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SHARE CERTIFICATES:- A group of seven transport related certificates for the Brazil Railway Company, a £100 share and 1 ordinary share, both certificates with finely engraved vignettes of locomotives in landscapes; together with a Barcelona Traction, Light and Power Co. Ltd, 1 ordinary share, the vignette illustrating a tramcar and scenes of Barcelona; three Egyptian Light Railway certificates of five shares of £50, two of onw share of £10 variously dated 1901, 1904 and 1938, and a French certificate dated 1-1-23 for the Compagnie des Chemins de fer Danube-Save- Adriatique (7)

19th and 20th Century: Collection of Irish interest share certificates A large collection of mixed Irish and Irish interest share certificates. Including many examples from the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company and also Irish Free State National Loan, The Standing Press Limited etc. (43 items)

BUSHMILLS MILLENNIUM MALT Single Malt Irish Whiskey from Cask No.166 Distilled 1975. Bottle No.235/33, selected for The Angel`s Share. 700ml, 43% volume, with outer card sleeve. Good condition

India, Bank of Bengal share certificates (2) dated 1899 & 1905, paper weak along right edge & with pin holes. India Court revenue stamps, Bombay Province (32)

Two bound volumes of 1930`s/40`s share transfer certificates, John Walker & Sons Ltd

Delisle, Guillaume 1722 Carte d`Amerique Dressee pour l`Usage du Roy This detailed map of the Americas is one of the most popular maps of the 18th century and provides a great deal of information about the state of geographic knowledge in the New World in the early part of the century. In North America the western coast is blank above California. The French territory of Louisiane takes up the lion`s share of North America at the expense of the British colonies. This political bias is due to Delisle`s position as geographer to the King of France. South America is well represented with a good depiction of the river systems and the locations of the Jesuit missions. The is the second state with d`Amerique in block-style lettering in the title cartouche. The map has a long publishing history that spans nearly 100 years! 24"" W x 19.1"" H A strong impression with old color on a watermarked sheet with very good margins. There is a faint horizontal crease through the middle of the map.

Anon., 1720 Toverkaart of Genees Middel der Wind-breuken vant Zuid West en de Uituaart van Cartouche ""This engraving is from the important account of one the most infamous financial meltdowns in history, known as the Mississippi Bubble incident. The engraving is partitioned into 18 compartments lettered A through S, which were intended to be cut and used as playing cards. Each compartment has a different figure participating in an odd activity or type of circus act; in compartment B, a man points an arrow at the sun while trying to catch scurrying rabbits and mice; in compartment G a strong man holds a bench between his teeth; in compartment M one man lies on the ground balancing a chair on his foot, while a second man dives through a burning barrel; in compartment S a man sits astride a cannon chained at the wrists, while the devil (Professor Bombarismi) hold a wheel and lights the cannon`s fuse. John Law, a Scottish financier, established the Banque Generale (central bank) in France. He was then granted control of Louisiana and founded the Compagnie de la Louisiane d`Occident, in 1717. Law developed an elaborate plan to exploit the fabulous resources of the region, which quickly gained popularity and people rushed to invest, not just in France, but throughout Europe. This resulted in the development of several other overseas companies, such as the English South Sea Company and a number of smaller companies in the Dutch Republic. The share prices rose dramatically in a frenzy of speculation. In 1720 the bubble burst; speculators cashed in, caused a run on the shares, and the company went bankrupt. As a consequence of the failure, confidence in other similar companies failed, and thousands of individual investors across Europe were ruined."" 14.7"" W x 11.9"" H Very minor soiling.

Anon., 1720 Vasten Avonds Vreugde Krans en Tooneel Stuk ""This engraving is from the important account of one the most infamous financial meltdowns in history, known as the Mississippi Bubble incident. At the center is an engraving of Cupid teaching Pan to play the pan-pipes, while a naked nymph and bearded man peer from behind a tree. In the top corners are a putto at left and a winged monkey at right, who appears to have a human head and is blowing bellows. The engraving is flanked by verses in Dutch, which are surrounded by an elaborate border consisting of Callot figures, a contortionist dwarf between reliefs of Heraclitus and Democritus, and numerous odd objects, including a tobacco pipe, a guitar, carrots, playing cards and dice, and a pheasant. John Law, a Scottish financier, established the Banque Generale (central bank) in France. He was then granted control of Louisiana and founded the Compagnie de la Louisiane d`Occident, in 1717. Law developed an elaborate plan to exploit the fabulous resources of the region, which quickly gained popularity and people rushed to invest, not just in France, but throughout Europe. This resulted in the development of several other overseas companies, such as the English South Sea Company and a number of smaller companies in the Dutch Republic. The share prices rose dramatically in a frenzy of speculation. In 1720 the bubble burst; speculators cashed in, caused a run on the shares, and the company went bankrupt. As a consequence of the failure, confidence in other similar companies failed, and thousands of individual investors across Europe were ruined."" 7.5"" W x 11.8"" H Watermarked paper with marginal soiling and an archivally repaired tear in right blank margin.

Anon., 1720 De Zuidze Compagnie Door Wind in Top Gerezen Beklaagt Nu Haar Verlies met een Bekommerd Wezen ""This engraving is from the important account of one the most infamous financial meltdowns in history, known as the Mississippi Bubble incident. This engraved view depicts a woman lounging in a lavish library, surrounded by her debit and commerce books. Beside her cherubs play music, while one holds a note that translates as """"it`s not like losing what one hears,"""" meaning that the woman may have lost all her money, but at least hasn`t lost her ability to hear. The central image is surrounded by four vignettes of others impacted by the Mississippi Bubble incident. There are three columns of verses in Dutch below the scene. With text measures 11.9 x 12.8"""". John Law, a Scottish financier, established the Banque Generale (central bank) in France. He was then granted control of Louisiana and founded the Compagnie de la Louisiane d`Occident, in 1717. Law developed an elaborate plan to exploit the fabulous resources of the region, which quickly gained popularity and people rushed to invest, not just in France, but throughout Europe. This resulted in the development of several other overseas companies, such as the English South Sea Company and a number of smaller companies in the Dutch Republic. The share prices rose dramatically in a frenzy of speculation. In 1720 the bubble burst; speculators cashed in, caused a run on the shares, and the company went bankrupt. As a consequence of the failure, confidence in other similar companies failed, and thousands of individual investors across Europe were ruined."" 11.6"" W x 6.8"" H A dark impression on a full sheet of watermarked paper.

Two albums of tradesman ephemera interest, with contents to include, specimen examples of headed note paper for various businesses, also share certificate for The London Starch Company etc., together with, four stereoscopic viewing cards, and a Japanese black lacquered box, (qty)

Attributed to Henrietta Johnston (American/Charleston, c. 1670/75- c. 1729), "Pair of Female Portraits, Said to Represent the Williams Sisters", early 18th c., two pastels on laid paper, unsigned, each 8 3/8 in. x 6 1/4 in., matching molded giltwood frames. Provenance: Earle Williams Newton II (1917-2012): his autograph inscription en verso of one back board states, "Miss Williams/ from a Williams family estate /which also included a silver can[n] / of Colonial origin / attributed to Henrietta Johnston [signed] Earle Williams Newton"; [in his hand, on newer adhesive labels] "Purchased for/ Norton Asner/ Baltimore", as well as "Accepted as by/ H. Johnston/ by Director of/ Charleston Museum/ biographer of Johnston." Note: Unfortunately the previous owner failed to note the name or exact institution of the `Charleston museum director` who accepted these portraits as possible works by Henrietta Johnston, America`s first woman artist, as well as its first artist in pastels. The historical Henrietta Johnston almost always employed sheets of paper of 12 inches by 9 inches, from which standard the present sheets are only about two-thirds as large in each direction; the historical artist specialized in rather stiff figures shown to the full half-figure length, and apparently always with exaggeratedly long necks. The present smaller, shorter, and more compact figures do, however, share certain of the idiosyncrasies of Henrietta Johnston`s characteristic costumes and coiffures. On balance, there may exist a preponderance of evidence in favor, at least, of a tentative ascription of these portraits to the shop, circle, or following of Henrietta Johnston. Reference: Darryl Patrick, "Johnston, Henrietta," Grove Dictionary of Art, Jane Turner, ed., 34 vols., London, 1996, vol. 17, p. 626.

[Huey P. Long Memorabilia], including, Every Man a King, The Autobiography of Huey P. Long, 1933, signed, National Book Co., Inc., New Orleans; Deutsch, Hermann, The Huey Long Murder Case, 1963, Doubleday & Co.; Briley III, Richard, Death of the Kingfish, 1960, Triangle Publishing; and Mardesich III, Joseph, Who Shot Huey Long?, 1964, Hermitage Press; together with a vintage pin back button and instructions for Long`s "Share the Wealth Society" movement.

Brunel – original share certificate for the Great Eastern – an original share certificate in ‘The Great Ship Company Ltd’ [ie The Great Eastern] being one share of £1^ dated March 1st 1858. Printed in light blue on a leaf of paper approx 22x13cm^ and featuring a blind embossed image of the finished ship^ together with an ILN engraving showing the Great Eastern leaving Sheerness with the Atlantic Cable on board. The Great Eastern was Brunel’s most ambitious maritime achievement^ being^ at the time it was built^ by far the largest ship afloat. The project was ultimately to bring about Brunel’s untimely death^ and although originally conceived as a luxury liner for the Trans Atlantic route^ its greatest achievement was to lay the first Transatlantic Cable linking America with Europe.

Selection of eight LNER share certificates

Scripophily: six framed 19th century share certificates.

Pictorial Volume Collection, `Sixty Years A Queen` by Sir Herbert Maxwell, published by Harmsworth Brothers Ltd, 24 Tudor Street, London, with each part featuring an Art Nouveau coloured frontispiece together with two Columbian National Railway Company Debenture Certificates, Share Certificate relating to the Argentine Railway Company and two magazines relating to Queen Victoria `Her Life and Empire` published by Harmsworth Bros Ltd, copies of The Times dated 1850 and The Journal dated 1881.

An early 19th Century French loan bond, detailed `Tresor Royal Cinq Pour Cent Consolidés`, dated 1828, and two share certificates, detailed `Banque Industrielle de Chine` and `Pekin Syndicate Limited`, all framed.

Militaria, Selection inc. album of messages & signatures of various WW1 servicemen, photographs, mostly in frames inc. King George on horseback, dated June 1947, with printed signature, plus some personal & social history images & two framed share certificates for Erie Petroleum Co (gen gd)

A collection of various indentures and share certificates relating to the Canadian Pacific Railway

An interesting collection of WWII related material concerning Fred Leach who served with the Royal Fusiliers to include his four WWII General Service medals, a photograph and woven epaulettes together with four brass military badges, soldiers release book and other details of his service together with a Daily Mirror, an original copy dated Tuesday May 11 1926 and a 1923 German 1,000 Mark Aktie Share note and other items.

Canton Da Sheng Faeces Clearing Company, share certificate, 1935, large format piece with ornate borders, floral designs at top corners, brown and black, text all in Chinese, adhesive revenue stamps, red 'chops', very fine and an extremely unusual subject. Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.

Commercial Bank Corporation of India & The East, £25 share, 1864, no.8280, black printing on attractive watermarked paper, printed by Batho & Co., extremely fine Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.

Concession Belge de Tientsin S.A., 500 franc share, Brussels 1912, no.1201, ornate border, orange brown, with coupons, several endorsements on face, uneven left edge with small tear otherwise about extremely fine. Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.

Han Chen Water & Electricity Co. Ltd., 1 share of $10, 1928, no.A002063, very attractive piece with vignttes of generating stations, water tower, water tap, electricity pylons, grey-green, pale blue underprint, text all in Chinese, adhesive revenue stamps, good very fine. Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.

Hin Tung Niu Pu Motor Road Co. Ltd. (Kaiping), $10 share, 1934, ornate border, red, blue and black, text all in Chinese, together with Tai Ti Motor Road Co. Ltd. (Taishan), 75 gold yuan shares, 1949, ornate border, blue and black, text all in Chinese, fine to very fine and scarce. (2) Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.

Ku Hwa Fur Co., share subscription receipt for 10 dollars, 1911, payable over 3 years, ornate piece with dragons at top, text all in Chinese, red, black and yellow, heavy folds and dirty surface, fine. Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.

Société Anonyme Minière des Aïmaks de Touchetoukhan et de Tsetsekhan en Mongolie, 50 rouble share, St.Petersburg 1911, ornate border, orange and black, text in Russian, French and Chinese, with coupons, about extremely fine. Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.

Banco Nacional Ultramarino, one share of 90 reis, Lisbn 1913, no.69756, large format piece with vignette of steamship at top, ornate borders, text in Portusguese and French, blue and black, with coupons, good very fine. Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.

Banque de Cochinchine S.A., 250 franc nominative share, (1908), no.2448, very striking design of golden sun in the centre with vignettes of buildings, workers in rice field, boats on river and stylised dragon, black on red paper, text in Chinese and French, traces of mounting on the reverse, good very fine. Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.

Sarawak: Hing Lee Gold Mining Syndicate, Jamboo San, Upper Sarawak, 100 dollar share, 19[33], no.249, ornate border, black and mauve with yellow underprint, text in English and Chinese, Rajah Brooke adhesive revenue stamp, printed in Kuching, extremely fine and extremely rare. Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.

Assorted share certificates, including The Land Bank of Egypt, Anglo-Ottoman Tobacco Company Limited and others

Alexander the Great Contorniate. Contorniate, 28.39g (7h). . , Later 4th cent., perhaps c. 370 AD. Obv: ALEXANDER MA - [GNVS MACEDON] Bust of Alexander right wearing lionskin; palm branch engraved in rihgt field. Rx: A man wearing tunic and cloak leading a saddled and bridled horse right; the man looks back at the horse. From Alföldi`s obverse die Alexander V (pl. 5.2), reverse die 197 (e.g. pl. 69.11-12), a new die combination; also not in the addenda in Alföldi`s second volume, nor in the addenda in P.F. Mittag`s contorniate monograph, Alte Köpfe in neuen Händen (Bonn, 1999). This is a beautiful contorniate with a glossy black patination. In ancient times, a piece was broken out of the edge of the coin, not affecting its beauty or any of its design. EF This obverse die is scarce, being recorded by Alföldi in only eleven specimens, coupled with four other reverse dies. The same reverse die had previously been known combined with the two obverse dies Homer and Nero XII. The new die combination fits easily into the established die sequence; the obverses Alexander V and Nero XII, for example, were already known to share two other reverse dies, and reverse 170 now becomes a third reverse die that they share

AMIS KINGSLEY: (1922-1995) English Novelist. Small series of two T.Ls.S. and an A.L.S. (folding air mail stationery), Kingsley Amis, four pages, 8vo and 4to, London, 4th & 26th June and 12th August 1968, all to Charles Simmons of The New York Book Review. Amis states, in part, 'I should like to do Chesterton's Man Who Was Thursday - published 1908, so very untypical: it was the first book by a supposedly serious writer that really took hold of me.' (4th June 1968), 'It may be bad policy for writers to indulge editors by delivering early, but here I am doing it anyway…I didn't seem to manage to find a good place to stick in the date of the book's first publication. Perhaps you could work it into headline material….Could I bother you to send me a clipping of the Brophy piece? You've whetted my hostile curiosity.' (26th June 1968), 'Oh, well. I asked for it. But you know how horrible it is to write at a specified length and then have to do revisions - so I will meet you not much nearer than half way. 1. What was I like when I first read The Man Who Was Thursday? I think what little we need of this is already implied sufficiently. 2. How old was I, and what else was I reading? The age is pretty clearly there (14 or under), and I think the one reference to other books (about the Devil) is enough….5. I think you're quite right about the Chesterton-Fleming tie up. So, after the mention of Ian Fleming, insert a new sentence: “For me, at any rate, this is much more than a coincidence. James Bond and Gabriel Syme differ in innumerable ways, but they share a quality of romance, of colour and chivalry, almost of myth, that attracts me a lot more deeply than anything about the down-to-earth and up-to-the-minute heroes of writers like Len Deighton and John Le Carre.” (I see that's two sentences, but you see what I mean.)…' (12th August 1968). Some very light age wear and minor area of paper loss to the upper left corner of one letter, not affecting the text or signature, generally VG, 3 Amis became associated with the James Bond novels, which he admired greatly, in the late 1960s when he began writing critical works connected with Ian Fleming's fictional spy, either under a pseudonym or un-credited. In 1965 he had written the popular The James Bond Dossier under his own name and in 1968, the same year as the present letters, wrote Colonel Sun under the pseudonym Robert Markham.

Mr Vanetzian’s copy of the Accounts for Rovex Plastics Limited 31st May 1950 and 1951, including two Share Certificates for £5000 and £1000 for Rovex Manufacturing Co Limited dated 24th December 1946, draft accounts as at 31st May 1950 and 1951, including summary of Train costs as at 26th May 1951, Net Assets as at 31st May 1951, G

A FILIGREE SILVER BRACELET, formed of share links, AN INTERESTING FILIGREE SILVER BROOCH, flower shaped with three filigree drops, A PAIR OF SILVER NORWEGIAN LONG BOAT EMBOSSED EAR CLIPS AND A SILVER SIGNET RING WITH RAMPANT LION (4)

Steel strong box with keys and Russian share certificates. Please note: Condition of items or other faults for this sale is not stated within the catalogue and items are sold strictly as seen (please read terms and conditions below) If you are interested in an item and no condition report is present please email auctions@peterwilson.co.uk for more information. Due to volume of inquires we receive we are not able to answer requests on group lots or items with an estimate of less than £50.

World Collection A fine lot of 10 different Share Certificates ranging from gold mines to Pan American Airways. Lot also has 6 cheques. 1887/1984

James Scanlon (b.1952) SET OF THREE STAINED GLASS PANELS, 1997 52.5 by 29.75in., 131.25 by 74.375cm. P All three of equal dimensions.Kerry born stained-glass artist James Scanlon initially studied sculpture and film at the Crawford School of Art, Cork before turning to stained-glass. In 1982 he established a studio and his first solo exhibition took place in Cork the following year. His work and appeal has not been limited to traditional environments for the medium but can be found in offices, hospitals, community and arts centres and theatres (among other spaces) where the drama of his brightly coloured creations become more than mere decoration. He was awarded the prize for best non-representational glass at the Corning Museum of Glass in New York in 1987. Major commissions followed in the late 1980s including the evangelist tondo panels at Glenstal Abbey, Co. Limerick, an Arts Council installation in Sneem, Co. Kerry and the Share complex Grattan St., Cork. Works abroad include a window for the EU`s Consilium Building, Brussels, 1994. His work has been shown more recently in a solo show in Dublin in 2000 and in December 2012 he was the subject of a documentary called `Revealed by the Scan`. A striking example by Scanlon, Study No. 2 for Miró, 1985, can be found in the stained-glass room in Dublin City Gallery, The Hugh Lane, alongside works by earlier pioneers of the medium: Harry Clarke, Evie Hone and Wilhelmina Geddes.

Chinese Gold Loan of 1912, £100 bonds (4), each with twenty-seven remaining coupons, two with pinholes, three with pencil notations, mainly with minor soiling or creasing, otherwise fine & US Industries, share certificate, 31 May 1995, punched hole cancellation, otherwise better than fine (5)

MACALLAN 1975 SPEYMALT Single Speyside malt Scotch whisky. Distilled 1975, bottled by Gordon & MacPhail. 70cl, 40% volume. In carton. LINDORES ABBEY 30 YEAR OLD Limited edition blended malt Scotch whisky. This Unique edition of specially selected 30 year old single malt from all the whisk yproducing regions of Scotland, bottled to commemorate Friar John Cor and to preserve the remains of Lindores Abbey, his Fifeshire home. This first bottling is a blend comprising of Macllan 1968, Glenlivet 1968, Glenlivet Sherry Cask 1969, Highland Park 1968, Bunnahabhain 1970, Tamdhu 1969, Tomatin 1965, Macduff Sherry Cask 1969, Springbank 1967 and St. Magdalene 1970. Bottle no 35 of 500 bottles. 70cl, 40% volume. In wooden presentation box, comes with Angels Share Certificate and letter signed by Drew McKenzie Smith. 2 bottles Macallan carton is slightly weathered.

A Chinese government bond for one hundred pounds, a City of Kiev loan bond, dated 1914, a City of Moscow loan bond, dated 1912, a Chilean share certificate and a USA Caltex Oil Company share certificate, with five frames.

LEGAL DOCUMENTS & PARTICULARS. A large quantity of printed and manuscript ephemera, mostly 19th and 20th Century, including deeds, indentures, house and estate particulars, cheques, share certificates, receipt books and plans, the majority relating to Oxfordshire, but also Berkshire, London, Essex and elsewhere, all contained within twelve painted tin boxes with unrelated estate names and one other box.

TEN LATE NINETEENTH CENTURY RUSSIAN SHARE BOND CERTIFICATES, 1869-1894 INCLUDING A FRAMED EXAMPLE, 17" X 12 1/2" (43.2cm x 31.8cm) approx (10)

ELEVEN EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURY RUSSIAN SHARE BONDS, 1901-1922, including THREE FRAMED EXAMPLES, 17" x 13" (43.2cm x 33cm) approx (11)

FRAMED COPY OF THE LONDON GAZETTE, 1696 Thursday May 28th - Monday June 1st, 11 1/2" x 7" (29.2cm x 17.8cm), TOGETHER WITH A COPY OF THE TIMES, 1844, London Herald, 1872 and FIFTEEN 1920`s AND LATER FOREIGN SHARE CERTIFICATE VARIOUS, including four `Cancelled` examples for Richardson`s Westgarth and CO, (18)

A collection of share certificates to include North Cornwall Silver Lead and Tin Mining Association dated 1836, Forest Hungarian Wool Washing dated 1936, United States of America, Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Company dated 1890, all framed and glazed, further loose examples to include The Beaver Oils Ltd, Bridlington Key Public Rooms Association, Burry Port and Gwendraeth Valley Railway Company shares (25) (illustrated)

A PARCEL OF EPHEMERA, to include Trouncer Share certificates, deeds, conveyances, indentures etc

A collection of British and World Share Certificates, to include a Channel Tubular Railway Preliminary Company Certificate, a Channel Bridge and Railway Company Certificate and other various railway and mining certificates

South African Home Talk. FOLLOW SOUTH AFRICA`S LEADER TO VICTORY! Supplement to South African Home Talk August 1941. Single sheet shows photograph of Smuts bounded by large red `V`. Paper tanned, minor closed tear on one edge. Text at the bottom: `Field Marshall The Right Honourable J.C. Smuts asks you to adopt the `V` symbol of victory. Please hang this up in a prominent place and encourage others to share you confidence in an Allied Victory. Additional copies post free, from the up-to-date woman`s journal, South African Home Talk, Carmelite Press, Dock Rd. Cape Town.` Condition: VG Publisher Place: Cape Town Publisher: Carmelite Press. SAHT. Publication Date: Aug-41 Size: 250mm h x 190mm w Reserve: $20 Click here to view further details and to bid

Belcher & McCartney, Later Renaissance Architecture In England, Volume II, London 1901, 48.5cm high, together with, various ephemera to include, `The Russian Tobacco Company` share certificates, various sheet music - Wond` Ring, This Is My Song etc., an `Automobile Club Journal`, etc., (qty)

NY. Red Hook Building Company Duo. 1) One Share of $1. 1838. Brooklyn. Hebe gives water to eagle. Vulcan. VF, minor edge nibble and stain. Partially prepared. 2) Similar. New-York. Pledge in circle, left. Vulcan, right. Unc.

NY. Black and White Genuine New York Obsolete Note Group. 1) Central Bank at Cherry Valley. $1. 1862. (G86a). Fine detail, edge tears. 2) Clyde. Miller's Bank of New-York. $1. 1840. (G2) Orange back. VG. 3) New York. City Trust & Banking. $1. 1829. (G10). VF, but stained, mostly on the back. 4) New York. Tenth Ward Bank. $1. 1842. VG. 5) New York. New York & Schuylkill Coal. $100. 1837. Actually a share certificate that circulated as paper money. VG, minor repairs. 6) New York. Trademens Bank. $5. (G56a?). VG, stains. 7) Palmyra. Cuyler's Bank. $5. (G16a). Fine. 8) Farmers Bank of Onondaga. $5. (G8). Fine. 9) Palmyra. Wayne County Bank. $5. (G10). EF, remainder. 10) Princetown. Calvin Cheeseman. $1. (H28). R5. Fine, pin holes. 11) Yonkers. Palisades Bank. $1. 1863. (G2a). Fair. [11]

Another Vanderbilt Family Grouping. 1) Spuyten Duyvil & Port Morris Railroad. 1896. One share. Issued to William K. Vanderbilt and signed by him on the verso. IC. VF. Heavy cancellations. 2) Beach Creek, Clearfield and South Western. Receipt for assessment. 1883. Signed by Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr. as Treasurer. IC. VF+. 3) West Shore Railroad. 1943. $1000. Issued to Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney. 4) New York Central letter about William K. Vanderbilt, Jr. qualifying as a Director of the Niagara falls Branch Railraod. [4]

Spuyten Duyvil & Port Morris Rail Road Scrip certificate for one share. No.1. Signed twice by Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr.

American Express Company. 1863. One share. No.866. Dog and key in circle, eagle above. Authorised capital 10,000 shares. Signed by Henry Wells, James Fargo and Alexander Holland. VF+. Not cancelled. There is a small edge split near the bottom, a small ink spot in the lower left counter, and some light age toning. Rarely seen uncancelled. Also included are a Wells Fargo & Company, Exchange, Banking and Express Co. receipt, NY, 1879, a Wells Fargo & Co. San Francisco check, 1877; and a Wells, Fargo & Co's Bank check, 1879. [4]

New-York Manufacturing Society. One share. April 8, 1789. No.99. 17cm x 12cm. Ornate counterfoil, left. Issued to Daniel C. Verplank, Esqr. Ornate counterfoil, left, to prevent counterfeiting. Signed by Alexander Robertson, Treasurer. Very Fine. Issued, uncanceled. The text reads as follows: "I do hereby certify that Daniel C. Verplanck, Esqr. Has paid into the Treasury of the New-York Manufacturing Society Ten Pounds, and is hereby entitled to one Share in the Funds of the said Society, which is transferable in the presence of the Treasurer, by himself, or his lawful Representative." Daniel Crommelin Verplanck (1762-1834) was born in New York and lived most of the early part of his life in his family home on Wall Street. He attended Columbia College, and married Elizabeth Johnson, the daughter of the president of Columbia. In 1789, following the death of Elizabeth, he married Ann Walton, and had seven children. They lived on Wall Street until 1803, and then moved to Fishkill-on-Hudson, New York. He represented Dutchess County in Congress from 1803 until 1809. Note that there is no corporate seal or date of incorporation on this certificate, as no corporations existed under New York law at this time. In the two years following the issuance of this example the New-York Manufacturing Society would be at the very heart of a great political controversy surrounding the granting of corporate charters by states. It is entirely possible that the Society was created by Alexander Hamilton as a test case for that issue. One reason that no corporations existed in New York in 1789 had to do with the fact that some Americans felt that the Revolution was fought to throw off the yoke of the British corporations that desired to rule the Colonies for profit. Alexander Hamilton took a different view. He felt strongly that the predominantly agrarian US economy needed to be industrialized. Hamilton argued that the granting of corporate charters was necessary in order to create an atmosphere that would entice investors. He recognized that any firm seeking a corporate charter needed go to the state legislature and prove the company might serve the public good by constructing roads, bridges, and canals, or creating some other public-works projects. Hamilton convinced the politicians that the purpose of the New-York Manufacturing Society was to provide jobs for the indigent, thus serving the public good. That, plus some political maneuvering, accomplished his goal, and a corporate charter was granted in 1791. Much of the significance of this share certificate revolves around the fact that in 1791 there were exactly two state chartered New York business corporations - the New-York Manufacturing Society, and the Bank of New York, thus the Society was the very first manufacturing entity to receive a New York State corporate charter. Just what was the New-York Manufacturing Society? The New-York Manufacturing Society was organized on January 7, 1789, only two months before this certificate was issued. The directors resolved to raise a fund by subscription for the establishment of a woolen factory. Shares were to be £10 each. An article in The Daily Advertiser reported on March 17 that "the amount of the shares already subscribed is Two Thousand One Hundred Pounds." Alexander Hamilton was one of the supporters of the venture. The Society built a large brick factory on Vesey Street in New York's West Ward, and produced cotton textiles using "Spinning Jennies." The Society hired an Englishman, Samuel Slater, to help them improve their operations. Slater found their equipment "not worth using" and also found the water power sources in the area inadequate; He moved to Rhode Island Island to work with Almy & Brown, where he established the first successful water powered textile mill in America. While the Society failed to yield sufficient profits to its shareholders to remain viable for long, it blazed the way for other manufacturing enterprises to obtain corporate charters. Museum quality, and perhaps the most significant early American manufacturing certificate. We know of only one other example in public hands.

Bank of the United States. Manuscript agreement to purchase 35 Subscriptions. December 9th, 1791. 20.5cm x 8cm. Issued to Daniel C. Verplanck. $135 per subscription. Payable December 26th, 1791. Signed by Bernard Hart, one of the original signers of the Buttonwood Agreement. VF-EF. The text reads as follows:"On the twenty sixth day of Dec. Inst I promise to receive from Daniel C. Verplank Esq or order Thirty Subscriptions to the Bank of the United States & to Pay him or order at the rate of one hundred & thirty five Dollars per Subscrip New York Dec. 9th 1791." Signed Bernard Hart.Bernard Hart (1764-1855): There were five Jews among the signers of the Buttonwood Agreement - Benjamin Seixas, Ephraim Hart, Bernard Hart, Isaac M. Gomez, and Alexander Zuntz, a Hessian soldier who had worked for the British during the American Revolution.Bernard Hart came to New York from Bavaria in 1780. He became a successful businessman, an active member of the Jewish Synagogue, a member of the Black Friar's Society, the House of Lords, and the St. George's Society. Hart was a partner in the firm of Lispenard & Hart. He married Zipporah Seixas, the daughter of one of the other Jewish signers of the Buttonwood Agreement, Benjamin Seixas.Bank of United States "Scrips" (Subscriptions)In December 1790 Alexander Hamilton asked Congress to incorporate a Bank of the United States. One quarter of the subscription price was to be paid in gold or silver coins, bullion, or plate. The remainder was to be payable in U.S. debt securities obtained by trading old debt for new debt.In early 1791, both houses of Congress passed the Bank bill. After a great deal of debate on the constitutionality of the bill, George Washington signed it in late February. The intial public offering for Bank of the US "scrips" took place on July 4, 1791. Investors paid $25 in specie (gold, silver) per scrip. A $100 was due on January 1, 1792. Another $100 was then due on July 1, 1792. A payment of $100 was due on January 1, 1793, and a final payment of $75 was due on July 1, 1793. The total price per share was $400.The scrips were soon the target of intense speculation. They went from $25 to $50 in the first few weeks. The scrips rose from $50 to over $300 each, then the bubble burst and they declined back down to the $120-$130 range. At this point, Verplank optained an obtion from Bernard Hart.On December 9th, 1791 Bernard Hart promised to purchase from Daniel C. Verplank thirty-five Bank of the United States subscriptions at $135 each, if received on December 26th, 1791. If Verplanck obtained his scrips through the initial public offering he stood to gain $110 per scrip by excercising his option. The fact that this document remained among Verplanck's business papers indicates Verplanck did not execrcise the option. The reason is almost certainly due to the fact that Bank of the US scrip prices rose throughout December of 1791. This superb example of a stock transaction between a wealthy New York real estate investor, and one of the signers of the Buttonwood Agreement, will be a prize piece for any advanced collector of early American financial history.

Bank of New York. Partially printed form. Dec. 16, 1791. No.22. 20mm x 13mm. "RECEIVABLE" for 5 Shares. $39.75 per share. "BANK STOCK" engraved at the top. Signed by George Sutton. "RECEIVABLE" forms the left end panel. Very Fine, with a few petty pin holes and a minor ink erosion hole. The text reads:"On the 1st day of February 1792 I promise to receive from Mr. Danl. C. Verplanck or order five Complete Shares of the New York Bank Stock and to pay them or the order for the same at the rate of Thirty Nine & 3/4 advance."This transaction is similar to those described in the previous two lots. It is interesting to note that it is referred to on the form as a "RECEIVABLE." Since this is a pre-printed form, transactions of like this one must have occurred on a fairly regular basis, but this is the only partially printed form of this type we have ever had the privilege to offer at auction. It is the only one we found in the Verplanck archive.The Bank of New York.The third oldest bank in the United States was founded on June 9, 1784. Alexander Hamilton was the driving force behind the Bank, organizing it and writing its constitution. The bank opened for business at the Walton House in lower Manhattan only a few months after the departure of British troops from American soil. Like the New-York Manufacturing Society, the Bank would not receive a corporate charter from New York State until 1791.In 1791, the Bank of the United States was not entirely ready for business. When Alexander Hamilton, as Secretary of the Treasury, needed help responding to a financial crisis caused by large scale speculation, he turned to the Bank of New York.In December of 1791 when this "RECEIVABLE" was issued, William Duer was secretly at work mobilizing a group of New York speculators in an attempt to manipulate the New York stock market. He made massive purchases of government paper and bank stocks, driving prices up and creating a bubble that was bound to burst. The rapid rise in stock prices was probably the reason Verplanck failed to exercise this receivable option, which would explain why the document remained in his business papers until now. This rare, and possibly unique example was issued at a time when the United States was experiencing its first taste of turmoil in the financial markets. The actions that Alexander Hamilton took to deal with the financial market disruptions known as the Crisis of 1791 and the Panic of 1792 were not all that different from those employed to prevent modern market meltdowns.Clearly, no collection of early American financial history will be complete without it.

Bank of New-York. August 27, 1789. $250. 20cm x 8cm. Partially printed receipt for "….the first Moiety of One Share subscribed to the said Bank." Issued to Daniel Crommelin Verplanck. Signed by William Seton, Cashier. Extremely Fine. Bold embossing and premium paper quality.William Seton (1746-1798) came to America from Scotland. He was a New York City importer with the firm of William Seton & Co. Seton was admitted to the New York Chamber of Commerce at the age of 23. He was the vice-president of the St. George's Society of New York, Cashier of the Bank of New York, and also a Director. It was Seton who corresponded with Hamilton during the Crisis of 1791 and the Panic of 1792.The Bank of New York was founded by Alexander Hamilton in April of 1784, just months after British forces sailed away from New York City, and only four months before this receipt was issued. Like the New-York Manufacturing Society, it started out as a joint stock company and did not receive a corporate charter until 1791. The Bank was immediately profitable, perhaps because if had no major competitors in New York. An early, attractive, and high grade piece of financial history relating to an historic and important institution.

1773 Virginia Halfpenny. Period After GEORGIVS, Seven Harpstrings. PCGS MS63RB. A fair share of rose-red faded mint color highlights medium chocolate-brown toning. A number of scattered small spots, typical for the issue and condition level are mentioned for accuracy's sake on this well struck example.