2003 St. Louis, MO (CAA) Signature Sale - Session 1

Orville Wright - Signed Check This check, dated May 16, 1947, is drawn on the Winters National Bank and Trust Company and is payable to Wilbur H. Wrig

John W. Young - Son of Brigham Young - Utah Western Railway Company (Utah Territory) A 1889 dated $1000 bond bearing 6% interest in black and green fr

Duesenberg Automobile & Motors Co., Inc. (Delaware) A 1923 certificate for 2 1/2 shares in an automotive company which to this day remains a syn...

Durant Motor Company of Michigan (Michigan) A 1924 certificate in blue and black for two shares. There is a vignette of the company logo at top center

Steinmetz Electric Motor Car Company (Maryland) A 1924 certificate for 5 shares in blue and black. Founded by Charles Proteus Steinmetz, known as &q...

Woods Mobilette Company (Arizona) A 1915 certificate for 625 shares in black with attached revenue stamps and a litho vignette of the company's ...

Detroit Aircraft Corporation (Michigan) A green and black certificate for 100 shares from 1930. There is an engraved vignette of a then modern airplan

Douglas Aircraft Company - Bearer Depositary Receipt for Five Shares (Delaware) Rust. From a company founded in 1920 by Donald Douglas, Sr., bearing a

Kinner Airplane and Motor Corporation (California) A 1937 certificate for 100 shares. Black on white. An attractive theme vignette of an open cockpit

Universal Aerial Navigation Company (Arizona) A 1910 certificate for 200 shares. There is a highly unusual night time vignette of Jules Verne like fly

Mechanics Bank of Burlington (New Jersey) A scarce early banking certificate issued on November 22, 1844 for four shares to Isaac B. Parker. Signed by

Farmers & Exchange Bank of Charleston (South Carolina) A 1822 certificate for five shares with a vignette of a Southern gentleman overseeing Afr...

International Insurance Company (New York) A black and white litho certificate dated 1869 for 50 shares. An orange imprinted revenue stamp is at cente

Knickerbocker Trust Company (New York) A stock certificate like document which is a receipt for a bond issued by the Yaqui Delta Land and Water Compan

Monongahela Bank of Brownsville (Pennsylvania) An interesting certificate on a bank which was federally chartered in 1864. This 30 share certificate i

Morris Canal and Banking Company (New Jersey) A 1863 certificate in black on white for 17 shares. Brown overprint. A multi vignette stock depicting ma

Bank of Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania) A stock for one share in black on white with a large and ornate embossed corporate seal at left. Uncancelled. Very

South Western Bank of Virginia (Virginia) A 17 share certificate issued in 1857 by this Wytheville institution. Mill workers are depicted at top cente

Stroudsburg Bank (Pennsylvania) This black on white certificate was issued for one share in 1868. A lovely multi-vignetted stock depicting a cattle sc

Bank of the United States - Sterling DraftA draft for 250 Pounds Sterling dated October 2, 1837 and signed by Nicholas Biddle as President of the Bank

Alta Montana Company (Montana) A 100 share certificate issued in 1881 in black on white. A vignette of miners is at bottom and a train at top. Uncance

Altar Gold & Silver Mining Company (California) A 1878 certificate in black on white for 50 of the 100,000 authorized shares. There is an attrac...

Argonaut Mill and Mining Company (California) A 1880 dated certificate in black on pink paper for 100 shares. An oar and sail driven boat vignette sug

Astor Gold and Silver Mining Company of Nevada (New York) A 500 share certificate issued in 1867 during the Territorial period in Nevada. The capitol

Bald Mountain Mining Company (New York) A 100 share certificate issued in 1881 for a project on Fryer Hill in Leadville Colorado. The central vignette

Bertha and Edith Gold Mining Company (New York) A certificate for 100 shares from 1878, counterstamped in pink for 500,000 shares. Black on white pape

Buena Gold Mining Co. of Colorado (Pennsylvania)A 1882 dated certificate for five hundred shares bearing an attractive vignette overprinted in gold sh

California Dredging and Mining Company (California) A 100 share certificate dated 1877 issued to and endorsed on the verso by H.R. Butterfield. Import

Carthage Mining Company (Iowa) A 1884 certificate in black with a stunningly beautiful gold overprint. Issued for 200 shares in 1884. There is a vigne

Cisco Consolidated Gold Mining Company (New York) A 100 share certificate issued to Abbie Allen in 1880. Ms. Allen was investing in a mine located in

Colorado Prince Gold Mining Company - Specimen (Colorado) An unissued and undated specimen certificate with light punch cancellations. There is a vign

Colorado Central Consolidated Mining Company (New York) A 1889 certificate for 100 shares. Green and black with an engraved vignette of miners at work

Columbus Gold Mining Company (New York) A 50 share certificate from 1880 in black on white. Litho. A double vignetted stock showing miners at work in

Compagnie Francaise & Americaine de San-Francisco (Paris, France and California) Vignette of male allegorical figure at top with working miners ...

Empire Gold Mining Company (Maine) A 1909 dated certificate for 100 shares with a central top vignette of what is likely the mining property location

Girard Gold and Silver Mining Company (New Jersey) A 1881 dated certificate for 100 shares issued to William Calahan, who also invested in the Hiberni

Golden Conqueror Mines (Colorado) Issued for 200 shares in 1936. Orange and black with vignettes of knights atop horses at either side of the title. A

Goldfield Double Eagle Gold Mines Co. (Arizona) A 1907 Western mining certificate for 400 shares in gold and black. There is a vignette of a pair of e

Gold Hammer Mines and Tunnel Company (Colorado) A 1911 certificate with a wonderful central vignette of a sledgehammer with a gold head. An embossed g

Great Republic Gold & Silver Mining Company (Virginia) A 1867 bond issued for 50 Pounds Sterling and bearing 7% interest. Foreign denominated se...

Gregory Mining Company (Montana Territory) An appealing Montana Territory mining share with vignettes of miners at work and farmers flanking a crest.

Hibernia Consolidated Mining Company (New York) A 100 share certificate issued in 1881 to finance a mining venture located in Lake County, Colorado. T

Homestake Mining Company (Dakota Territory) A 1897 100 share certificate in blue and black issued to Cyrus J. Lawrence and Sons. The symbolic central

Howard Mining Company (New York) A 2,000 share certificate issued in 1881 for a venture in Gila County, Territory of Arizona and so noted to the right

Charles H. Jacobs Mining Company (Arkansas) A 1887 issued certificate in gold and black with two Morgan Silver Dollar vignettes and a mining scene. An

Minnesota Gold Mining Company (Minnesota) A two share certificate in black on white issued in 1866 and signed as President by Henry Hastings Sibley. L

New York & Utah Prospecting and Mining Company (New York) A 1000 share certificate in black on white with an attached revenue stamp at left and ...

Niagara Mining and Smelting Company (Utah) A 1891 certificate with a vignette of Niagara Falls at top center and two mining vignettes at right and lef

North Horn Silver Mining Company (New York) A 1881 certificate for 100 shares portraying a scene of miners at work. This ornately composed stock raise

Potomac Slate & Mining Company of Virginia (Virginia) A black on white litho certificate issued in 1868 for 50 shares. A lovely vignette of work...

Provident Mining Company (New Jersey) A 1882 certificate for 100 shares. Black/white with a center vignette of miners at work. Very Fine. Important no

Santa Anna Mining Company (Arizona) An attractive multi colored certificate issued in 1900 for one share. Top center vignette of a crest with crossed

Santa Florenza Mining Company (California) Red on white paper with a vignette at top center of a steam locomotive and a standing Liberty at left. Date

Sewanee Mining Company (New York) Issued in 1854 for 90 shares, this attractive certificate has an engraved vignette of a coal train passing through t

Solano & Napa Gold & Silver Mining Company (California) A certificate for 5,700 of the 30,000 shares authorized issued in 1894 to S.D. Micke...

Sonson Gravel Mining Company (New York)A 1883 certificate in green and black showing a vignette of the hydraulic processing of gravel from a mountains

Sutro Tunnel Company (California) An especially attractive certificate in blue and black issued in 1886. There is at top center an engraving of an Ind

Wabash Mining and Smelting Company (New York) A 500 share certificate for an enterprise operating a mine near Leadville, Colorado. Issued in 1881. The

Bergen Oil and Coal Company (New York) A 1864 certificate for 100 shares. Black and white with an attached revenue stamp. Litho. Vignette of early oil

Brooklyn Petroleum Company (New York) A 1865 certificate for 50 shares. Black/white with an oil shipment/harbor scene as the central theme vignette. U

Buchanan Farm Oil Company (New York) A certificate in black and white with an imprinted revenue stamp. Multiple vignettes showing allegorical figures

Cherry Tree Run & Oil Creek Company (Pennsylvania)A 1865 certificate for 800 shares with a central vignette of oilfield derricks and storage tan...

Eames Petroleum Iron Company (New York) Dated 1882 with a central vignette of the New York state seal. Blue. Lithographed. Uncancelled. Extremely Fine

Germania Petroleum Company (New York) A black/white certificate for 500 shares with a revenue stamp attached at left and a drilling and refining vigne

Government Oil and Mining Company (West Virginia) A certificate for 200 shares issued in 1865. Black on white paper with a red revenue stamp. An unusu

Imperial and Kanawha Valley Oil Company (Pennsylvania and West Virginia) A 1865 certificate for 50 shares. Black. Vignette of an oil field with derric

National Petroleum Association (Pennsylvania) A 1866 dated certificate in black and purple. The central theme vignette depicts a panoramic view of oil

New England Petroleum Company (New York) A 1864 certificate for 500 shares. Black. Vignette of an oil field at top center with a smaller oil worker sc

New York and Philadelphia Petroleum Company (New York) A 100 share certificate dated 1865 and bearing the same central vignette as the Brooklyn Petrol

Newhall Petroleum Company (California) An early California petroleum certificate dated 1876 with an oil field vignette. Lithographed. This is a scarce

Pennsylvania Imperial Oil Company (Pennsylvania) A 1865 certificate for 200 shares. Black/white with a top center vignette of a crest flanked by horse

Sandy River Petroleum Prize Company (New York) A black/white certificate for 200 shares with an engraved vignette of an early petroleum facility. Reve

Story Farm Oil Company (Pennsylvania) A certificate for 100 shares issued in 1864, the year this venture was incorporated. There is an attractive cent

Adams Express Company - Specimen (New York) An orange and black certificate for 100 shares. Adams Express was founded in 1840 by Alvin Adams as a cour

American Street Railway Paving & Improvement Company (Massachusetts) A 1905 certificate for 25 shares with a top center vignette of a streetcar....

American Submarine Company (New York) A 1870 black and white certificate from a company formed to construct a submarine for use as a privateer during

Atchison & Pikes Peak Railroad Company and Telegraph Line Central Branch Union Pacific (Kansas) An unissued 1865 $1000 Gold Bond with a steam lo...

Atlantic & Great Western Rail Road Company (Ohio) Issued for four shares in 1863. Black on white. A highly graphic multi-vignetted certificate d...

Atlantic Wharf Company (Massachusetts) A black on white certificate for 100 shares from 1851. There is a nice vignette of an early Boston port scene w

Atlantic-Pacific Railway Tunnel (Colorado) A $250 bond issued in 1887 with an 8% coupon. This attractive certificate was signed as President by Marcus

Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (Maryland) A 1849 dated certificate for 100 shares issued to Johns Hopkins, although not signed by him. An engraved vignet

Brooklyn and Brighton Beach Railroad Company (New York) A 1896 dated $1000 bond in brown and black with a vignette of a steam locomotive at top center

Buffalo & New York Railway Company (New York) A scarce early New York railroad bond for $1000 bearing interest at 7%. Portrays a vignette of a s...

California Railway (California) A one share litho certificate in blue on white paper with a locomotive vignette at lower left. A very scarce Californi

Cedar Rapids and Missouri Rail Road Company (Iowa) A certificate for 100 shares issued in 1867 to Oakes Ames, a principal in the Credit Mobilier Scand

Cincinnati, Peru and Chicago Railway Company (Indiana) A 1856 dated certificate for four shares. A multi-vignetted certificate depicting a steam locom

Harrisburg, Portsmouth, Mount Joy and Lancaster Rail Road Company (Pennsylvania) This certificate for ten shares was issued to Samuel Jackson, M.D. on

International Express and Transportation Company (New York) A 1868 issued bond for $500 bearing a 7% coupon. Black with a green overprint. Vignette of

Jacksonville, Alton & St. Louis Rail Road Company (Illinois) A litho certificate for five shares issued in 1857. An unusually attractive and orn...

Jacksonville, Tampa and Key-West Railway Company (Florida) A $1000 6% bond in olive and black dated 1890. This is a stunningly engraved issue depictin

Jersey City Locomotive Works (New Jersey)A 7% bond for $250 dated 1858. Black on cream paper with a vignette of an early locomotive design. Uncancelle

Kansas City and Atlantic Railroad Company - Specimen (Missouri) A $500 Specimen Bond from 1893. Printed in brown and black with an attractive vignette

Kansas City Bridge and Terminal Company Railway - Specimen (Missouri)A beautiful specimen bond payable in gold dated 1889 and lightly punch cancelled.

Kansas City, Wyandotte and Northwestern Railroad Company (Kansas) A 1890 dated certificate for 100 shares with an engraved vignette of a steam locomot

Lackawanna Railroad Company (Pennsylvania) A 1855 dated $500 Bond bearing 7% interest. There is an engraved vignette of a steam locomotive with mounta

LaCrosse and Milwaukee Rail Road Company (Wisconsin) An 1857 certificate for one share with a vignette of farmers working at center and a steam locomo

The Long Dock Company (New Jersey) A 1879 certificate printed in black for two shares. There is a sailor vignette at top with a busy harbor scene at l

Los Angeles Consolidated Electric Railway Company (California) A $1000 Gold Bond bearing 6% interest. Printed in brown and black. This is a lovely dou

Lykens Valley Rail Road and Coal Company (Pennsylvania) An 1856 dated lithographed certificate for 30 shares showing a vignette of the Pennsylvania St

Marietta and North Georgia Rail-Road Company (Georgia) A certificate for 160 shares dated June 14, 1883. An appealing multi-vignetted example of a sca