Spooktacular Auction: Americana, Mining, Numismatics, & More (October 2020)

Imperial railway of Northern China, three gold loans, 2 different. Chinese Ministry railway 4 bonds, 3 different. Date: Country (if not USA): Chin

Three bonds, 2 green 1905 with coupns; 1 orange 1903. Date: Country (if not USA): China State: City: Provenance: Ken Prag Collection

Green on yellow 1909, coupons Date: Country (if not USA): China State: City: Provenance: Ken Prag Collection

three pieces 2 1908 5% scrip notes; 1 5% 1914 bond. Date: Country (if not USA): China State: City: Provenance: Ken Prag Collection

Lot of 5. 1) Three stock certificates, two designs. One unissued plus two issued in 1923 and 1929. The two issued have a great trolley vignette. 2) Tw

Inc. in 1884. No. 331, issued for 10 shares to Antoine Borel on Dec. 7th, 1886 in San Francisco. Signed by president Charles Payne and secretary Heiri

Inc. 1876. No. 135 (? ink faded) for 12 shares to A. Borel on July 12th, 1883 in San Francisco. Signed by vice-president N. Smith and secretary Hirshc

Rare! Vignette of street car. Signed by Chas. Crocker president. $1000. #190, issued in 1891. 19 coupons attached. One of the first cable car operator

Lot of 4 different, all unissued, but still a scarce group! 1) South Bay Railroad & Land Company. San Francisco County. 1870s. Two locomotive vi...

Lot of 4 different. Included: 1897 $1,000 bond, punch cancelled; unissued $1,000 1897 bond; 1936 $1,000 bond, punch cancelled; and unissued stock cert

Inc. in Illinois. Issued for two shares in 1870 to Henry C. Knowlton; the stock # is difficult to read. Signed by George Pullman and president and the

Cert. #253, issued for 1 share in 1887. Signed by C. (Cornelius) Vanderbilt, the grandson of the famous Commodore as president. The certificate was is

Lot of 2. 1) $1,000 bond issued in 1874 to Thomas Bell. No. 225. Signed by William Sharon as president and Geo. A King as secretary. Signatures are pu

Lot of 11 different. Includes: Cayadutta Electric Railroad (1893); Twenty Third Street Railway (1893); Syracuse, Geneva and Corning Railway (uniss.);

Lot of 11 different. Includes: Troy and Lansingburgh Railroad (1868 $1,000 bond); New York Railways Participation Corp. (1926); New York Railways Corp

Lot of 11 different. Included: West Shore and Ontario Terminal Co. (uniss); New York State Electric & Gas Corp. ($1,000 bond 1954); New York, Pi...

Cert. #22175, issued for 100 shares to Charles (Chas.) Pratt in 1884. Charles Pratt, (1830-1891) built a major oil refinery in New York and merged wit

Cert. #971, issued to H.C. Frick for 120 shares at Philadelphia in 1885. Henry Clay Frick (December 19, 1849- December 2, 1919) was an American indust

Stock issued in 1912 for 1,000 shares to Alfred G. Vanderbilt. Nice vignettes of harbor, dock scene and railroad. The stock transfer slip included wit

Riverside, California. No. 163, issued for one share to Charles W. Lee or Mack P. Lee on Sept. 6th, 1949. Signed by vice president Hunt and secretary

Inc. in Missouri. No. 6341, issued for one share to Williams Co. on March 25th, 1968. Printed signatures of the president and secretary. Punch cancell

Inc. in New Jersey. No. 81, issued for 75 shares to John C. Heyer on January 7th, 1922. Signed by president Harry Frazee and secretary Herrmann. Pen c

Rare temporary certificate with revenue stamps. Issued to company treasurer UJ Herrmann for 500 shares on March 2nd, 1921. Signed by the president HH

Ultra-rare. This is a significant piece of baseball history. Low cert. number 9, issued for two shares to FG Webster on January 29th, 1873. Signed by

Inc. in Missouri. No. 39, issued for 56 shares to CR Burrell on May 21st, 1936. Corporate signatures cut-out. Brown border and seal, black print. GOES

Inc. in New Jersey. Very low #2, issued to the company president, James P. Sinnott on Oct. 18th, 1927. Signed by Sinnott and the treasurer. Pen cancel

Inc. in New York. No. 2352, issued for 3 shares to Arthur Gaglio on March 15th, 1957. Signed by president Charles Silver and the secretary. Not cancel

Inc. in Utah. No. 7250, issued for 2 shares to Edward LeCompte on July 28th, 1958. Printed signatures of the president and secretary. Not cancelled. G

Lot of 4. 1) Plymouth Argyle Football Company Limited. Issued for 4 shares in 1945. Signed by two directors and the secretary. England. Folds, toning,

Lot of 6. 1) Steel City Soft Ball Association, Gary, Indiana, stock certificate issued 1939, not cancelled. 2) Reading Base Ball and Athletic Associat

Lot of 4 different. 1) Two stocks for the San Francisco Stadium, Inc. Green and orange, both issued in 1936. This stadium was located at 15th and Vale

Now here is a unique stock to be found an American soil! Number 92024 for 1,000 pounds in 1964. Pain with title in a black box. The American Tobacco C

Number 864 for 18 shares. Dated May 25, 1915. Eagle vignette. Company logo vignette. The Company, organized in 1912, was owned and operated by the Wh

Number 509 for 100 shares in 1912. Signed by president Seeley. GREAT VIGNETTE. Black on white with double green border. Fold and a couple of creases.

This was an early coin operated cigarette machine. Number 43 for 5 shares in 1913. Signed by president Constantine Coconis (as in the company name). B

Seven cigarette company related stock certificates. Certs include Skidmore Cigarette Company (Unissued), North American Cigarette Manufacturers, Inc.

Thirty Four stock certificates issued by various tobacco companies. Included are six certs issued by Tobacco Products Corporation, (One, Issued 7/22/1

Lot of nine. Includes purple and brown 1926 stocks. Older stocks are reddish orange, red, purple green and blue. All different."A partnership w...

Smoke Watchers was incorporated in 1969. 1) Reddish brown. 1971. Includes logo of a cigarette being put our. Number NU 1940. 2) Orange. 1972. Same log

Twenty-one stock certificates issued by various and sundry tobacco companies. Included are, Manicaragua Tobacco Company (Issued 5/28/1900, No Cancel D

Fourteen stock certificates from various tobacco companies. Included is Petri Italian-American Cigar Company (Issued 2/10/1912, No Cancel Date, Two: U

Lot of 3 Different Helicopter stock certificates: Bendix Helicopter 1947, San Francisco & Oakland Helicopter Airlines 1966, Helicopters Inc. 194...

No. 217. Issued March 16th, 1795 for one share to William Sanson. Signed by the company president William Bingham and the treasurer (illegible). Rever

Rare. Inc. under the Ontario Companies Act. No. 3069, issued for 500 shares to JH Hoffman on Apr. 4, 1916. Signed by president Geo. Hays and secretary

A unique pair of British Columbia documents, including letter from a representative of The Island Mountain Quartz-Mining and Milling Company to San Jo

Incorporated in Massachusets in 1865. Cert. #6, issued to Laura C. Robley for 500 shares. Signed by J.W. Rollins as president and W.R. Stockbridge as

Cert. #84, issued for 500 shares in 1899. Incorporated under the Companies Act, Ontario, Canada. A gold horse shoe on the gold corporate seal. The Luc

Lot of 10 Cusi Mexicana Mining Stock Certificates, 1937 to 1947. Surface mining vignette. The Cusi mine located in Chihuahua State in Mexico produced

Cert. #391, issued for 5 shares in 1864. El Taste, San Miguel Mines printed at top left. San Xavier District, Sonora printed at top right. Large cut c

Cert. #5, issued for 3 shares in 1906. Inc. in Delaware. The company was a reorganization of the Mansfield Gold Mining Company of West Virginia with t

Lot includes Alaska Gold Mines Company, 1921; Alaska Mine Securities Co. 1908; Hubbard-Elliot Copper Company, 1912; Nome Placers, Inc. 1923, and Rowe

Cert. #43, issued for 3 shares in 1909. Three great mining vignettes across the top. This is a rare and highly desirable Alaska mining stock. Wells Ba

Unique vignette of a cowgirl looking at a US coin! Incorporated March 1901. # 1019, issued for 200 shares in 1902. Signed by George Cake, president, a

Cert. #B99 issued for 300 shares in 1909. Vignette photo of A. Von Humboldt. This company was in search of fossils, especially in the Kimmswick Limest

No. 39, issued for 6,500 shares to John C. Rahning and signed by Pierson as president and treasurer Snow. Not cancelled. Black border and print, mini

Inc. August 6th, 1892. No. 51, issued on Oct. 17th, 1892 to AP Cameron for 10 shares. Signed by Thos. Leggett as president and RL McCarthy as secretar

Rare. Location: Bodie Mining District, Mono Co., Cal. (printed bottom center). Inc. July 31st, 1879. No. 169, issued for 100 shares to Bayley on Aug.

Stock certificate issued by The Gold & Silver Mining Company of Bodie, CA. Dated February 7, 1881, the cert is signed by Bodie gunfighter, pri...

Cert. #2177, issued in 1879 for five shares. The company incorporated in 1875. Bodie Mining District, Mono County, Cal. printed at the bottom. Some pi

1) # 6 for 4,995 shares to H. Mayers. Dateline San Francisco August 5, 1879. Signed by Ellis Edward as secretary. No president's signature. Loca...

Sought after Bodie stock certificate. Location: Bodie, Mono Co., Cal. (printed at bottom center). Incorporated January 22, 1879. No. 300, issued for 2

Location of Property: Bodie Mining District, Bodie, Mono County, California (printed under title). No. 147, issued for 100 shares to HA Dickenson on A

Location: Bodie Mining District. Inc. Sept. 13, 1877. Uncancelled. No. 1796 issued to HB Parsons, Trustee, for 100 shares in April 1880. Signed by Wal

Another rare Calaveras County stock certificate. Number 23 for 35 shares to A Dubois. Signed by Dreschfeld and president Alfred Borel(?). Dateline San

The American River Water and Mining Company was formed in 1854 to build a ditch to divert water from the North Fork of the American River providing wa

Rare and beautiful stock certificate issued the Oro Fino Gold & Silver Mining Company in 1866 to Ben T. Leeley. Signed by president Wm. S. Corwi...

# 95 for 495 shares to F. M. Adams, trustee. Signed by Ellis Edward secretary and H. Mayer president. Dateline San Francisco, December 29, 1879. Incor

The Mammoth or Lake district is in southwestern Mono County about 50 miles south of Bridgeport. The district is on the east flank of the Sierra Nevada

Lot of 2 different. 1) The Quicksilver Mining Company. Stock no. A3818, issued for 5 shares to Jacquelin & DeCappet in Dec. 1917. Signed by the ...

Lot of two different. 1) No. 51, issued in 1918 for 100 shares. Blue border and background. Punch cancelled. ABN. 2) No. 74, issued in 1916 for 81 sha

Stock Certificate for the Eureka Consolidated Drift Mining Co., incorporated 1888, issued for 16,230 shares to Nathan Joseph. This is about 3.25% of t

Number 1299 for 200 shares to John Hartman. Issued on May 31,1912. Signed by president Smith and secretary Free Smith. Discoloration along left fold.

# P154 for 43 shares to Henry McClure. Signed by president SD Adam. Dated December 1, 1925. Egyptian sphinx/pyramid/camel vignette. Stock advertise th

A pair of stock certs and a mining engineer's report highlight this lot. Included is a stock cert issued by The North Butte Mining Company, issu...

Lot of four. 1) Green. 1928. Number 65 for 100 shares. Hole punch cancelled. Bull vignette. 2) Dark Brown. Unissued. Bull vignette. Hole punched Schwa

Lot of 2 different. 1) Pemberton Hydraulic Gold Mining Company. Forest Hill District, Placer County. No. 226, issued for 500 shares to PW French in 18

Lot of 2 different. 1) Aspen & Glenwood Springs Telegraph and Telephone Company. Stock No. 93, issued for 10 shares to company vice president Co...

Inc. in New York. Downieville Mining District, Clear Creek County, Colorado, near Lawson. Owned the White, White Extension, Boulder Nest, and Free Ame

1000 shares of Gold Knob Mining and Town Site Co, #487, Issued, registered and countersigned to Joy Clark on Jan 27, 1900, signed by James F. Burn, p

Inc. in Wisconsin. Number 469 for 500 shares to Miss Mary Morse. Signed by Charles Mayers and H. J. Veerhusen. Purple mountain vignette. Gold seal. De

Cert. #15314, issued in 1883 for 100 shares. The company's mines were at Leadville, Colorado. Vignette of prospectors and a donkey. Allegorical ...

# 239 for 100 shares to JD Brewster. Signed by Hart as secretary and Dyes Jr as president. Dateline Denver, April 18, 1891. Mill scene in valley vigne

Lot of 2 different. 1) The Denver City Consolidated Silver Mining Company. Issued in 1881 for 100 shares. Not cancelled. Attractive design with ornate

Lot of 2 different. 1) Carbonate Hill Consolidated Mining Company. Issued in 1881. Not cancelled. Mining vignette. Folds, stain on left border. 2) The

Two pieces. A common stock certificate issued in 1911 and a gold bond from the company issued in 1902. The company acquired the Alma branch of the Bo

"of Sherman, Hinsdale Co., Colorado." Inc in 1895 in CO. No. 447, issued for 25 shares to EW Spalding on Oct. 8, 1895. Signed by president...

Very rare stock certificate from Dakota Territory. Cert. #60, issued for 5 shares to H.M. Sprague in 1886, and signed by H.E. Gates as president. Smal

"Location of Works, Idaho Territory" (printed under title). Inc. in Maine. No. 161, issued for 100 shares to JD Brewster in 1887. Signed b...

Lot of 3 different. 1) Columbia and Beaver Silver Mining Company. Sawtooth District, Alturas County. Issued in 1887 for 100 shares. Not cancelled. Pin

Cert. # 394, issued in 1890 at Butte, Montana to Mantle and Warren for 100 shares. The company's property was located at Oro Fino mining distric...

Lot of 2 different. 1) Big Hole Placer Mining Company. Logan Mining District, Beaver-head County, Montana. No. 254, issued for 1,225 shares to Sallie

Inc. March 1861. No. 78, issued for 5 shares to Isaac Kirkpatrick on July 15th, 1861 in San Francisco. Signed by Alex. Gamble, president, and Solon Pa

Lot of 2 different for this company that operated the Sutro Tunnel on the Comstock. 1) $500 bond issued in 1889. Signed by Theodore Sutro as president

Lot of 2 different. 1) Goodman Gold & Silver Mining Company. Devil's Gate Mining District (near Silver City). No. 178, issued in 1874 to DG ...

Nice collectible set of all four State Line Gold Mining Stocks. Includes State Line GMC No. 1, State Line GMC #2, State Line GMC #3, and State Line GM

Lot of 3 different. Gold Mountain District, Esmeralda County. 1) State Line Gold Mining Company No. 3. Issued for 50 shares to LR Taylor in 1881. Sign

Eight mining stock certificates including The Goldfield Bulldog Mining Corp, issued 100 shares to Fred Trotter, 100 shares issued by Goldfield Great B

This is an advertisement from the Mims-Sutro Company that passes as a prospectus. Four pages. 8.5 x 6". No photos or charts. Has rips and tears...

100 shares in Round Mountain Mining Company, nice vignettes, gold seal, next is 1,200 shares in Round Mountain Antelope Mining Company, green seal, th

Stock certificate No. 45, issued for 2,000 preferred shares to Robert G. White in 1907. Signed by Robert F. Whitmer, president, and Robert M. Catts, t