificates. Incorp. The Norwich and Worcester Railroad was an 1837 consolidation of the Boston, Norwich and New London Railroad Company of Con

Delaware & Eastern Railway Co. 1st Mortgage $1,000 Bond issued in 1907. 5%, fifty year bond matured in 1957. 65 coupons stapled to the bond. Rus...

Nice printer's proof from The Delaware Rail Road Company. Proof is dated 1859, with written instructions to the printer to print 500 copies of t...

Variety not listed in Cox. Corporate seal is stamped 1852 for the year of incorporation. Issued for 6 shares in 1890. Stamp and hole cxled. Exchanged

Two certificates. In 1857, the Junction & Breakwater Railroad (J&B ) was chartered to build from a connection with the Delaware Railroad a...

#616, issued for 4 shares to Thomas Biddle & Co. Office of the Railroad Company, issuee. Both signatures torn off to cancel (paper torn off in ...

Stock certificate issued for 3 shares in 1857. Crude train vignette at the top. Black on blue. Uncancelled. Unlisted in Cox. Likely unknown. 2-3) Bond

Cert. #34, issued for 20 shares at Chicago in 1887. Shares were $100 Each. Blakely-Marsh Printing Co., Chicago. The company was incorporated to manuf

Multiple formats and dates. Includes: Fancy certificates (2) issued in 1918 and 1938 with vignettes circling the entire certificate. Both green, under

This lot contains three signature pieces, 2 common stocks and one bond. 1) 10 shares issued in 1852, signed by John B. Jervis as president. Jervis was

Nice group of seven certificates. Lot includes: Chicago & Ohio River Railroad Co., 1886, 13 shares, train at bottom, Unc. ABN, N.Y.; Chicago &am...

Four Railroad Stock Certificates. All are I/C, no seal, vignette top allegorical female resting on two circles: left train passing under bridge, rig

The Joliet and Chicago Railroad was chartered February 15, 1855 and opened in 1856, continuing north and northeast from Joliet to downtown Chicago.

This is a nice one. Inc. in Illinois. Issued for 1 share in 1862 at Chicago to Willard Gibson and signed by G.L. Howard, president. On the header it s

Cert. #4858, issued in 1880 for 10 shares. Two trains passing in the foreground, with a farm scene and a river behind. One train is marked, Mobile &...

This certificate was issued for 36% (12,991.5) of the total authorized shares to Clark (Senator from Montana and mining and railroad executive) and Ha

Cert. #151, issued in 1862. Train runs left to right. Black and pink. $1,000 Pfd. 1st Mtg. Sinking Fund bond. 15 year, 7%. Lady Indian lower left and

Nice group of five from this railroad. Stock issued in 1868. Train runs right to left. Revenue stamp top right. Stamp cxled. Henry Siebert, N.Y. Also

Common stock cert. #85, issued for 200 shares to P.L. Cable of Rock Island, Illinois in 1873. Signed by the co. officers. Train exiting tunnel going l

1-4) Four common stock certificates issued in the 1930's. An orange, 100 share common stock along with a brown, 100 share preferred. Then a gree...

Cert. #15, issued for 100 shares to Charles H. Carr and signed by W.D. Judson as president. Eagle on shield with outstretched wings at top left. 25 ce

Cert. #709, issued in 1875. Thirty year bond due 1905. $1,000, First Mortgage Convertible, Sinking Fund Bond. Train runs in front of factory at header

Bond certificate #1503, 1912, First Mortgage, 5%, gold bond, due 1932 is not listed in Cox. Streetcars with people milling about, horse drawn carriage

One share issued in 1856. Shares were $100 Each. Train behind telephone poles running left to right. Issued to Ryan Jacobs. Snyder, Black & Stur...

Cert. #A63, issued for 100 shares. Traincars below company name and a cherub sitting in the "C" of the company name. Shares were $100 Each...

Three certificates I/U from 1914, 1930 and 1931. Two trains at the station. One arriving and one leaving. Ten more certificates I/C dated 1920, 1924,

Three preferred stocks in green, brown and orange, all signed by Samuel Insull Jr as vice president. Track workers in between two electric trains. Ins

One hundred preferred shares issued to John D. Rockefeller in 1898. Three vignettes. Two of trains and workers surround a standing female. Stamp and h

Nice certificate #B3359, blue gray, <100 shares. Issued for 2 shares in 1903 to Henry T. Blake and signed by the company officers. Three vignette...

Lot includes: Two common stock certificates issued in 1926. Inc. in DE. Large eagle in front of train cars. Both uncancelled. Republic Bank Note, Pitt

Two different specimen bond certificates. Orange, $1,000 Equipment bond, 4 1/2%, gold bond, Series B, 1911 due 1921. Also, Purple, $1,000, Registered

Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville Railway Co $10,000, Series C Bond Specimen. Green. Train at station runs left to right. This denomination of ...

Two nice Specimen certificates from this railroad. 1) Bond specimen, $1,000, purple, Series A Equipment Bond, 4 1/2% gold bond. 1911, due 1921. Twenty

Cert. #1 issued in 1908. Train r-l at crossing. Issued for 1 share to W.C. Mack. Signed by H.W. Seaman as president and F.M. Clark as secretary. Weste

Common stock issued in 1906 for 3 shares. Green undertint. Engine 13 runs left to right. Issued and uncancelled. ABN. Also, preferred stock issued in

One common and one preferred stock, both issued at Amsterdam in 1929. Both are uncancelled. Provenance: Ken Prag Collection Country (if not USA):

Two different bonds, one issued in 1909, $100. 4 1/2% gold bond due 1939. Two oncoming trains from left to right. Franklin Lee Bank Note. Unc. Second

Nice group of bonds from the two railroads. Two, I/C, $50,000 bonds along with two U/U $50,000 Bonds from Chicago, Rock Island & Gulf Rwy. Also,...

Three Specimen stock certificates from the railroad in three different colors. Common stock, 6% Preferred, and 7% Preferred are represented. Stamped...

Cert. #48, issued in 1883. $1,000, 30 year, 6%, 1st Mortgage gold bond. 59 coupons attached. Brakeman at the left and man waving flag at right. Small

Cert. #1046, issued for 3 shares. State seal at center with cherubs around mine portal at top right and Niagara Falls at top left. This certificate is

Two certificates. The IC was one of the oldest Class I railroads in the United States. The company was incorporated by the Illinois General Assembly o

Two certificates. 1. #34963, I/C, 5 shares $100 par, issued Oct 30, 1865. Signed president (illegible), Black, vignette top train passing over ca

Stocks from four different Chicago rails. 1) Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railway Co., seven partially issued certificates, different styles and c...

The Joliet and Chicago Railroad was chartered February 15, 1855 and opened in 1856, continuing north and northeast from Joliet to downtown Chicago.

Three, issued and cancelled bonds from the Chicago & Alton Railroad Company. Includes 1st Mortgage bond, $1,000, issued 1862, payable 1893; Inco...

Group of common share certificates from this Indiana railroad company. Stocks issued in 1888, 1896, 1899, 1945 and 1957. All are pen or hole cxled. or

Three Specimen certificates including one orange and one brown Class A Common Specimens, along with a crimson Class B Specimen. Vignettes of a seated

Cert. #B33, issued for 100 shares to Clarence A. Knight in 1902 and signed by the company officers. Engine #25 runs left to right passing another rail

Three preferred stock certificates issued between 1937 and 1946. Two red orange and one orange certificate. All have a vignette of a brakeman and cond