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NV - National,National Leasing & Development

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Western Americana Start Price:125.00 USD Estimated At:250.00 - 400.00 USD
NV - National,National Leasing & Development
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 6. 1) No. 4343 issued to jailbird scam artist George Graham Rice for 100 shares in 1918. Endorsed. Rice had written a book My Adventures With Your Money a few years before this stock was issued. He wrote the book in prison. After serving his time he ended up selling stock again in New York but soon was being sought by authorities. 2) No. 2 issued in 1910 for 1000 shares. Signed by JE Gignoux, Secr. & Fred Grob, Pres. U/C. 3) National Defiance Mining Co. Issued in 1911 to JE Kendall for 100,000 shares. Signed by F. McCase, Secr. & JE Kendall, Vice Pres. 4) National Merger Gold Mines Co. No. 2222 issued in 1927 for 150 shares. Signed by Frank Maloney, Secr. & Frank McConehay, Pres. One Assessment No. 1 stamp on reverse. 5) National Refining Process Corporation. No. 16 issued in 1926 to George Shaw for 250 shares. Signed by George Shaw , Pres. Two purple State of New York Stock Transfer Tax tied perf $2 stamps, one red State of New York Stock Transfer tied perf $1 stamp, two rose R241 R21 $2 tied stamps, one green R240 R21 $1 tied stamp (all on reverse). 6) No. 703 issued in 1912 for 50 shares. Signed by Barton, Secr., & E.D. R(?), Pres. National was an up and coming mining camp during this time with production estimates of roughly $4 million between 1909-1940. The lode was discovered in 1907 and was defunct by 1917 [C&C, Rice, Vanderburg, Mines Handbook. 1926].