Smythe's March Sale Includes the Finest Stock & Bond Collection Ever Offered at Auction.Business Editors NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mar. 4, 2002 Scheduled for March 14-17, 2002, the Strasburg Stock, Bond and Currency Show will take place at the Lancaster Host Hotel, 2300 Lincoln Highway
More than 60 of the nation's leading stock, bond and currency dealers will travel from all parts of the country and overseas to participate in the largest Stock, Bond and Currency Collectors Show in the world. Held in conjunction with the show will be a two-session auction of Stocks, Bonds, and Currency on Friday and Saturday evenings, March 15-16, 2002 at 6 p.m. One of the highlights of the auction is the Charles A. Leeds, Jr., Collection of stocks and bonds issued to or signed by people of great historical interest. representing a once in a lifetime opportunity for collectors. This phenomenal collection includes some great rarities such as a 1779 Massachusetts bond signed by Samuel Adams; a Virginia Land Warrant of 1781 signed by legendary scout and Indian fighter Daniel Boone; a U.S. Steel The United States Steel Corporation (NYSE: X) is an integrated steel producer with major production operations in the United States and Central Europe. The company is the world's seventh-largest steel producer ranked by sales (see list of steel producers). certificate signed by Andrew Carnegie; and a Walt Disney Studios The name Walt Disney Studios may refer to:
Disney, Walter Elias Disney as president, 1955. Robert Fulton signs a receipt for money paid towards the purchase of the Hudson River Hudson River River, New York, U.S. Originating in the Adirondack Mountains and flowing for about 315 mi (507 km) to New York City, it was named for Henry Hudson, who explored it in 1609. Dutch settlement of the Hudson valley began in 1629. Steam-Boat Company, builder of the world's first steam powered battleship battleship, large, armored warship equipped with the heaviest naval guns. The evolution of the battleship, from the ironclad warship of the mid-19th cent., received great impetus from the Civil War. ; a United States Treasury bond issued to John Hancock, and signed by Alexander Hamilton; an exceedingly rare and unusual manuscript document dated 1722 signed by Sir Isaac Newton, concerning an interest payment made by the South Sea Company; a 1777 Massachusetts bond signed by Paul Revere Revere, city (1990 pop. 42,786), Suffolk co., E Mass., a residential suburb of Boston, on Massachusetts Bay; settled c.1630, set off from Chelsea and named for Paul Revere 1871, inc. as a city 1914. on the back, compensating him for his efforts in recruiting soldiers for the Revolutionary War; an original Standard Oil certificate of 1871, issued to Henry Flagler and signed by John D. Rockefeller; an 1866 New York and Harlem Railroad The New York and Harlem Railroad (now the Metro-North Railroad Harlem Line) was one of the first railroads in the United States, and possibly the first street railway, running north from Lower Manhattan to and beyond Harlem. certificate signed by Commodore Vanderbilt; and the only certificate believed to be available to collectors that is both issued to and signed by Henry Ford as president, Ford Motor Company of Canada Ford Motor Company of Canada, Limited is the manufacturing and sales arm of Ford Motor Company for Canada. It was founded in 1904 in Walkerville, Ontario by Gordon McGregor as President and Henry Ford as Vice-President. . Many, many more signed historical certificates are included in this section. Among the many other fine stocks and bonds being offered is a Wells Fargo & Company stock certificate of 1870 -- which interests both stock and bond collectors and revenue stamped paper collectors, as early shares of this company have been virtually unobtainable. In addition the auction features nearly 1000 lots of Stocks, Bonds, and related collectibles, including Railroad, Mining, Oil, Automobile and many more collectible certificates. The Currency section of over 1000 lots consists of Large and Small Size Currency, Fractionals, Colonial & Confederate notes, Obsolete Banknotes, and International Currency. Fully-illustrated auction catalogues are available ($25) or you can view the entire catalogue by visiting http://www.smytheonline.com. R.M. Smythe & Co., Inc. is one of the world's premier specialty auction houses and an international authority on antique stocks and bonds, banknotes, historic autograph letters, documents, photographs, and coins. The company was established in 1880. R.M. Smythe sponsors this annual Strasburg Stock, Bond and Currency Collectors Show, held in Pennsylvania's picturesque Lancaster County. Further show information and catalogues can be obtained toll-free by contacting Marie Alberti at 800-622-1880. (High-resolution digital files are available upon request from Janis Collins at 800-622-1880.) |
|
||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion