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CA - Bodie,Mono County - 1879 - Bodie Stock Certificates - Clint Maish Collection

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Western Americana Start Price:250.00 USD Estimated At:500.00 - 1,000.00 USD
CA - Bodie,Mono County - 1879 - Bodie Stock Certificates - Clint Maish Collection
Session D is a Mail-Bid Only Auction. Absentee bids will be accepted only. No live bidding will be allowed. All winners will be contacted after the auction. BIDDING ENDS MONDAY JUNE 27 AT 5PM PACIFIC TIME!!!
Lot of 2 stocks. 1) Aurora Tunnel and Mining Company Stock; Incorporated in 1878. Certificate No. 774 issued on January 24, 1879 to Greenebaum & Helbring for 50 shares. Signatures of the secretary and president are illegible. One vignette in the left corner shows an allegorical woman holding grain. The border is black. Embossed seal in the bottom center. Stock is U/C, printed by Lith Britton Rey & Co. Certificate measures 8.75"x4". The edges of the stock are slightly worn and there is an ink smudge on the lower center by the seal. Some wrinkles and dirt marks. 2) Gold and Silver Mining Company Stock; Incorporated in 1878. Certificate No. 94 issued on January 7, 1879to C. W. Frost Jr. For 50 shares. Signed by secretary Geo C. Young and president A. J. Adams. A vignette of a miner holding a pickax on the left side. There is also a vignette on the top center of the above ground mill at South Belvidere. Border is black, all the text is black. No seal. Stock is not cancelU/Crinted by Bacon & Company, Printers. Certificate measures 10"x5". Some slight fading in the ink. Top edge of stock is somewhat worn, with very few minor tears. A small tear on the right corner, repaired by tape. Ink from the reverse side has begun to show through onto the front of the stock.