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Rambler Automobile Co (89624)

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Stock & Bond - Transportation Start Price:250.00 USD Estimated At:500.00 - 1,000.00 USD
Rambler Automobile Co  (89624)
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250.00USD+ (62.50) buyer's premium + applicable fees & taxes.
This item SOLD at 2019 Mar 10 @ 15:55UTC-7 : PDT/MST
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1 share of Rambler Automobile Co stock cert # 15 issued to . J. Twelvetree on Oct 6, 1910. Signed G. Berry, VP and H. Twelvetree, secy. Countersigned Nov 10, 1914. Gray border, green background. Imprinted Co. seal. Vignette in each corner. First use of the Rambler name was an American made auto dating to 1897 when Thomas B. Jeffery of Chicago, IL and builder of the Rambler bicycle, constructed his 1st prototype auto. Received positive reviews at 1899 Chicago International Exhibition & Tournament and 1st National Automobile Show in NYC. In 1900, bought the old Sterling Bicycle Co. factory in Kenosha, WI. Commercially mass-produced auto began in 1902. By year's end, 500 motorcars produced which was 1/6 of all existing in the US at the time. Thomas B. Jeffery Co. was the 2nd largest auto manufacturer at that time, behind Oldsmobile. Rambler experimented with innovations as a steering wheel, but stopped as too advanced. Rambler innovated various design features and was 1st to equip cars with a spare tire. In 1916, Thomas B. Jeffery Co. purchased by Charles W. Nash with name change to to Nash Motors Company in 1917. Nash branded autos commenced in 1937, the co. became the Nash-Kelvinator Corp. through a merger with the well-known appliance maker. George W. Mason, Charles Nash's successor, at Nash-Kelvinator Corp began development of a small car that could be produced inexpensively for the post World War II economy in 1954. American Motors Corporation (AMC) was formed from the merger of Nash-Kelvinator and the Hudson Motor Car Co. (Wikipedia) Prag collection.


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