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H.R.Harmer and Archives International Auction Historic American Bank Note Company Archive of Banknotes, Stocks, Bonds and Security Printing Ephemera
Part III, June 2, 3 & 4, 2008 in Bethel, CT. U.S.A.
Rare and unique Banknotes from Russia, Mexico, China, Brazil, Canada, U.S., Venezuela, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Australia, New Zealand, Chile, Indonesia, Laos, Philippines, Greece and many other countries along with hundreds of Newly Discovered, exciting historic Stocks, Bonds, Stamps and security printing ephemera to Be Auctioned
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--H.R.Harmer, Inc. and Archives International, LLC announce the auction of historic worldwide banknotes, stocks and bonds, unique essay banknotes, U.S. Treasury Bonds and security printing ephemera from the American Bank Note Company archives. Included are hundreds of famous companies' stocks and bonds, most never offered at auction before, as well as hundreds of rare worldwide banknotes.
Our dynamic global business system has generated millions of tangible historic relics of our business and financial past. Many of these items were kept for a certain amount of time by the interested company or government and then were usually disposed of, destroyed or placed in some government or institutionally controlled archive never to see the light of day again. Something that may have been very common at one time has now become extremely scarce if not unique. Dr. Robert Schwartz, President of Archives International, "I have been working on this portion of the American Bank Note Archives for close to three years. It does not seem possible that there could be any surprises left, but each day reveals more and more historic and exciting pieces of our business and financial past that fortunately have been preserved in some format in the archives of American Bank Note Company. Again, we are honored and thrilled to be able to offer to the collecting community an opportunity to share in the excitement and discovery of further American Bank Note material from these fabled archives."
There are over 2,770 lots of material in this sale. Included are over 1,100 lots of rare stocks and bonds. Categories include railroads, mining, worldwide, entertainment, sports, zoos, banking and other topics.
There are close to 1,300 lots of U.S. and Worldwide proof, specimen and issued banknotes in this auction including many rarities seen for the first time. Some of the high lights include:
Extremely Rare 500,000 Pound Stlg, 1917, Issued and Uncancelled Russian Government Treasury Bill
U.S. 4th Liberty Loan $1,000 Issued Bond, Possibly Unique
240+ lots of Proof, Specimen and Essay Banknotes from China
75+ lots of Haiti and Dominican Republic Banknote Production Material
23 Unique Laos Essay color Trial banknotes
Extremely rare Texas Proof Sheet of 4 from the Commercial and Agricultural Bank
75+ lots of Mexico Proof and Specimen Banknotes including many rarities
More then 50 lots from a new find of Perkins, Bacon Proofs of Australia and New Zealand Bills of Exchange, Drafts, Checks and Fiscal Paper
60 lots of Canada Banknotes, Stock and bond Proofs, Specimens and Archival Production Material
50+ lots of Philippines Essay Specimen and Proof Banknotes
40+ lots of Russian Proofs, Specimens and Issued Banknotes
For more information on this auction visit WWW.ABNHARMERAUCTIONS.COM . This is a live auction that offers phone bidding; agent bidding; left bids by mail, Fax and internet; live real time internet bidding with eBay Live; and, by bidding in person. This sale will also be available on eBay Live for viewing and bidding. The entire auction is also posted on www.hrharmer.com with photos of all lots and additional bidding information.
The auction will take place at H.R.Harmer, Inc., in Bethel, Connecticut on June 2,3 & 4, 2008. Dr. Robert Schwartz, President of Archives International, LLC, has been active in the fields of numismatics and philatelics for over 20 years and is actively buying, selling and consulting in the fields of historical documents, paper money, stocks and bonds, stamps and security printing ephemera.
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H.R.Harmer, Inc.
203-702-8490
Fax: 203-791-1832
Toll Free: 800-522-1607
hrharmer@hrharmer.com
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Archives International, LLC
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Dr. Robert Schwartz, 212-541-9500
robert@abnharmerauctions.com
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International Banking Corporation. Shanghai Branch. 1905. $100 Specimen banknote. The International Banking Corporation was a subsidiary of National City Bank, which is presently known as CitiBank. This company was formed in the early 1900's to do business internationally outside of the U.S. for National City Bank. Extremely rare and attractive banknote.(Photo:Business Wire)
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Russian Government Treasury Bill or Banknote - Issued and Uncancelled - Still Negotiable? 500,000 Pounds Sterling Treasury Bill from the Russian Government. Extremely rare and possibly unique issued with "Serial No.5". Dated London, 30th April 1917. (Photo:Business Wire)
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The United States of America Fourth Liberty Loan $1,000 Bond. October 24, 1918. Washington, D.C. Issued 4 1/4% Gold Bond of 1933-1938. 2 coupons attached. Lincoln vignette. Tehee and McAdoo autographs. Extremely rare and possibly unique U.S. War bond.(Photo:Business Wire)
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OCTOBER 2007 PRESS RELEASE FOR ABN II
American Bank Note Co. Archive Stocks and Bonds Auction With Historic Banknotes and Vignettes Jan.31, Feb.1 & 2, 2007
Original Enron Design Files Including Unique Proofs for Enron IPO Stocks and Bonds along with Hundreds of Other Newly Discovered and Historic Wall Street Scripophily to Be Auctioned
H.R.Harmer, Inc. and Archives International, LLC announce the Public Auction of historic stocks and bonds (http://abnharmerauctions.com/stocksbonds.aspx), banknotes and vignettes from the American Bank Note Company archives (http://www.hrharmer.com/sales/2969/HTML/auction.html). Categories include Wall Street (http://abnharmerauctions.com/CitigroupStock.aspx) Investment Banking, railroads, mining, entertainment, sports, oil and gas, internet and computer companies, automobiles, breweries and many others. There are a total of 1,474 lots of rare and interesting Scripophily (http://abnharmerauctions.com/stocksbonds.aspx) , the hobby’s name for collecting old stocks and bonds.
Dr.Robert Schwartz, President of Archives International states, “As Wall Street and the Financial Exchanges migrate toward a more efficient electronic trading medium, the need for a paper trail of stocks and bonds is disappearing as well as a significant portion of the tangible Wall Street historical record of our dynamic financial system. This is one of the most important and exciting auctions I’ve had the privilege of being associated with. The amount of newly discovered banknotes, stocks and bonds being offered for the first time is amazing”.”
Included in this auction are hundreds of well-known companies’ stocks and bonds, with many unique and exciting items never seen before in auction.
Over 90 different lots of well known Wall Street (http://abnharmerauctions.com/CitigroupStock.aspx) Investment Banks and securities firms including Goldman Sachs, Bear Sterns, J.P.Morgan, Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley, The NASDAQ Stock Market, Paine Webber, Salomon Brothers, Shearson, Smith Barney, E.F.Hutton, Citigroup and many others. This is the largest offering of Wall Street related certificates to ever occur at public auction.
Berkshire Hathaway (http://cgi.liveauctions.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem& category=52620&item=230078510306) Class A Stock certificate, with the highest price per single share of stock on the NYSE (http://www.nyse.com/) is available for the first time. A facsimile signature of Warren Buffett is present on the certificate.
Turner Broadcasting System (http://www.turner.com/) stocks and bonds from Robert “Ted” Turner of CNN fame.
Over 70 lots of automobile scripophily including a unique Ford (http://abnharmerauctions.com/stocksbonds.aspx) Certificate model.
Amazing Baseball, Basketball and Football Sports Scripophily (http://abnharmerauctions.com/SportsStockCertificates.aspx) from well known teams like the Pittsburgh Pirates, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, San Antonio Spurs, and New England Patriots among others will be auctioned.
The unique Enron Files (http://abnharmerauctions.com/default.aspx) with the first Enron (http://cgi.liveauctions.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem& category=28267&item=230078510411) stock and hundreds of other Wall Street memorabilia stock certificates will be auctioned.
There are 200+ lots of rare foreign banknote (http://abnharmerauctions.com/fb.aspx) proofs, specimens and models from the Philippines, Colombia, Nicaragua, U.S., South America and other countries as well as 600+ lots of banknote vignette engravings (http://abnharmerauctions.com/Stamps.aspx) , artwork (http://cgi.liveauctions.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem& category=28243&item=230078540538) and security printed items. Vignettes are small artistic engravings used on banknotes, stocks, bonds and security printed documents.
All of the collectible stock certificate specimens or Scripophily have been cancelled and have no intrinsic value other than as a collectible due to their historic or artistic merits.
This historic Scripophily and worldwide paper money auction will take place at H.R.Harmer, Inc. (http://abnharmerauctions.com/aboutus.aspx) in West Caldwell, New Jersey on January 31st, February 1st and 2nd, 2007. H.R. Harmer, Inc. is well known for selling the Franklin D. Roosevelt stamp collection in 1946 as well as other famous name philatelic holdings and collections over the last 50 years. Archives International, LLC (http://abnharmerauctions.com/aboutus.aspx) , has been active as a numismatic and philatelic company and consultant for over 20 years and is actively buying, selling, researching and consulting in the fields of historical documents, collectible paper money, Scripophily, philatelic material and security printing ephemera.
For more information on this auction, please email: media@abnharmerauctions.com or call Dr.Robert Schwartz at 212.541.4899 or you can visit www.abnharmerauctions.com or www.hrharmer.com. This sale will also be available on eBay Live (http://www.liveauctions.ebay.com/catalogs/21022) .
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