Archives International Auctions Part XVI

This beautiful banner of a long gone era is Christmas themed and advertises Interwoven Socks. The banner reads: "Interwoven Socks for Christmas...

By Conrad Dickel, Another wonderfully nostalgic post War holiday advertising banner for Interwoven Socks! The Banner depicts family and friends at pla

Creative Sewn U.S. Currency Design, 18 inches by 17 inches, Well over 100 U.S. $1 Bills were used in this work. From the series "Counterfeit&qu...

ca.1796, Lottery tickets (3, hinged to a decorative page) for the 1796 fund-raising effort. George Washington had begun the Potowmack Company in 1785

Two additional lottery tickets similar to above (2) hinged to a decorative page, AU with stains on bottom.

Money due from the United States, $12 in Livres Tournois, 17 November 1779, to William Hart and signed on verso, also signed by Francis Hopkinson, wit

George Washington (1732 - 1799). First President of the United States. Document Signed. January 17, 1792. Size 6"x18." Anderson US-195. Pr...

Norfolk, Virginia. Printed by Baxter & Wilson, 3.25 x 5.75 inches, Previously string bound but it is missing, There are 2 different sections, th...

Send a donation this way to the Alexander Hamilton Museum on Nevis, as his birthplace rises to celebrate their native son's accomplishments in A...

Connecticut, $594.44 payable to Prosper Wetmore Brothers, April 19, 1793, and signed by Wm. Imlay, cut cancelled, strong vertical middle fold, but sti

Expenses in the Quarter Master General's department for 1797 -1801, 26pps, and signed in type by Albert Gallatin, Secretary of the Treasury. Li...

An Act to regulate the clearance of armed merchant vessels passes 3rd March 1805, 2 pages, with the signature of Albert Gallatin, VF but evidently rem

Hartford, CT., 1776, S/verso by Woolcott, Revolutionary War general, member of Continental Congress, VF condition.

Hartford, CT. For service at Battle of Lexington; s/Oliver Ellsworth, 1776, 2nd Chief Justice of Supreme Court, Only 4 of these certificates are known

Printed form, 1777, s/Oliver Ellsworth, with engraving, VF.

For service in the Continental Army, 1778, also certification of widow (3), Fine with light foxing.

Hartford, CT. 1778, and with a British watermark in the paper, unusual, VF.

1779, Anderson No. CT 18, manuscript form and one of only 8 known examples, Choice Fine with minor foxing. Also, a printed interest certificate, CT 5

1780, nice condition though signatures are faded, Cut cancelled, Choice Fine to VF.

1780, Two examples of service in the Continental Army, Fine with toning and foxing spots.

Uncut sheet of 4 notes, 1781, s/John Lawrence, VF and now increasingly unusual; with watermark of Liberty Bell, Fine with light foxing.

Uncut sheet of 4 notes, 1781, s/John Lawrence, VF and now increasingly unusual; with watermark of Liberty Bell, VF with light foxing.

Three (3) separate notes, the first signed by Peter Colt, grandfather of the revolver maker, uncancelled and XF and the others by John Lawrence, CT 20

Single note, CT 20, cancelled, and once torn, but beautifully sewn together, indicating the value of these obligations for their owners. Interest pay

Three notes for payments to the holders out of the tax of Two Shillings and Six Pence on the pound, granted May 1781. VF.

Lot of 3 notes, Similar notes to previous lot, though a different issue, for monies due for the Payment of the Civil List, 1787. Choice Fine to VF.

Hartford, 1789, Debt restructuring note, unissued, but signed by Jedediah Huntington as Treasurer. Born and died in Connecticut, a Harvard graduate,

Feby 14th, 1794, No.25, to be paid Erastus Wolcott, as Executor. The note contains the following wording: "an Act for enlarging the Powers and...

Hartford, Connecticut, Lot of 4 items, Includes 1780, "For Payment of the Connecticut Line" Warrants (2), both signed by Peter Colt, both ...

Chester Town, August, 1792, Signed by Joseph Williams, asking the second time for funds to pay the troops under his command. In his hand, and conditi

For "Two Thirds of a Dollar..payable in London, passed by the Assembly, Tenth day of April, Annapolis, 1774." Also, "Financial Histo...

Kingsbury Furnace, Maryland. 1769. 180 Pounds Stg, 1st of Exchange, for the account of North East Forge. William Russell, one of the founders of this

A glass lantern slide, 3"x3", of the event on March 5, 1770 which was so important in persuading the colonies to favor independence from E...

£ 16.18.10 6% due 1 June 1777, with vignette at left engraved by Paul Revere, showing a codfish, King Philip, and the words (Am)erican Paper be...

£ 65, 6% due 1 June 1780, MA 7, with Sword-in-Hand vignette engraved by Nathaniel Hurd, and a very attractive bond. VF condition with a minor e...

Lot of 2 Treasury notes, 1777, "Bounty Note" in border, MA 6, VF (2).

Bond, Dec. 1, 1777, £ 11.12, 6% due March 1, 1782. Rattlesnake circles a pine tree, MA 12, scarce, and VF.

Fully Issued, 1779, £ 150, With "Advance Pay to Officers, First Moiety" in right border. Pine Tree Vignette on upper left engraved by...

Partially Issued, 1779, Similar to Above, but different variety, with "Advance Pay to Officers, fecond Moiety" in right border. MA 19, VF

Treasury bond, £ 1830, January 1, 1780, 6% due 1 March 1784, and likely the first derivative instrument, it is redeemable in various commoditie...

Like MA 19, but issued 1780, £ 15, with "Maffachufetts State Lottery, Class the Fourth" in right border. MA 16, VF

Massachusetts, Change to this style in the 1780 state constitution. £ 100, Feby 7th, 1781, #410 of 500 issued, with small bit of a red pine tr...

Massachusetts, "Borrowed and Received £ 20.3.7; with B in an ornamental typeset box, MA 31 VF with POC and scarce. This band last traded...

Massachusetts, Tax receipt, April 1, 1786 "Equal to the same in Gold and Silver"., Fine with light foxing.

MA. Lot of 2 uncut lottery tickets, "Class Second", Act of General Court Passed march, 1790, POC's. Wavy border and left where cut fro...

MA, 10 Cents Embossed Revenue with Spread Winged Eagle on Shield, RM261, Issued for $505, XF.

1 share, No. 994, unissued, not dated but February 1779, and signed by Boldget, a successful business man. Scarce, VF

NJ, Lot of 2 receipts, Both dated October 22, 1776, one for 117 gallons of Rum that he paid £93 for, it must have been a big party. Both in VG ...

Grown in the New York Bowery, and sold by Horatio Gates, 1793. Signed "Gates" and a rare autograph of this important Revolutionary War ge...

Mecklenburg, NC. February 13th, 1797. 5.5 x 4 inches, light toning and small stains, The memorandum lists: Negro Boy Dick to Rich Brown at £40;...