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

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