Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Collectible Imperial Russian Government Bond

Collectible Imperial Russian Government Bond

Years: 1916
5 1/2% Bond printed by American Bank Note Company.
Great Graphics!
Condition: Excellent

- Price Upon Request

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Sunday, August 28, 2011

Edison Portland Cement Company signed twice by Edison

Certificate #2 stock signed twice by Thomas A. Edison. Two great signatures at stub and back. Exceptional! Thomas Alva Edison (February 11, 1847 – October 18, 1931) was an American inventor, scientist and businessman who developed many devices that greatly influenced life around the world, including the phonograph, the motion picture camera, and a long-lasting, practical electric light bulb. Dubbed "The Wizard of Menlo Park" (now Edison, New Jersey) by a newspaper reporter, he was one of the first inventors to apply the principles of mass production and large teamwork to the process of invention, and therefore is often credited with the creation of the first industrial research laboratory.

Edison is considered one of the most prolific inventors in history, holding 1,093 U.S. patents in his name, as well as many patents in the United Kingdom, France, and Germany. He is credited with numerous inventions that contributed to mass communication and, in particular, telecommunications. His advanced work in these fields was an outgrowth of his early career as a telegraph operator. Edison originated the concept and implementation of electric-power generation and distribution to homes, businesses, and factories – a crucial development in the modern industrialized world. His first power station was on Manhattan Island, New York.


State: New Jersey
Year: 1899

Condition: Excellent

Friday, August 26, 2011

Wholesale Collectible Stocks and Bonds Treasures


This catalogue features an outstanding collection of wholesale stocks, bonds, and paper money. Click here to view.

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Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Collectible Sesqui-Centennial Exhibition Association Bank Note

Sesqui-Centennial Exhibition Association stock certificate.
State(s): Pennsylvania; Years: 1925-26
Stock printed by E.A. Wright Bank Note Co., Phila.
Condition: Excellent

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Monday, August 22, 2011

Imperial Chinese Government Bond

£100 5% Hukuang Railways Sinking Fund Gold Loan of 1911 Bond. Uncancelled. Several coupons. It is important to stress that these bonds have been bought in recent years and pretty much taken off the collector market. As a result prices have risen rather dramatically. Several more rows of coupons not shown.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and to my eye these Hukuang Railways bonds are among the most attractive pieces ever to bear stamps.


Country: China
Year: 1911
Excellent Condition.


Imperial Chinese Government Hukuang Railways bonds are well-nigh ubiquitous in the marketplace. They were issued in 1911 by a consortium of banks in London, Berlin, Paris and New York, with serial numbers running into the six digits, of which hundreds if not thousands appear to have survived.

A few bear New York State adhesive revenue stamps; shown here is a New York issue £100 bond with Secured Debt $1 and Investments $1 stamps paying New York’s Investments tax in 1917 and 1918; this secured for the bondholder exemption from that state’s onerous personal property tax. Coupon bonds of this era are generally large and spectacular—American bonds typically measure about 10 by 15 inches—but this one sets new standards on both scores.

It is huge, some 16 by 22 inches as shown. Its design and execution by security printers Waterlow & Sons of London are equally impressive, featuring the facsimile seals and signatures of China’s Minister of Posts and Communications and its Minister in Washington. Alongside is the countersignature of a representative of the New York banks J. P. Morgan & Co., Kuhn Loeb & Co., the First National Bank of the City of New York, and the National City Bank of New York.

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Saturday, August 20, 2011

Collectible York & Gettysburg Turnpike Road Company Certificate

York & Gettysburg Turnpike Road Company certificate given to a contract builder of the turnpike the sum of $1,541.33 due them upon presentation of this Certificate to the Treasury of the State.

Signed by the President. "(Duplicate)" noted at front.

Very Rare!
Condition: Excellent
State: Pennsylvania
Year: 1821

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Thursday, August 18, 2011

Bedford & Stoystown Turnpike Road Co


A highly collectible Bedford & Stoystown Turnpike Road Company PA, 1819, One Share, Fifty Dollars. Fully issued with a bold sharp blind seal.

Mint condition! Only 1 available.

State: Pennsylvania
Year: 1819

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Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Notorious Men In History

We have an exciting new catalogue, Notorious Men In History, containing authenticated and graded stocks and bonds featuring signatures of men such as, Patrick "Pat" Floyd Garrett, American Old West lawman, bartender, buffalo hunter, and customs agent who was most known for killing “Billy the Kid” in 1881; Robert Morris (1734-1806) American merchant and a signer of the U. S. Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation,  and the U. S. Constitution.  Morris was known as the financier of the Revolution; and Supreme Court Justice Louis D. Brandeis (1856-1941) to name just a few!

Visit my web site and click on the link to download a PDF of this superb catalogue!

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Sunday, August 14, 2011

Collectible Parrot Silver and Copper Company

The Parrott Silver and Copper Co is located on Butte's Southern belt on the Gangon-Parrot lode. The mine was discovered in 1864 by Dennis Leary, George W. Newkirk and the Porter Brothers. It was named after the Hon. R. R. Parrott, a local attorney. The complex ore removed from the mine was carried by wagon to Corrine, Utah to be shipped by rail to eastern smelters.

Locally, experiments began to try to smelt the Parrot ore. Joseph Ramsdale and William J. Parks erected a small blast furnace in Town Gulch in 1866-67, but were unsuccessful. Charles E. Savage constructed a horse-powered arrastra that successfully treated the ore, but was financially a failure. In the fall of 1868 Dennis Leary and the Porter Brothers built a blast furnace that used a blacksmith bellows, but they were stymied by their lack of knowledge on metal fluxes. Discouraged, the mine owners looked elsewhere and the mine languished (Daly 1929; Warren 1896).

William Parks was unwilling to give up on the mine. He continued to pour his own labour and limited money into the shaft. Because he capitalized his operation with paychecks from his own day-labour, progress was slow. His efforts were justified when he reached the 155-foot level when he hit paying ore. He had discovered Butte's first copper mine. He was also very lucky; the Parrott turned out to be the only mine in Butte with copper ore above the 200-foot level. The mine was patented in May of 1879 by Dennis Leary, J. A. Talbott and Thomas Irvine.

From the time of Park's discovery, the mine continued to grow; by 1889 the Parrott Silver & Copper Company was removing 260 tons of copper/silver ore a day. The 3-compartment shaft was reported to be the best ventilated shaft in Montana.

The Parrott was one of Butte's top copper producers during the district's period of national significance, 1880 to 1920 (Montana Inspector of Mines Report 1889; 1893; 1897; 1900; 1905-06; Report of the Director of the Mine 1885; Gidel 1944).  The ore averages about 3% copper and carries fair silver and gold values. The mine has an antiquated smelter, idle since 1900, ores being reduced at the Washoe plant of the Anaconda. Company also owns copper refining works at Bridgeport, Conn., these also being antiquated and idle. Ores are running lower in grade than formerly, like all other Butte mines, and now average about 4% copper, with fair gold and silver values. Production was about 12,500,000 Ibs. fine copper for 1904.

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Friday, August 12, 2011

Collectible US Steel Corporation Stock

Andrew Carnegie (1835-1919), Manufacturer and Philanthropist. Began an illustrious career as a bobbin boy at age 13, then became a self taught telegrapher with the Pennsylvania Railroad. In 1853-65, he introduced use of the Pullman sleeping cars, organized the military telegraph department, and was active in transporting troops during the Civil War. After leaving the railroad, he focused on iron and then the steel industry.

His policy of “putting all his eggs in one basket, and then watching the basket” was extremely successful.

By 1889 steel production in the U.S. was first in the world, and in 1901 he sold his company, Carnegie Company to the U.S. Steel Corporation for $250 million. The Carnegie Foundation of New York donated millions to scientific research, the advancement of teaching, the furthering of international peace, and the reward of heroic acts. The foundation is well known for building public libraries. This historic bond is dated 1901, the very year that he sold his company. This beautiful $100,000 5% United States Steel Gold Bond is issued to Andrew Carnegie, but not signed. The rarity of Carnegie stocks and bonds is well known. A while back, two signed examples of this bond were sold to collectors at $125,000 per bond! Neatly stamp and hole cancelled. The graphics and cranberry red color are truly exceptional. Fresh Excellent Condition. A portrait of Carnegie is included. If we

had to pick the top 10 U. S. stocks or bonds of all time, this would be one of our top choices!

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Wednesday, August 10, 2011

American League Baseball Club of New York, Inc.

American League Baseball Club of New York, Inc.
State: New York
Year: 1947
New York City, New York. "Yankees" Important! Very Rare!
Condition: Excellent
Price: JUST SOLD!!!

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Monday, August 8, 2011

About Unissued Stocks

An unissued stock is a leftover from the company that was never filled out, or issued to anyone. Often these were found with office records after a company closed. In some instances, issued stock of a given type did not exist.

Unissued stock is often found in fresh, crisp condition without folds. For these reasons, collectors often collect unissued stock.

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Saturday, August 6, 2011

Pullman Car Company Strike - Part Two

During the economic panic of 1893, the Pullman Palace Car Company cut wages as demands for their train cars plummeted and the company's revenue dropped. A delegation of workers complained of the low wages and sixteen hour workdays and the company's failure to decrease rents or the price of goods. Company owner George Pullman "loftily declined to talk with them."

Many of the workers were already members of the American Railway Union (ARU), led by Eugene V. Debs, which supported their strike by launching a boycott in which union members refused to run trains containing Pullman cars. The strike effectively shut down production in the Pullman factories and led to a lockout. Railroad workers across the nation refused to switch Pullman cars, and subsequently Wagner Palace cars, onto trains. The ARU declared that if switchmen were disciplined for the boycott, the entire ARU would strike in sympathy.

The boycott was launched on June 26, 1894. Within four days, 125,000 workers on twenty-nine railroads had quit work rather than handle Pullman cars. Adding fuel to the fire the railroad companies began hiring replacement workers (that is, strikebreakers), which only increased hostilities.

On June 29, 1894, Debs hosted a peaceful gathering to obtain support for the strike from fellow railroad workers at Blue Island, Illinois. Afterward groups within the crowd became enraged and set fire to nearby buildings and derailed a locomotive. Elsewhere in the United States, sympathy strikers prevented transportation of goods by walking off the job, obstructing railroad tracks or threatening and attacking strikebreakers. This increased national attention and fueled the demand for federal action.

The strike was broken up by United States Marshals and some 12,000 United States Army troops, commanded by Nelson Miles, sent in by President Grover Cleveland on the premise that the strike interfered with the delivery of U.S. Mail, violated the Sherman Antitrust Act and represented a threat to public safety. The arrival of the military and subsequent deaths of workers led to further outbreaks of violence. During the course of the strike, 13 strikers were killed and 57 were wounded.

Railroad Stock. Great engraved portrait of George Pullman. Buildings, industry, train, etc. at sides. Quite Scarce!!!

State: Delaware
Year: 1970s
Color: Brown, Olive

Thursday, August 4, 2011

Pullman Palace Car Company Strike - Part One

The Pullman Strike was a nationwide conflict between labor unions and railroads that occurred in the United States in 1894. The conflict began in the town of Pullman, Illinois on May 11 when approximately 3,000 employees of the Pullman Palace Car Company began a wildcat strike in response to recent reductions in wages, bringing traffic west of Chicago to a halt.

The American Railway Union, the nation's first industry-wide union, led by Eugene V. Debs, subsequently became embroiled in what The New York Times described as "a struggle between the greatest and most important labor organization and the entire railroad capital" that involved some 250,000 workers in 27 states at its peak.

Stock signed by George Pullman as president. Chicago, Illinois.
State: Illinois
Year: 1870
Condition: Excellent

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Tuesday, August 2, 2011

Collectible Richmond, VA 1864 Bond

Richmond, VA, 1864, $1,000 Bond. (Second Series) or (Third Series). With 1 row of coupons. Nice Graphics including an Equestrian Figure of Washington. Large and impressive, and in excellent condition.

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