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NV - Sutro,Lyon County - 1889-1919 - Comstock Tunnel Cancelled Bonds Group - Gil Schmidtmann Collect

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Western Americana Start Price:100.00 USD Estimated At:200.00 - 300.00 USD
NV - Sutro,Lyon County - 1889-1919 - Comstock Tunnel Cancelled Bonds Group - Gil Schmidtmann Collect
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 3 different bonds. 1) Comstock Tunnel Company bond #1555, in the amount of $1000, a 30-year first mortgage bond dated 1889. Two-plus pages of coupons attached. Green border, underground vignette. Signed by Theodore Sutro, president and W.H. Thayer, secretary. Theodore was the youngest son of Emanuel and Rosa (Warendorff) Sutro, and brother to Adolph. He was born March 14, 1845, graduated from Harvard College and became prominent in the public and social life of New York as an attorney, art connoisseur, journalist and orator [Ref: stceolfrid.byethost13.com/Windmuller/Sutro.html]. 2) Comstock Tunnel & Drainage Company bond, #1299 in the amount of $500. Brown border and same underground vignette, dated Dec. 12, 1919. Coupons attached. 3) Comstock Tunnel & Drainage Company bond #387 for $1,000, dated Dec. 12, 1919. Green border, all coupons attached.