May 22-23, 2013 - New York, NY
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Telegraphic Time (NY) 1885. 100 shs.No.5. Brown. Clock with hand full of lightning bolts, left. IU. VF+, with a few scattered rust stains. Est. 100-150
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Louisiana Quartet. 1) Security Brewing (LA) 1894. New Orleans. 10 shares.Monogram, hops. 2) New Orleans Lightering & Wrecking (LA) 1867. New Orleans. $100 Capital stock. Sailing vessel unloading on to lighters (freight barges).EF. 3) United States & European Propelling Car (LA) 1873. New Orleans. $100 bond. Pelican, agricultural products. Some stains and ink erosion, else VF. 4) Louisiana Purchase Exposition Certificate of Attendance. 1904. Angels flank domed building. Gold and black. Minor stain, otherwise EF.[4] Est. 300-500
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American DeForest Wireless Telegraph 1905. 10 shs. No. 14538. Green. Semi-nude female holding a sparking antenna, and cherub. Signed as president by Lee DeForest. IU. VF+, minor fold soil on the back only.Lee Deforest (1873-1961) was one of the most productive and controversial inventors of the 20th Century. Although he worked for several companies, including Western Electric, most of his life was spent as an independent inventor, for which he received over 180 patents. He is most known for his pioneering work with the vacuum tube, first as a detector of radio waves, then as an amplifier for long distance phone calls and finally as the major technology of the radio transmitter. He received an honorary Oscar in 1959 for his Phonofilm process, a way to make the movies talk. Est. 300-600
Signed by J.P. and Junius Morgan
American Portable Telephone of New York (NY) 1889. 50 shs.Gold seal. Eagle, center, Washington on horseback, steamer, all connected by wires. Signed by Henry Pope, co-founder of the Bell Telephone Company of New York. VF with some petty fold splits and fold soiling. Est. 150-250
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St. Louis Bridge (IA) 1881. 5 shs. No.A353. Bridge over the Mississippi River. Issued to J. S. Morgan & Co., signed by J. S. Morgan at the bottom of the red printed aragraph added to the front of the certificate, and by J. P. Morgan as Trustee, near the left border. IC. VF, stains, left. J. S. Morgan & Co. was a merchant banking firm based in London and New York, founded by Junius Spencer Morgan, the father of J. P. Morgan. Est. 200-300
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Rochester District Telegraph Stock (NY) 1883. No.2. 5,800 shs. Gold seal. Eagle. Telegraph poles, batteries and wires form an inner border. Telegraph messenger with envelope in hand. IU. VF. Small hole in the bottom margin. Some toning near the edges. Est. 250-500
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