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...