2016 February

Retail Stores and Products A – S – Beautifully engraved RARE SPECIMEN certificate from the Alberto – Culver Company. This historic document was printed by the American Banknote Company and has an ornate border around it with a vignette of Alberto VO5. This item has the printed signatures of the Company?s President ( Leonard H…. read more »

Documents and Unique Items – Historic Wall Street Surveyors Map showing lot on Wall Street next to the Tontine Coffee House dated 1818. This map is hand colored and is handsigned by the City Sureveyor. The location of the property was 62 Wall Street. After Isaac Moses died in 1818, the property was leased to… read more »

Broadcasting – Radio and TV – Beautifully engraved SCARCE SPECIMEN certificate from the American Broadcasting Companies, Inc. This historic document was printed by the Security-Columbian Banknote Company and has an ornate border with a vignette of an allegorical woman holding a globe next to an old broadcasting camera and video…

Mississippi Bonds – Agreement and Coupons relating to the Payment of Interest in London on the State of Mississippi Bond dated 1833. This historic document has an ornate border around it with over 60 coupons (each hand signed) attached on the bottom. This item has the signatures of John Delafield, Cashier of the Pheni…

Rare and Scarce Stocks / Bonds – Certificate from the Roberts Petroleum Torpedo Company issued in 1865. This historic document has an ornate border around it with vignettes of an oil filed and the torpedo exploding. This item is hand signed by the company’s president, William S. Fogg and secretary, and is over 151 years… read more »

United States Savings Bonds and Liberty Loan Bonds – Fourth Liberty Loan 4 1/4% Gold Bond of 1933-1938 (United States Government) 1918. $50. Green underprint and “FOURTH LIBERTY LOAN”. Red treasury seal. Thomas Jefferson. Torch, below. Brown Justice on the reverse. Facsimile signatures of Teehee and McAdoo. 9 unused coupons attached. XF Back of…

Frauds and Scandals – Beautiful uncancelled $1,000,000 bond certificate from the World Bible League Corporation issued in 1911. This historic document was printed by the World Bible League Corporation and has an ornate border around it with a vignette of an uplift of a man. This item has the printed signatures of the Co…

Documents and Unique Items – Beautiful RARE certificate from the Cunard Steamship Company, Ltd. issued in 1907. This historic document was printed by Unz and Company and has an ornate border around it with a vignette of the RMS Lusitania and a raised gilded embossed corporate seal. This item has been hand signed and is… read more »