tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62208029560792501002024-03-18T04:03:47.871+01:00Franky's Scripophily BlogSpotF. L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16216038899330180005noreply@blogger.comBlogger432125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6220802956079250100.post-63602090150737048182024-02-27T19:45:00.000+01:002024-02-27T19:45:08.346+01:00Swastikas for prosperity<div style="text-align: justify;">Last year's Holabird Americana’s <i>Big Bonanza Auction </i>included a share in the <i>Swastika Mining and Development Company</i>. The item sold for $80. <i>Scripophily</i> magazine no.121 said: “The swastika was said to be a good luck symbol in western Native American culture and it appears on a few certificates”. That’s only a part of the truth.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://www.scripophily.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">I wrote this article for Scripophily magazine No 122-August 2023, a publication by IBSS.</a></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy-I5LDVYafukIsPhelzy0gJjaaZ5UIot3Nn-DjCz_ZRcy0KEwHlbiUVE6dVFyiSo4mjiDNrdWl18pBp6hyphenhyphenuAh4gsiLHAB4uY85NfuNYHmcgexnPC5p-Zq2HYeJgsjIKvtyB8b9Eo9mockV8XxQcZo6ohJw5SfbcIWRcf4vhIVX-_rMWnMEIUF3rgCtuat/s1230/Swastikas_001_SwastikaMiningDevelopment.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1008" data-original-width="1230" height="328" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy-I5LDVYafukIsPhelzy0gJjaaZ5UIot3Nn-DjCz_ZRcy0KEwHlbiUVE6dVFyiSo4mjiDNrdWl18pBp6hyphenhyphenuAh4gsiLHAB4uY85NfuNYHmcgexnPC5p-Zq2HYeJgsjIKvtyB8b9Eo9mockV8XxQcZo6ohJw5SfbcIWRcf4vhIVX-_rMWnMEIUF3rgCtuat/w400-h328/Swastikas_001_SwastikaMiningDevelopment.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;">Fig. 1 The Swastika Mining and Development Company owned claimes at Lakeview, Idaho, and a lime quarry at Lake Pend Oreille. This share was issued in 1910, and shows two swastikas in the masthead and one in the embossed seal. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">We usually recognize the Swastika symbol as the symbol of Nazis, which we can also find on Nazi era bonds. However it is a much older symbol. In North America, the Tlinglit and the Hopi applied the symbol to decorate objects like baskets up to the 20th century. The Ancient Greeks, the Romans, the Celts, Germanic and Baltic tribes, as well as the Vikings knew about the swastika. The swastika is one of the most common symbols on Mesopotamian coins.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWa6pZZiFiZIeyTmh8ct2dGwepnWLYzv0CKf6XqoqN7Ac2mRGlCrc5GwQVwRUSxY2t1uO6YspgIwHTTLhx9i3hKJyvz9jjic_C23H7S6VtUYwwRBtcHgi0on1Oy3AAsh7Gujr4dX2GeDDyd_VC3CK3z5iMNloDnHBRj28bB4eG7FImhHWu8TWzuyAxjbCs/s1523/Swastikas_002_Edington.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1121" data-original-width="1523" height="295" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWa6pZZiFiZIeyTmh8ct2dGwepnWLYzv0CKf6XqoqN7Ac2mRGlCrc5GwQVwRUSxY2t1uO6YspgIwHTTLhx9i3hKJyvz9jjic_C23H7S6VtUYwwRBtcHgi0on1Oy3AAsh7Gujr4dX2GeDDyd_VC3CK3z5iMNloDnHBRj28bB4eG7FImhHWu8TWzuyAxjbCs/w400-h295/Swastikas_002_Edington.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;">Fig. 2 Detail of the tomb of Bishop William Edington (d. 1366) in Winchester Cathedral. Note the swastika on the vestments of the effigy of Bishop William Edington. <span style="font-size: x-small;">Atrribution: Ealdgyth, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons </span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The word swastika comes from Sanskrit, the lingua franca in ancient South Asia and generally means ‘beneficial for well-being and prosperity’. The Sanskrit philologist Pāṇini from Ancient India wrote down the word approximately around 500 BC, but the symbol predates even the pyramids of Egypt.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOjPAIFP7nplopiIVn77M8L_S8RhN8NWnmNLu0y6SsrEP4Wshoielg-3gmYAr6rmKYbO6j4OELSAsf4fh8pnswccduA8AY6PGxF-6T3qSw9LkzfqiwZOjJU9csiOTwmyJPvXA3bjI5lQNo4CNJnI4N64H6IH2XPzN_jAM8aUhPCF9xWe9QyC3e8acuQoRY/s659/Swastikas_003_IndiaDetails.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="435" data-original-width="659" height="264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOjPAIFP7nplopiIVn77M8L_S8RhN8NWnmNLu0y6SsrEP4Wshoielg-3gmYAr6rmKYbO6j4OELSAsf4fh8pnswccduA8AY6PGxF-6T3qSw9LkzfqiwZOjJU9csiOTwmyJPvXA3bjI5lQNo4CNJnI4N64H6IH2XPzN_jAM8aUhPCF9xWe9QyC3e8acuQoRY/w400-h264/Swastikas_003_IndiaDetails.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;">Fig.3 Details of swastikas on Indian shares. Top row, left to right: Kesoram Cotton Mills, Gourepore Co, Scindia Steam Navigation, Bottom row, left to right: Indore Malwa United Mills, Jodhpur Commercial Bank </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The swastika icon has a spiritual significance in Indian religions. Swastikas can be seen on many buildings, statues and in homes in Asia and especially in India. It is an auspicious symbol for Hindus and can be used when starting anything new. The swastika often decorates the opening pages of personal and ledger account books. What follows are some examples in Indian scripophily. I grouped the details in figure 3.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0eGH33-d9BITD730KTBtMCL2eAeIDDVh8EMdMgBR4LA-6vFbtHR1uaAjGrlUMDQFpNPuDwBiOoW88rC7Wy2XqT68R7debYS0qnvtp9YNa7LAgWozq7M0QTY3sNZ5HFhj9bHENZXPLCZfS-7sR8xgyz7h2Hg3SWlu3cN-m3-qkpfgDwAc-7tvl3H-39aEk/s1104/Swastikas_004_IndoreMalwa.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="907" data-original-width="1104" height="329" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0eGH33-d9BITD730KTBtMCL2eAeIDDVh8EMdMgBR4LA-6vFbtHR1uaAjGrlUMDQFpNPuDwBiOoW88rC7Wy2XqT68R7debYS0qnvtp9YNa7LAgWozq7M0QTY3sNZ5HFhj9bHENZXPLCZfS-7sR8xgyz7h2Hg3SWlu3cN-m3-qkpfgDwAc-7tvl3H-39aEk/w400-h329/Swastikas_004_IndoreMalwa.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;">Fig.4 The Indore Malwa United Mills Ltd, Rs100 share, 1949 </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Sir Sarupchand Hukumchand was an important opium trader and a pioneer in the cotton Industry of central India. He founded the <i>Indore Malwa United Mills</i> in 1909 at Indore. In the 1950s the company employed about 3,000 textile workers that worked more than 1,400 looms. The underprint of its share shows the Goddess Lakshmi giving lots of coins. A minuscule swastika was incorporated in the border design right below the hoard (Fig. 3 and 4).</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJYTIIKiO2R9TDZe1Bqw8i59sryvOFdGI0iDuyJ2-kE4fEsznqAneVyYOUCeAIHbuZ3l3980T2eOOBE4pq57UI9-B4xuNE2m7JlOTIWz9Xu6yRpIM7KzCVXK6sqByRcVbv580SjKTajA0OyjoirQfN7rcYiH7Y7gkNbFDglgcoowiBGkiVkrEcvYDrNDmn/s1236/Swastikas_005_ScindiaSteam.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="999" data-original-width="1236" height="324" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJYTIIKiO2R9TDZe1Bqw8i59sryvOFdGI0iDuyJ2-kE4fEsznqAneVyYOUCeAIHbuZ3l3980T2eOOBE4pq57UI9-B4xuNE2m7JlOTIWz9Xu6yRpIM7KzCVXK6sqByRcVbv580SjKTajA0OyjoirQfN7rcYiH7Y7gkNbFDglgcoowiBGkiVkrEcvYDrNDmn/w400-h324/Swastikas_005_ScindiaSteam.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;">Fig.5 The Scindia Steam Navigation Co Ltd, 1 share of Rs15, 1948 </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The <i>Scindia Steam Navigation Company</i> was founded in 1919 by Walchand Hirachand, Narottam Morarjee, Kilachand Devchand and Lallubhai Samaldas. Back then the sea routes in the British Empire were controlled by British companies. The company's flag ship SS Loyalty was the first Indian owned ship to sail to the United Kingdom. The vignette on the share, Fig. 5, depicts the SS Loyalty. The ship was purchased from Maharaja Madho Rao Scindia of Gwalior. Note the tax duty stamp with swastika.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPOnxXtbfHu505hvpWNUxD1UQ7TYAg3dUKbWRN4gMddV_1CuE539ymkmoqzAn6teP3RbyZrsDL-DMxQAWzey_t7-eGTJOAUDTAVo30epdkXbTfRV1kMJh-XAGpGKt7A4x-soLt50HHHUt3wNEs-xp5qFFKy9g5ESH1JV3IBmholtTd86JliVzaO61TnoNX/s1161/Swastikas_006_Gourepore.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="993" data-original-width="1161" height="343" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPOnxXtbfHu505hvpWNUxD1UQ7TYAg3dUKbWRN4gMddV_1CuE539ymkmoqzAn6teP3RbyZrsDL-DMxQAWzey_t7-eGTJOAUDTAVo30epdkXbTfRV1kMJh-XAGpGKt7A4x-soLt50HHHUt3wNEs-xp5qFFKy9g5ESH1JV3IBmholtTd86JliVzaO61TnoNX/w400-h343/Swastikas_006_Gourepore.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;">Fig. 6 The Gourepore Co, Ltd, ordinary shares of Rs100, 1929 </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">What appears to be a rather plain certificate, the share of the <i>Gourepore Company</i> comes with a surprise feature to the meticulous researcher. This jute mill was registered in 1893. Its factory at Naihati, now part of the Kolkata Metropolitan area, had its own train carrying coal to its power house. The underprint of the certificate, Fig. 6 and 3, consists of a pattern of 2.5 mm² sized swastikas covering most of the surface.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh35P9pWhRWEQMvuPLK03eLKcJBv3R7HYpRRYomJzvhABQzoXnxpfNJ99QQ6XP34eIlL94tGUGzmGKCbnQZzAVq13_MPdnDp7WKPba8TjCQ71728LgScB4rdJUxb0tizcbYRUFbru4SXLTaNBHp161jjfr74q9OhjwbHfw8-WGpA7Tct1umGMJtU3_7oq6F/s1080/Swastikas_007_KesoramCotton.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="842" data-original-width="1080" height="311" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh35P9pWhRWEQMvuPLK03eLKcJBv3R7HYpRRYomJzvhABQzoXnxpfNJ99QQ6XP34eIlL94tGUGzmGKCbnQZzAVq13_MPdnDp7WKPba8TjCQ71728LgScB4rdJUxb0tizcbYRUFbru4SXLTaNBHp161jjfr74q9OhjwbHfw8-WGpA7Tct1umGMJtU3_7oq6F/w400-h311/Swastikas_007_KesoramCotton.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;">Fig.7 Kesoram Cotton Mills Ld, 100 ordinary shares of Rs10, 1955 </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Registered in 1919, the <i>Kesoram Cotton Mills</i> from Calcutta was managed by the Birla brothers. On 16 August 1946, Direct Action Day was announced by the All-India Muslim League leading to large-scale lethal violence between Muslims and Hindus in Calcutta. More than 300 labourers of the Kesoram Cotton Mills were killed. The company’s share certificate from 1955 shows an embossed company seal with swastika (Fig. 7 & 3). The business evolved into today’s industrial group Kesoram Industries Ltd.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTXCKUjEWFNlRDhpwL4mRLP5ivC_G7kFqVnKvA7K1l1KnpqytEC42uOD1h5jr5RH-DVSy7XKQoGrlIzLIOWvazrMgvDOzFuc0ZbxxR0OLqWA30mFWM4-s9aFLOvIR0_XDxX7PJlQdwZT3pIOWcRzXlaWIELMzFuD_bGQYRVhQ1w_YUMyyhVZi2FuMHZmg3/s2028/Swastikas_008_JodhpurCommercialBank.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1636" data-original-width="2028" height="323" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTXCKUjEWFNlRDhpwL4mRLP5ivC_G7kFqVnKvA7K1l1KnpqytEC42uOD1h5jr5RH-DVSy7XKQoGrlIzLIOWvazrMgvDOzFuc0ZbxxR0OLqWA30mFWM4-s9aFLOvIR0_XDxX7PJlQdwZT3pIOWcRzXlaWIELMzFuD_bGQYRVhQ1w_YUMyyhVZi2FuMHZmg3/w400-h323/Swastikas_008_JodhpurCommercialBank.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;">Fig.8 Jodhpur Commercial Bank Ltd, ordinary shares of Rs10 paid Rs5, 1946 </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The <i>Jodhpur Commercial Bank</i> was established in 1944 in Jodhpur but soon opened branches in Kuchaman, Merta City and Pali, all three in Rajasthan, but also in Nagpur and Bombay. Jodhpur’s impressive Mehrangarth Fort is illustrated on the company’s share certificate, figure 8. Note the swastika in the 100 shares denomination. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">As a symbol of good luck the swastika had a major revival in Europe and North America in the 19th and early 20th century (that lasted till World War II). Scout groups used the icon on badges, even the US Army’s 45th infantry division used it as a sleeve insignia. Carlsberg has put it on its beer labels. Metal watch fobs in the form of a swastika with Coca-Cola logo are now selling at auctions for hundreds of dollars.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg65QEVOLjoKwLFlvmseHcfCKrll4sWW_jOmS2zrYwQs-9gdH5HZ2C6YS7wUXfl0nRPYkwJt_i8_Uajq4cjydrAAkje1pGeiqBVv3OMKd_rfAFWiJmVYB6X1U-2zE1ME2FtFVgCwNjyKrh4vGPRoUAY6PnNw0AnrMni4GhbSvClmY0f9gLUohIhgkNb4mz-/s1575/Swastikas_009_EricssonShipping.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1384" data-original-width="1575" height="281" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg65QEVOLjoKwLFlvmseHcfCKrll4sWW_jOmS2zrYwQs-9gdH5HZ2C6YS7wUXfl0nRPYkwJt_i8_Uajq4cjydrAAkje1pGeiqBVv3OMKd_rfAFWiJmVYB6X1U-2zE1ME2FtFVgCwNjyKrh4vGPRoUAY6PnNw0AnrMni4GhbSvClmY0f9gLUohIhgkNb4mz-/s320/Swastikas_009_EricssonShipping.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;">Fig.9 The Ericsson Shipping Co, Ltd, shares of £1, 1915, <span style="font-size: x-small;">image courtesy</span> <a href="https://aktien.gutowski.de">aktien.gutowski.de</a> </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">I end this article with a share from the <i>Ericsson Shipping Company</i>. This company from Newcastle-on-Tyne experimented with ships built with a corrugated steel hull. This design increased the longitudinal strength of a ship without any corresponding increase of weight. Its certificate shows a sectional view of a ship’s hull on the left. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The Ericsson shipping flag consists of a swastika for good luck. However, its SS Monitoria was sunk on 21 Oct 1915 by a U-boat. Their SS Willingtonia, built in 1918, was hit by a torpedo the very same year. So much for good luck.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">FL</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Previous posts</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><ul><li><a href="https://leeuwerck.blogspot.com/2024/01/the-new-scripophily-magazine-is-out.html" target="_blank">The new Scripophily magazine is out!</a> </li><li><a href="https://leeuwerck.blogspot.com/2021/02/george-bellowss-men-of-docks.html" target="_blank">George Bellows's </a><i><a href="https://leeuwerck.blogspot.com/2021/02/george-bellowss-men-of-docks.html" target="_blank">Men of the Docks</a> </i> </li></ul></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div> F. L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16216038899330180005noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6220802956079250100.post-8032508566343772732024-02-09T17:49:00.000+01:002024-02-09T17:49:22.665+01:00FHW's 125th auction is online with exceptional antique stocks and bonds<div style="text-align: justify;">Jörg Benecke has scheduled FHW's 125th sale for 2 March 2024. With his team he brought together 2000 lots of scripophily and related documents. The event, a live auction held at FHW's home base Wolfenbüttel, offers historic and beautiful antique stocks and bonds from all continents. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfLa5O0LD8b74ERaSiUf19lpDT6yzo4sHbzXyYu8ptgx01KAQVWuaciNKfrobX5g7WPBBTKFroRLZB2_kiytIxKLP1HN-wHriZwsmw8PsSQf0Oxi_DxkPQ6asTO_q1REzF0QqyID-dlSrv0VVscpprZq1oZHkPCQqXRcM3QA-x0M_3HQCzaiUqwRx1xGA8/s1440/FHW20240302_0962_EisenhuetttenBluecher_60PCtRed.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1067" data-original-width="1440" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfLa5O0LD8b74ERaSiUf19lpDT6yzo4sHbzXyYu8ptgx01KAQVWuaciNKfrobX5g7WPBBTKFroRLZB2_kiytIxKLP1HN-wHriZwsmw8PsSQf0Oxi_DxkPQ6asTO_q1REzF0QqyID-dlSrv0VVscpprZq1oZHkPCQqXRcM3QA-x0M_3HQCzaiUqwRx1xGA8/w400-h296/FHW20240302_0962_EisenhuetttenBluecher_60PCtRed.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;">A highlight in FHW's auction is L(ot)962, a 1858 share in the <i>Eisenhütten-AG Blücher</i>, an early steel company from Dortmund. Germany's Ruhr area counted almost 300 coal mines by the 1850s. Coal was exported or processed in coking ovens into coke, used in blast furnaces, producing iron and steel. This 200 Thaler share depicts <i>Generalfeldmarschall Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher</i> who won several battles against Napoleon’s troops. He joined Wellington at the Battle of Waterloo, his army playing a decisive role in the final victory. The vignette shows von Blücher wearing the Star of the Grand Cross of the Iron Cross awarded only twice in history. This rare and spectacular lithoprint by H. Kaufmann from Münster starts at €2,800. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The <i>Eisenhütten-AG Blücher</i> certificate is part of the <i><b>Deutschland bis 1945</b></i> chapter that includes about 650 lots. Some of the other historic items here are:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><ul><li><i>Deutsche Bank</i>, Berlin, 200 Thaler share, 1881, extremely rare and a top object in any international finance collection<i> </i></li><li><i>Junkers Flugzeug- und Motorenwerke AG, </i>1000 shares certificate, from the Reichsbank archives</li><li><i>LLoyd-Werft Aktiengesellschaft</i>, builder of boats, 10000 Mark share 1923, underprint of a sailboat and a hand emerging from the water rescuing a canoe.</li><li><i>Münchener Trambahn-Actien-Gesellschaft</i>, 400 Mark share, 1882, rare founder's share </li></ul><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2i8C-U1a5z3SBIyUqqPPsNTQdnH_dV4xK632X3qlmHygbr9dFXllXnj0jwi5_x6yzZL7Mvj4Q8vMTbOJwBZUaDM2UfqD4LYGJIHhz7oseAGwU8ltiPUUt2TAHQP-E6NF49LIh6930ZlUGRP0eVPs7cwZEYw7J2lrJKa493xccn_pUxPhjOMdt87PErVkN/s1200/FHW20240302_1457_BASF_50PctRed.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="846" data-original-width="1200" height="283" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2i8C-U1a5z3SBIyUqqPPsNTQdnH_dV4xK632X3qlmHygbr9dFXllXnj0jwi5_x6yzZL7Mvj4Q8vMTbOJwBZUaDM2UfqD4LYGJIHhz7oseAGwU8ltiPUUt2TAHQP-E6NF49LIh6930ZlUGRP0eVPs7cwZEYw7J2lrJKa493xccn_pUxPhjOMdt87PErVkN/w400-h283/FHW20240302_1457_BASF_50PctRed.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;">Part of the 200 lots in the <i style="font-weight: bold;">Deutschland ab 1945</i> chapter, is this <i>BASF </i>specimen 1000 shares certificate. BASF as we know it today was reorganized in 1952 and became the largest producer of chemicals in the world. In the 1960s and 1970s BASF succesfully sold computer tape and other storage devices. At the end of the 1970s the company marketed Hitachi's mainframe computers and soon thereafter launched their own line of business microcomputers like the BASF 7120 model. The certificate dates from 1967 and shows the Ludwigshafen production site. L1457 starts at €500. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">A surprise is the sale of a complete collection of stocks and bonds related to Israel. About 130 certificates, spanning two centuries, are initially offered as one lot at €20,000, L24. In case of no bids, buyers have the opportunity to bid on the individual lots. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWn1-fTw19im8pF5Cw-GbKJZntT-V7qghmt32MDCwc7aO9ibIceVxRbLRsiaPK_-Qjf0TzRJU78R19IReg6RDgZj5XIdiBmWyxnitlb1wH-m3jIaquj7BU53bp9tMQZyHAYUsbmNTmUDwccgnO-1AlJHmqzyW8HG1liVNJp2xQzeilR_pxMjqgphHTy5s_/s1200/FHW20240302_0031_ArabCigarettesTombac_50PctRed.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="901" data-original-width="1200" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWn1-fTw19im8pF5Cw-GbKJZntT-V7qghmt32MDCwc7aO9ibIceVxRbLRsiaPK_-Qjf0TzRJU78R19IReg6RDgZj5XIdiBmWyxnitlb1wH-m3jIaquj7BU53bp9tMQZyHAYUsbmNTmUDwccgnO-1AlJHmqzyW8HG1liVNJp2xQzeilR_pxMjqgphHTy5s_/w400-h300/FHW20240302_0031_ArabCigarettesTombac_50PctRed.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;">This certificate from <i>The Arab Cigarettes and Tombac Company Ltd</i> is part of the Israel collection. The company was founded in Nazareth, which is the largest Arab city in Israel today. The company traded in cigarettes and tombac, a unwashed natural tobacco leaf used with the waterpipe. This unissued share of 1 Palestine pound with text in English and Arabic might be available from €240. </span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Over 350 lots are comprised in the <i style="font-weight: bold;">USA </i>chapter<i>.</i> Among the many interesting items are: </div><div><ul><li>L1743 <i>Florida Land Rock Phosphate Company</i>, Western Bank Note engraving, 1894, unique vignette of phosphate miners in forest </li><li>L1835 <i>New Orleans, Opelousas and Great Westeren Rail Road Company</i>, stock certificate, 1855, large train vignette, signed by Benjamin Franklin Flanders, Governor of Louisiana and mayor of New Orleans, who formed the 'Friends of Universal Suffrage' </li><li>L1680 <i>Central New England Railway Company</i>, preferred stock, 1906, large Poughkeepsie Bridge vignette </li><li>L1652 <i>Apperson Bros. Automobile Company</i> </li></ul></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRwy6I6_VTrnM6Iio0GOe181Uq2pkOPwUkUOTqd-q5DKPTmeLHfIpxOo2BC0Obz_WKWOvSWqiHq0RnI9_EY4R7JxnhITNEhoyklFlLDjS1MXLMHvZVe94myFfoKzD5euijbS-dBPDzTElxB_ukPJXSah9iAmDyeylxdiOlIz1hqqncs3Sirf2SJR_abIHi/s2400/FHW20240302_1824_MorristownCumberlandGapRailroad.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1563" data-original-width="2400" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRwy6I6_VTrnM6Iio0GOe181Uq2pkOPwUkUOTqd-q5DKPTmeLHfIpxOo2BC0Obz_WKWOvSWqiHq0RnI9_EY4R7JxnhITNEhoyklFlLDjS1MXLMHvZVe94myFfoKzD5euijbS-dBPDzTElxB_ukPJXSah9iAmDyeylxdiOlIz1hqqncs3Sirf2SJR_abIHi/w400-h260/FHW20240302_1824_MorristownCumberlandGapRailroad.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;">Steel engraving is the trademark of the American Bank Note Company. With no sales recorded during the past ten years in the coxrail.com database, this stock from the Tennesee based <i>Morristown and Cumberland Gap Railroad</i> can find a new home from €500 onwards. L1824 </span></div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>The auction catalog counts over 200 pages. You'll find several more chapters in it, including two with items offered at half of their previous start price. So, lots to discover there. Here are the details :</div><div><div><ul><li>Location : The event takes place at the company headquarters in Wolfenbüttel.</li><li>Date : 2 March, 2024</li><li>Further info, see <a href="https://www.fhw-online.de/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>; PDF catalog see <a href="https://www.fhw-online.de/katalog125/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">there</a>; live bidding is possible through <a href="https://connect.invaluable.com/dwa/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://connect.invaluable.com/dwa/</a> </li></ul></div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPjb7RAjMnspRZvWGOy4Jq-R2-BhYEVXzlFaN6IJR3D6KwwLnbofC50dcgv_RcS64AFkcx5BTLCSyWRQI9Bj2SjF7crxwjkb3NA5ZV7xDy-O0tqVSnDqzf8Z_SzHwodC-YUJ2ptlAGeWvhI9VmYdfHVbbEKiqG6WGoU5c-ISoeb8zdXIyji_aUlhU8i5pY/s2400/FHW20240302_0277_TeatroChapi.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1657" data-original-width="2400" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPjb7RAjMnspRZvWGOy4Jq-R2-BhYEVXzlFaN6IJR3D6KwwLnbofC50dcgv_RcS64AFkcx5BTLCSyWRQI9Bj2SjF7crxwjkb3NA5ZV7xDy-O0tqVSnDqzf8Z_SzHwodC-YUJ2ptlAGeWvhI9VmYdfHVbbEKiqG6WGoU5c-ISoeb8zdXIyji_aUlhU8i5pY/w400-h276/FHW20240302_0277_TeatroChapi.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;">L277: <i>Sociedad del Teatro Chapi de Villena</i>, 25 pesetas share from 1915, vignette of the Spanish composer Ruperto Chapi, lovely Art Nouveau design, €150 </span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div>F.L.</div><div><br /></div></div><div><i style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"><span style="color: #666666;">PS : Did you like this post ? Thank you for sharing it on you favorite social media channel !</span></i></div></div>F. L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16216038899330180005noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6220802956079250100.post-76713817415546260442024-01-14T21:01:00.005+01:002024-01-15T07:38:56.166+01:00The new Scripophily magazine is out! <div style="text-align: justify;"><div><i>Scripophily</i> is the world’s most comprehensive and insightful publication for passionate collectors and active researchers of antique securities. This three-yearly periodical, printed on high quality paper, is the flagship of <a href="https://scripophily.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The International Bond and Share Society (IBSS)</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div>Its 2024 January issue brings over 40 pages of scripophily news, in depth articles, book reviews, and pictures of collector friends. Scripophily magazine is illustrated with tons of gorgious stock certificates. This one from the A/S Spitzbergen company is a highlight featured in one of the many auction reports included in the publication. </div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYo19oFV4r8eqDbNPi3Asa0fzmkerSvA8OdMD3_sr7AmRJWFElE7pUEaHrBPskkEeIxMDl569vbzE-jhY58YfiHt1O4XTvKuuE3frzVer_cSc2oFy1yKuEf8qmolV8wzxMhX4-vvwQOyMOF0LTuuBnypRbFfvdLlXzfXpMsoFSeeJEbCtUgJtsO_7UKKCw/s600/SAF20231104_166_Spitzbergen.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="359" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYo19oFV4r8eqDbNPi3Asa0fzmkerSvA8OdMD3_sr7AmRJWFElE7pUEaHrBPskkEeIxMDl569vbzE-jhY58YfiHt1O4XTvKuuE3frzVer_cSc2oFy1yKuEf8qmolV8wzxMhX4-vvwQOyMOF0LTuuBnypRbFfvdLlXzfXpMsoFSeeJEbCtUgJtsO_7UKKCw/s16000/SAF20231104_166_Spitzbergen.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;">A significant part of Scripophily magazine brings reports on auctions in this collecting field. This 1905 stock certificate from the AS Spitzbergen company shows a vignette of a whaler harpooning a whale. That year, the </span><span style="color: #666666;">Tønsberg-based </span><span style="color: #666666;">whaling company built a whaling station on Finneset, a peninsula located on the east side of Grønfjorden on Spitsbergen. The certificate sold for NOK6,200 at the auction of the </span><a href="https://aksjebrev.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Norwegian Scripophily Society</a><span style="color: #666666;">. </span></div></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Here is a summary on the main topics brought in the new issue :</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><ul><li><i>Unique War Bond</i>, a remarkable discovery of a World War I prisoner camp library bond </li><li><i>Gatling Ordnance Co Misfires</i></li><li><i>The Case of the Missing Farmers</i>, an Egyptologist traces back Crédit Agricole d'Égypte vignettes </li><li><i>Taking Stock of Pittsburgh </i></li><li><i>David and Goliath, </i>The Winona and Southwestern railroad takes on The Chicago and Northwestern railroad </li><li><i>Scripophily Frozen</i>, winter scenes in scripophily</li></ul></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh55nKa3M_lr0P_HKwUO2ZnKvVaWP95og5SbaDSC38Jf3pSjwbwNDEManiDxlq3hHNQgpSWHrOd040hT4fK1UBsIdfBxKD5Kvht_OsJNZ6cIbPK05vMtn54LHdaLneVSEpyFg_C2IUsTEDFI3S77i6agJV0LVQ7kBzbcwT76ox5swNzbgyj0SK4iVhQExGH/s847/Scripo123.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="847" data-original-width="602" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh55nKa3M_lr0P_HKwUO2ZnKvVaWP95og5SbaDSC38Jf3pSjwbwNDEManiDxlq3hHNQgpSWHrOd040hT4fK1UBsIdfBxKD5Kvht_OsJNZ6cIbPK05vMtn54LHdaLneVSEpyFg_C2IUsTEDFI3S77i6agJV0LVQ7kBzbcwT76ox5swNzbgyj0SK4iVhQExGH/w284-h400/Scripo123.JPG" width="284" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Become a member of IBSS and receive three times per year this great magazine. The 1 year membership costs £28 or $35 or €32. And the magazine is not the only benefit you'll receive. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">More info can be found on-line here at the website of the International Bond & Share Society: <a href="https://scripophily.org/">https://scripophily.org/</a> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">F.L.</div>F. L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16216038899330180005noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6220802956079250100.post-17084763345303999712024-01-02T19:00:00.002+01:002024-01-02T20:10:09.013+01:00HWPH's 66th auction<div style="text-align: justify;">Happy New Year! 2024 kicks off with Matthias Schmitt's 66th auction. It takes place as an online-only auction and includes almost 600 lots of antique shares and bond certificates.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">For the time being this will be the auctioneer's last auction. The prime part of HWPH's business, Russian scripophily, is badly affected by the war of Russia against Ukraine. The auction offers mainly unsold items from previous auctions. With all lots starting at €5, you may strike a bargain!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV5sN1UUTIHTPoX3a35JOxvbTiXwqAfW7Yl6x6WHAdISavckNP4_kfpw8Vyavxjj_c6ysRVxnQHri44PtBlrXoRFVNgUw4sIwFinnJOf45U7LDCOlMcbZE7wj31IEl4I5gFFsHFQwCKe-m6E3PatNJQebvFdVlvXzm81VlpCkJVvMCj4_Q7zpwTRoz6KRS/s1200/171_SavannahCharlestonRR_30PctRed.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1200" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV5sN1UUTIHTPoX3a35JOxvbTiXwqAfW7Yl6x6WHAdISavckNP4_kfpw8Vyavxjj_c6ysRVxnQHri44PtBlrXoRFVNgUw4sIwFinnJOf45U7LDCOlMcbZE7wj31IEl4I5gFFsHFQwCKe-m6E3PatNJQebvFdVlvXzm81VlpCkJVvMCj4_Q7zpwTRoz6KRS/w400-h256/171_SavannahCharlestonRR_30PctRed.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Part of the sale is a section of roughly 100 lots of American railroad stocks and bonds. Illustrated here is L(ot) 171, a bond from the <i>Savannah and Charleston Rail Road Company</i>, South Carolina, issued in 1869. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div>The sale features several shares designed by artists of the time. L224, a share in the <i>Goedkoope Antwerpsche Beenhouwerij</i>, literally translated: 'cheap Antwerp butchery', was designed by one of Belgium's most talented sculptors: <b>Jef Lambeaux</b>. Among the other artists to be hammered are <b>Hermann Gradl</b>, L452, and <b>Demetrios Galanis</b>, L239. </div><div><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsLslYkxjATzg5crVU_wz_ezmAUfwVbtMfg658Bx9vxw4742_d97Z_KQNbG1HJafrVGEa2nbflh4aBBoIEnVGtVahyphenhyphennAd-fUrfRr8zJSNn5dThDcvaJNZ6BUM5pfoE72crNBOVejDpJugwyJUGYkyMcmooTGGGwA9jchOKaxxrjIipPnpUisOt9-TwRsfP/s1200/224_GoedkoopeAntwerpscheBeenhouwerij_30PctRed.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="906" data-original-width="1200" height="303" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsLslYkxjATzg5crVU_wz_ezmAUfwVbtMfg658Bx9vxw4742_d97Z_KQNbG1HJafrVGEa2nbflh4aBBoIEnVGtVahyphenhyphennAd-fUrfRr8zJSNn5dThDcvaJNZ6BUM5pfoE72crNBOVejDpJugwyJUGYkyMcmooTGGGwA9jchOKaxxrjIipPnpUisOt9-TwRsfP/w400-h303/224_GoedkoopeAntwerpscheBeenhouwerij_30PctRed.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">About 100 lots span three centuries of German insurance activities. Shown here is, L476 a 1961 specimen share certificate from the<i> Allianz Versicherungs-Aktiengesellschaft</i>. Allianz, one of the largest insurers in the world, is part of the Euro Stoxx 50 stock market index. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxOvL6zrrzQC5H1AICkX-PIwRvRG_MfOL-fLoV8tfTdRySinHb3e5M9YNSZenn4Nq89PYLUMD1i2mUMfCCcDusHajNdbztF3J3Q-O_UtV28ta1fCbYKN-s5CEmuB2wgttXarj9Zpw3yY6aayjk9pDYaZoN1kv1KCxLyqkF7LUIgvcBcAcZcO5w_Ks6rmm9/s1200/476_AllianzVersicherungsAG_30PctRed.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="852" data-original-width="1200" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxOvL6zrrzQC5H1AICkX-PIwRvRG_MfOL-fLoV8tfTdRySinHb3e5M9YNSZenn4Nq89PYLUMD1i2mUMfCCcDusHajNdbztF3J3Q-O_UtV28ta1fCbYKN-s5CEmuB2wgttXarj9Zpw3yY6aayjk9pDYaZoN1kv1KCxLyqkF7LUIgvcBcAcZcO5w_Ks6rmm9/w400-h284/476_AllianzVersicherungsAG_30PctRed.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">All major themes are represented such as railways, mining and government bonds. By means of the online search features you can find the lesser obvious themes as well. A few examples: </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div><ul><li>Bridges, L121 <i>The Main Street Bridge Co</i>, Indiana </li><li>Music, L242 <i>EMI Ltd</i> </li><li>Ceramics, L79 <i>Ceramica Industrial de Osasco</i> (Brazil)</li><li>Casino, L461 <i>Casino im Frankfurter Hof</i> </li></ul><div>Another example is a share from the <i>Tsingtao Brewery Company Ltd</i>, China. The company originates from the Germania-Brauerei Tsingtao brewery founded in 1903 by English and German entrepreneurs. In 1993 it became the first Chinese firm listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. L23 was issued in 1996 to scripophily pioneer Wilhelm Kuhlmann. </div><div><br /></div></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNvr1OFrtx_Wt6kR1AXEP-UJ39l2bYoXG20WjNE1oIMfiDjMS7PFzxUi6ObFZWmT4MY4n0TJN6Luozc09mYcIR2ZOSRwoopWsWJbcC0wsoJtHLu-MG18ETxZuGwoR0g32AGsUnGZUl41HAHjEQ0zXB_FJQFPrtQR68i38k5Rt4nT99yi3mVhuozjjzlh98/s1200/23_TsingtaoBrewery_30PctRed.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1056" data-original-width="1200" height="353" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNvr1OFrtx_Wt6kR1AXEP-UJ39l2bYoXG20WjNE1oIMfiDjMS7PFzxUi6ObFZWmT4MY4n0TJN6Luozc09mYcIR2ZOSRwoopWsWJbcC0wsoJtHLu-MG18ETxZuGwoR0g32AGsUnGZUl41HAHjEQ0zXB_FJQFPrtQR68i38k5Rt4nT99yi3mVhuozjjzlh98/w400-h353/23_TsingtaoBrewery_30PctRed.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div>There is lots more to discover in the auction. Here are the auction details :</div><div><ul><li>Location: this is an Internet only auction</li><li>Date: 18 January 2024 </li><li>Further info : online catalog see <a href="https://www.hwph.de/historische-wertpapiere/pa66.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here on the auctioneer's website</a>, or via <a href="https://www.invaluable.com/catalog/xnorlts5g5" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">the Invaluable platform, see there</a> </li></ul></div><div><br /></div><div>F.L.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><i>PS : Did you like this post ? Thank you for sharing it on you favorite social media channel !</i></div><div><br /></div></div>F. L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16216038899330180005noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6220802956079250100.post-74380375910269561362023-12-23T17:26:00.001+01:002023-12-23T17:28:38.843+01:00Dhotis not allowed at the Willingdon Sports Club <div style="text-align: justify;">A victim of its own success, membership to the Royal Willingdon Sports Club is closed. Only children of current members, wealthy ones, can become members, and even that on a selective basis depending on the applicant’s family background and profession.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The private club was founded by <b>Lord Willingdon</b> in 1918. Willingdon (1866-1941) ruled as Governor of the Bombay Presidency from 17 Feb 1913 through 16 Dec 1918. This administrative subdivision of British India, more or less the size of today’s Germany, counted then nearly 30 million people.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6UZ8NH8oGLfkGrpVrtdq0HjFrEFekXfqmFg2sw3VKumoaq8bXmX46ANIUQuIHgbj49p8wRrNv21DH1HKfABBM-59VUj_fS5tyMDml68mAIV0F8C2_KsE7X-leJ1X709J0zXfJIzgO-slMCbOYsryw5K4W9e8gfqHGmubwoQtNatm33bmp97dgZDXl7eXT/s889/WillingdonClub_1_certificate_30PctRed_blog.jpg"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6UZ8NH8oGLfkGrpVrtdq0HjFrEFekXfqmFg2sw3VKumoaq8bXmX46ANIUQuIHgbj49p8wRrNv21DH1HKfABBM-59VUj_fS5tyMDml68mAIV0F8C2_KsE7X-leJ1X709J0zXfJIzgO-slMCbOYsryw5K4W9e8gfqHGmubwoQtNatm33bmp97dgZDXl7eXT/w357-h400/WillingdonClub_1_certificate_30PctRed_blog.jpg" width="357" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;">A highlight in the Willingdon Sports Club’s existence is the visit in 1921 of Edward VIII, then Prince of Wales. The Prince played four chukkers at polo on the club’s ground. This non-interest bearing irredeemable debenture, issued by the club in 24th Nov 1916, is issued to the Maharaja of Gondal and signed by Sir Stanley Reed as Secretary.</span> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">From the beginning Willingdon maintained good relations with the Indian Princes and India’s important business men. The crème de la crème of British India often met on official events. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">However, on one occasion he invited some friends, Maharajas, to the Royal Bombay Yacht Club. The Governor and his Indian guests were denied access. The club only accepted European members. Willingdon did not agree with the situation and discussed the incident with his friend Stanley Reed.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Sir Herbert Stanley Reed</b> (1872-1969) joined the Bombay based journal <i>The Times of India</i> as correspondent in 1897. When George V, then Prince of Wales, and Princess Victoria Mary of Teck, made their royal tour of India in 1905 and 1906, Reed traveled along as special correspondent of the Times of India.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Stanley Reed became the newspaper’s longest serving editor from 1907 until 1924. He maintained close ties with the British political elite. Mahatma Gandhi corresponded with Reed and occasionally paid him a visit at the newspaper office to discuss the questions of the hour. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Reed was one of the first persons to whom Gandhi revealed his Swadeshi pledge. The Swadeshi movement strived for India to be self-sustainable and self-reliant. Gandhi's swadeshi pledge in 1919 was a pledge to boycott foreign goods.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUDhD7-Hu-ujk3cb1kWW7PgUABEnIFlH3VSVhmXtsUN8l5WIR63lzoCQvs-2nMBfW84wSVbk1vdDqa94Mh6RmSTkm2x3sRjYkRTVivSEA51rRnvu6wKTezk8Gsi9iQqFx8fWSB0yAk7b1IKVQBuXCcDlF4IilUnT0pXwfgPfpdOLxSCw7ODHo1VmgrgNjj/s881/WillingdonClub_2_signature.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="413" data-original-width="881" height="188" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUDhD7-Hu-ujk3cb1kWW7PgUABEnIFlH3VSVhmXtsUN8l5WIR63lzoCQvs-2nMBfW84wSVbk1vdDqa94Mh6RmSTkm2x3sRjYkRTVivSEA51rRnvu6wKTezk8Gsi9iQqFx8fWSB0yAk7b1IKVQBuXCcDlF4IilUnT0pXwfgPfpdOLxSCw7ODHo1VmgrgNjj/w400-h188/WillingdonClub_2_signature.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;">Stanley Reed improved the coverage of The Times of India and made it ‘the leading paper in Asia’. He is credited with extending the deadline for carrying news from 5 <span style="font-size: x-small;">PM</span> to midnight. Earlier, news that came after 5 </span><span style="color: #666666; font-size: x-small;">PM</span><span style="color: #666666;"> would be kept over for printing the next day. During his tenure the cover price of the paper was reduced from four annas to one, which gave a phenomenal boost to its circulation.</span> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">At the end of World War I, Reed exposed the grievous sufferings of the Indian troops in a newspaper article in which a change in the High Command was argued. Lord Willingdon supported him in that. The latter took responsibility for treating the thousands of wounded that returned from the Mesopotamian campaign by ship to Bombay in appalling circumstances.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Reed and Willingdon discussed the latter’s experiences in the Royal Bombay Yacht Club. It was decided to start a private club that would bring together the best elements of Indian and European society on an equal basis. Lord Willingdon was its President and Stanley Reed became its Honorary Secretary. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Willingdon found a piece of land in what is now south Mumbai where he established his club. To finance his project, he had to attract funds. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Stanley Reed writes in his book The India I Knew 1897-1947: “British residents subscribed handsomely, but it was the generosity of the Indian Princes which made realization possible. They contributed not less than £25,000 in non-interest-bearing irredeemable debentures, and asked no more than life membership.” Note that 'irredeemable debentures' are debentures that cannot be redeemed during the lifetime of the company. Investors can only redeem if the company is winding up. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjACYg6v48aI4mFLKbM9IMJVYOE6DUgFS7-MF4kmM48Fo7daMWSOYr3Y90AuQC9dMouCUtUCmbMeBji9o_FB4HQhXAA9fv_L5YZBAUouPoq6349XFMw18ymxNi8jDSuJqP2GqIetgo2Ym3bvuiYjvdhq_oV_MoHoTAZ1dvlHmjVX98IB6hKITYn6-DCZ2MB/s741/WillingdonClub_3_LordandLadyWillingdon.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="456" data-original-width="741" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjACYg6v48aI4mFLKbM9IMJVYOE6DUgFS7-MF4kmM48Fo7daMWSOYr3Y90AuQC9dMouCUtUCmbMeBji9o_FB4HQhXAA9fv_L5YZBAUouPoq6349XFMw18ymxNi8jDSuJqP2GqIetgo2Ym3bvuiYjvdhq_oV_MoHoTAZ1dvlHmjVX98IB6hKITYn6-DCZ2MB/w400-h246/WillingdonClub_3_LordandLadyWillingdon.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;">Freeman Freeman-Thomas & Maria Adelaide Brassey, also known as Lord and Lady Willingdon, 1916. <span style="font-size: x-small;">Attribution: Parasnis, Dattatraya Balwant, Rao bahadur, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons</span> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Lord Willingdon formally opened the club on December 8, 1917. The princes came be-jewelled and robed, the Maharaja of Idar standing out in his gold earrings. Lady Willingdon wore a mauve dress, the colour of the Club’s crest, its curtains and, until 1975, the hue of the waiter’s waistcoats and neckties. In the temporary parking place stood Rolls-Royces, Duesenbergs, Alfa Romeos and other fabulous cars.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Sport amenities were constructed for playing polo, golf, cricket, tennis, badminton, swimming, billiards, poker, and a rifle range as well. The club was not meant to be a sports-only club but also promoted intercultural activities by means of music performances, lectures, ballroom dances, banquets and dinners, etc. Its first name was the Willingdon Club, but Lord Willingdon didn’t like the club’s shortened name. Hence, the Willingdon Sports Club.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWnu0pmWUPw_IWRh3Zbq1DHCYJGwDBGBioyozhRl8ss6m8xfZMP0Hzxqz4WimPRAwTl2CWs2w0E7Vkwv3k8DA-3jYRX5kMMGg0SRX5tX2wFDY71qJ-hMb9soJGbfJ5KFeTx01X7tgazuy9LvtDlP6sljhAB_6Zfk7uNiLO5_pLKDqQ5BpIVGpF8Ql1VZrM/s203/WillingdonClub_1_certificate_detail.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="53" data-original-width="203" height="52" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWnu0pmWUPw_IWRh3Zbq1DHCYJGwDBGBioyozhRl8ss6m8xfZMP0Hzxqz4WimPRAwTl2CWs2w0E7Vkwv3k8DA-3jYRX5kMMGg0SRX5tX2wFDY71qJ-hMb9soJGbfJ5KFeTx01X7tgazuy9LvtDlP6sljhAB_6Zfk7uNiLO5_pLKDqQ5BpIVGpF8Ql1VZrM/w200-h52/WillingdonClub_1_certificate_detail.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The exclusive club attracted maharajas, high government officials, upper rank army officers and India’s top business men. To name a few: the Maharaja of Mysore, the Raja of Ratlam, Sir Dorab Tata, Sir Sassoon David, the Aga Khan, Ibrahim Rahimtoola and then later JRD Tata. Top financier FE Dinshaw was a club’s recurring bridge player.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Lady Willingdon was equally thrilled with the founding club and was the driving force for opening it up for the members’ wives as well. It was said that she got the ruling princes to contribute towards the establishment of the club. One story about her was that she would admire the diamond rings and necklaces that the maharajas used to wear (some even wore them while playing tennis). The recipients of the compliment had no alternative but to present her with the valuables. It is said that soon the maharajas made sure not to wear anything expensive at the club. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCE4UXdX-RasUfkjve5JI4XpEkcI0enau-5Gvh0bYABdroQ677nqyMtC1H2tc_caR_fiZgInjkeCtvNzXGruwGM_rw8RpS9S7W0my6RcgIcxQLQmmvKR_6Wwd4XbxH3tFzMMlPsPIithTG81S6nv70O0Mj61PfBTs7rE1TWjn7uk0_ZcqGCmQc06kB2KjZ/s757/WillingdonClub_5_MaharajaGondal.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="757" data-original-width="421" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCE4UXdX-RasUfkjve5JI4XpEkcI0enau-5Gvh0bYABdroQ677nqyMtC1H2tc_caR_fiZgInjkeCtvNzXGruwGM_rw8RpS9S7W0my6RcgIcxQLQmmvKR_6Wwd4XbxH3tFzMMlPsPIithTG81S6nv70O0Mj61PfBTs7rE1TWjn7uk0_ZcqGCmQc06kB2KjZ/w223-h400/WillingdonClub_5_MaharajaGondal.jpg" width="223" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;">His Highness Maharaja Thakore Shri Sir Bhagwant Singhji Sagramji Sahib Bahadur, Maharaja of Gondal, 1911. <span style="font-size: x-small;">Attribution: Photographs from the Lafayette Studio Archive of the V&A, London, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons</span> </span></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Several Indian princes invested in the Willingdon Sports Club. This certificate shown here was issued for two debentures of 500 Rupees on 24th November 1916 to Bhagvatsinghji, <b>His Highness the Thakore Saheb of Gondal, the ruling Maharaja of the princely state of Gondal</b> (1865-1944). Back then, the Indian princely states were sovereign entities within the British Indian Empire, not directly governed by the British, but by an Indian ruler.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Bhagvatsinghji reformed the administration of his state, provided free and compulsory education for men and women, and made Gondal a tax-free state. The Thakore Saheb was one of the first maharajas to welcome at his residence Gandhi and his wife after their return from South Africa in 1915. The maharaja would meet with Gandhi several times more. On some of these occasions Gandhi deemed it necessary to appeal to the maharaja’s conscience to be a good ruler for the people of Gondal. On the 50th anniversary of his accession to the throne the maharaja gave his weight in gold to charity.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Lord Willingdon also met Gandhi on several occasions. In 1931 he became Viceroy of India for five years. During his reign Gandhi and the Indian National Congress party organized a mass Civil Disobedience Movement. Of course, all of this was covered in Stanley Reed’s Times of India. Eventually Willingdon would imprison Gandhi, the INC members and tens of thousands of Indian activists.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF-ngaXQT2MJNQCLdAPsldsPVvP2__yD4Q6OtlBe-uIzp0owYTzBPqAAOwjwC1nbsFH-nDuP-cdmoUm6_Nf43qlHuFldQ9Q_erHGKDEf0xInl3sSPHvOHiRku61KEUo00mIu0zbSxbSK80p8V9f8vq_ZnGuE3lOOoh7bw4f4ScuBp5i98Rwa87e2kQhBtw/s729/WillingdonClub_4_TheAuthor.jpg.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="709" data-original-width="729" height="389" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF-ngaXQT2MJNQCLdAPsldsPVvP2__yD4Q6OtlBe-uIzp0owYTzBPqAAOwjwC1nbsFH-nDuP-cdmoUm6_Nf43qlHuFldQ9Q_erHGKDEf0xInl3sSPHvOHiRku61KEUo00mIu0zbSxbSK80p8V9f8vq_ZnGuE3lOOoh7bw4f4ScuBp5i98Rwa87e2kQhBtw/w400-h389/WillingdonClub_4_TheAuthor.jpg.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;">A bouquet for the author, picture taken from Stanley Reed’s book “The India I Knew 1897-1947”. An expert on Indian current affairs, Reed wrote and compiled several year books such as <i>The Times of India Directory</i>, and <i>The Indian Year Book Including Who's Who</i>.</span> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">I wonder whether Stanley Reed got along with Gandhi. In his more than 260 pages counting memoires The India I Knew 1897-1947, he mainly describes his experiences with British India’s politicians. Though Gandhi made the headlines all those years, Reed dedicated merely five pages to the Mahatma.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">I’ll end this article on the Willingdon Sports Club, with an interesting note. In 1954 a post-awards banquet was held at the club to celebrate the first Filmfare awards ceremony. The event was attended by actor Gregory Peck. One of the award winners, influential director Bimal Roy, was denied entry into the club because he was dressed in a dhoti, a type of sarong, fastened in between the legs in a manner that it outwardly resembles trousers. The most photographed person in the world wearing a dhoti must be Gandhi. He was never invited to the Willingdon Sport Club. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">F.L. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>This article was originally written for <a href="https://www.scripophily.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Scripophily magazine No 122-August 2023, a publication by IBSS</a>.</i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">References</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div><ul><li><i>A commemorative Volume to mark the sixtieth year of the Willingdon Sports Club Bombay 1917-1977</i>, by Behram Contractor, Naval J. Ardeshir </li><li><i>His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales Tour In India (1921-1922)</i>, by O’mealey M</li><li><i>The India I knew 1897-1947</i>, by Stanley Reed </li><li><i>The TOI Story</i>, by Sangita P. Menon Malhan [ed.: about The Times Of India] </li><li><i>The Royal Tour in India - A Record of the Tour of T.R.H. The Prince and Princess of Wales in India and Burma, from November 1905 to March 1906</i>, by Stanley Reed. The book has been digitized by Google and is available to the public <a href="https://archive.org/details/the-royal-tour-in-india-1906" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a> </li></ul></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Previous posts</div><div><ul><li><a href="https://leeuwerck.blogspot.com/2023/09/ibss-surprises-members-with-full.html" target="_blank">IBSS surprises members with full publications of Drumm & Henseler scripophily catalogues</a> </li><li><a href="https://leeuwerck.blogspot.com/2022/12/the-most-expensive-share-sold-at.html" target="_blank">The most expensive share sold at auction in 2021</a> </li></ul></div><div><br /></div></div>F. L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16216038899330180005noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6220802956079250100.post-43807220153687065382023-12-06T20:41:00.002+01:002023-12-06T20:45:45.542+01:00Jigsaw Mourier<div style="text-align: justify;">A new jigsaw puzzle in scripophily features snow dogs in a winter landscape. We are talking about the share of the Mourier company.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx7hmN-7FGZysoPg-g0VUtB4OR1gv655o6Afog5QunBOgDEGUeaWJWNXaz4cYqn3V2Td_CJKhiWJuSe-iC3FjtAKV2mM9kpYAXCC3tCfQPam5rdQ9IQV4dtsuDZKRZ7_K9-Z-5iamN7nrRoQSQLwmAjF3Y82oOo00EnnF98TGa5rZxRNcEpJWDnfYEwp7g/s1037/zmourier_det.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx7hmN-7FGZysoPg-g0VUtB4OR1gv655o6Afog5QunBOgDEGUeaWJWNXaz4cYqn3V2Td_CJKhiWJuSe-iC3FjtAKV2mM9kpYAXCC3tCfQPam5rdQ9IQV4dtsuDZKRZ7_K9-Z-5iamN7nrRoQSQLwmAjF3Y82oOo00EnnF98TGa5rZxRNcEpJWDnfYEwp7g/w400-h161/zmourier_det.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Mourier company had its registered office in Paris, France. The company traded in furs and pelts in France and its colonies. This share, from 1927 and showing the signature of its founder in the lower left corner, depicts in great perspective northern fur traders (see more on that <a href="https://leeuwerck.blogspot.com/2012/06/how-claude-lorrain-influenced.html" target="_blank">here</a>). </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigI5z1jOzO7-82dMzKqZKxjrf7AonEzYQEGS1YaE9ytCGiosQifwuH29jLuUlfaODwJ-cm5_cHtINcLVRuT97PwkJP-b_izAWvrN7tLhMgztnokkyvptZqx887JuCaNr3Yk116j2YbpJYccPaaReCjr1FydGIoiAb6l4v4GHjeNotM3eLZK1SZIa2a0eec/s1407/zmourier_30PctRed.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="830" data-original-width="1407" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigI5z1jOzO7-82dMzKqZKxjrf7AonEzYQEGS1YaE9ytCGiosQifwuH29jLuUlfaODwJ-cm5_cHtINcLVRuT97PwkJP-b_izAWvrN7tLhMgztnokkyvptZqx887JuCaNr3Yk116j2YbpJYccPaaReCjr1FydGIoiAb6l4v4GHjeNotM3eLZK1SZIa2a0eec/w400-h236/zmourier_30PctRed.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div>Ready to puzzle? You can find the puzzle here: <a href="http://leeuwerck.blogspot.com/p/puzzle.html">http://leeuwerck.blogspot.com/p/puzzle.html</a> . </div><div><br /></div><div>Have fun !</div><div><br /></div><div>F.L.</div></div>F. L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16216038899330180005noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6220802956079250100.post-68189902041957562002023-11-20T20:59:00.001+01:002023-11-20T21:02:09.193+01:00Booneshares offers rare US railroad and South American certificates in December scripophily auction<div style="text-align: justify;">Mario Boone is a major player in the field of antique share certificates and financial documents. The auctioneer scheduled his 71st scripophily auction on 2 December 2023. This auction will take place live on the internet via the Invaluable platform. On the agenda are more than 1000 lots of bonds and shares.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW2L62oHb36lohl5svsDPfvxHW4ejLQKS5VxPiTNCL3b9LM2hqUTage-LICbJsTzFQsMB0cH7ZHGLlxYPAnxmSvLshOYz_EIRAVlwiPiMXwLKof8Aip1OlyjahS11dmhj3lqqyxRKoPdi79rctxcajEjieLqaOJa4eNu_gSVx30rYSc75fsSTP1mWjORaN/s1818/46_BanqueCochinchine_BS.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1665" data-original-width="1818" height="366" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW2L62oHb36lohl5svsDPfvxHW4ejLQKS5VxPiTNCL3b9LM2hqUTage-LICbJsTzFQsMB0cH7ZHGLlxYPAnxmSvLshOYz_EIRAVlwiPiMXwLKof8Aip1OlyjahS11dmhj3lqqyxRKoPdi79rctxcajEjieLqaOJa4eNu_gSVx30rYSc75fsSTP1mWjORaN/w400-h366/46_BanqueCochinchine_BS.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The auction features stunning shares from all parts of the world. This founders share from the <i>Banque de Cochinchine</i> was issued in 1907 and printed by the well-known security printer Crabbé. The share is signed by Noël Pardon, who previously was acting governor of Cochinchina and New Caledonia, and then governor of Guadeloupe and Martinique. L(ot) 46 starts at €400.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrQbpR1TPfYWvccO8I_XeZ6PQHR0TaQjf5ZhxOKY18hE813mZBF5xeNQXFWljIJh33nXS0b6UV3XeeMMqfh_R-iYCXLIkJ-ll43qqc40SZa7tMHVbKhssiEVOW74dkLNJOpnDNlvPq0uKWs026osj9G1RFJWPXuiN_dYDMnksc31MaQ8v7xolHdYG9baiS/s1100/777_CherawChesterRW_50PctRed.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="939" data-original-width="1100" height="341" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrQbpR1TPfYWvccO8I_XeZ6PQHR0TaQjf5ZhxOKY18hE813mZBF5xeNQXFWljIJh33nXS0b6UV3XeeMMqfh_R-iYCXLIkJ-ll43qqc40SZa7tMHVbKhssiEVOW74dkLNJOpnDNlvPq0uKWs026osj9G1RFJWPXuiN_dYDMnksc31MaQ8v7xolHdYG9baiS/w400-h341/777_CherawChesterRW_50PctRed.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">For this occasion, auctioneer Mario Boone has compiled a strong section of US railroad certificates. To give an example: L777, starting at €300, comprises a 1877 bond from <i>The Cheraw and Chester Railroad Company</i>, South Carolina. Only two examples known and coxrail.com reports no sales recorded within the last ten years. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The US railroad section counts over 200 lots. A few more examples:</div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li style="text-align: justify;">5% First Mortgage Gold Bond $1000 from <i>The Canon City and Cripple Creek Electric Railway Company</i>, mountain vignette, 1897, L762</li><li style="text-align: justify;">L949, <i>The Western Virginia and Kentucky Rail Road and Coal Company</i>, $1000 bond, 1857, several vignettes, amazing scrollwork and very rare</li><li style="text-align: justify;">L769, <i>The Central Union Depot and Railway Company</i>, $100 shares, 1885, vignette of Cincinnati building and street scene </li><li style="text-align: justify;">A rare print from the American Bank Note Company is L876, <i>Nevada Southern Railway Company</i>, First Mortgage 5% 30 Year Gold Bond of $1000, 1893 </li></ul></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGiX2arNsxB3AObBqXiJ8Nq6LziwCo2SZnh7C1E8HJVUmN1p6meWYEweRaOVYNr5Ws84KV8GWrRYgPmW5r0u8pZBV9Al23lsHYn6Gcgd_SJ8MgZRdSqZg8Ny8AD3CTYOsGEYB06IR5mP-Z1ef8f727L1qpLCq9H_5K6Rnkr0zauw-VgHTvYgljhhiwwBZ3/s1752/662_Celta.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1321" data-original-width="1752" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGiX2arNsxB3AObBqXiJ8Nq6LziwCo2SZnh7C1E8HJVUmN1p6meWYEweRaOVYNr5Ws84KV8GWrRYgPmW5r0u8pZBV9Al23lsHYn6Gcgd_SJ8MgZRdSqZg8Ny8AD3CTYOsGEYB06IR5mP-Z1ef8f727L1qpLCq9H_5K6Rnkr0zauw-VgHTvYgljhhiwwBZ3/w400-h301/662_Celta.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The auction catalog includes stock certificates from companies involved in all types of activities. Such as this <i>CELTA </i>share. This cooperative was founded in 1931 to compete with Sudam, a private company providing electricity to the city of Tres Arroyos in Argentina. The still existing cooperative expanded its activities over the years also including telephone, funeral, health and dental services. This share, issued in 1939, presents a bold Art Deco scene conceived by the artist T. Menna. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div>Often these old securities have been designed by the artists of the day. The auction catalog lists a special index of the artists and engravers featured in the offerings. The certificate illustrated below depicts a Congolese woman with basket, an elephant tusk, a village, a map of the Basankusu region and the Star of Congo in the underprint. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKtgW3kTtXqO5-thUUBjIV3UUrSl0PGVxNWScjuDCcdAfGgwXqY-xoNTsVn7LP5v_8O9jcShEHPqySDTmbVb4_Lt4eglI7EjSW4KbYrbsKsipcloYIdMINB-mHSacgxC7B-jJEaqI4zEQAEB_KR2V1F82o767qmgDVXIby0ojacoP6AA2pElSUHEtTY9Wp/s2022/82_FHens.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2022" data-original-width="1435" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKtgW3kTtXqO5-thUUBjIV3UUrSl0PGVxNWScjuDCcdAfGgwXqY-xoNTsVn7LP5v_8O9jcShEHPqySDTmbVb4_Lt4eglI7EjSW4KbYrbsKsipcloYIdMINB-mHSacgxC7B-jJEaqI4zEQAEB_KR2V1F82o767qmgDVXIby0ojacoP6AA2pElSUHEtTY9Wp/w284-h400/82_FHens.jpg" width="284" /></a></div><div><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The early 20th century share shown here is from the notorious <i>ABIR.</i> The company harvested rubber in the Congo Free State, then private property of King Leopold II of Belgium. ABIR forced the local population to pay taxes and to harvest rubber under inhumane conditions. Those who failed where beated, mutilated, killed or their relatives were kidnapped or raped. This share from 1904 is a testament to Belgium's awful low point in history. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">It was Frans Hens who made the design of the certificate. He was the first Belgian artist to travel in the 1880s through the Congo and paint its nature, villages and people. He became known as a painter of the Belgian coast and the Schelde river. L82 is listed with a start price of €50. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZONSoYOZUPWk2-F5D5DLZdoHPtcA1B01SWagdgOkofWLqUYvY-Lex5EIOWjyW47jyed1x3lDB2iC8hog890gj-SlVaFFHx54LK70SSZfCBxfw2zshAL41dzIfJ0RjlqF37HMxJFdhPDQJW8gRuuyAcbsobGGbzT1RSwLDdvPi3b7BvpROTxxxwsduquC9/s1962/1002_BancoGuatemala.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1387" data-original-width="1962" height="283" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZONSoYOZUPWk2-F5D5DLZdoHPtcA1B01SWagdgOkofWLqUYvY-Lex5EIOWjyW47jyed1x3lDB2iC8hog890gj-SlVaFFHx54LK70SSZfCBxfw2zshAL41dzIfJ0RjlqF37HMxJFdhPDQJW8gRuuyAcbsobGGbzT1RSwLDdvPi3b7BvpROTxxxwsduquC9/w400-h283/1002_BancoGuatemala.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Another major topic in the sale is South America. The auction includes several single-item lots but also group lots from most South American countries. Collectors have the opportunity to acquire several certificates in these lots at reduced average item prices. However, in case no group bids are received most of these groups will be split into single-item lots during the auction. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Illustrated above is L1002 a 1909 <i>Banco de Guatemala</i> share. Printed by Waterlow & Sons it shows several vignettes and many guilloches. Very lovely printed is the Resplendent Quetzal - featured in the coat of arms of Guatemala: the country's national bird representing freedom and independence. L1002 is part of the Guatemala group lot, L992.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5WIKmUSbQqQk1OJuyr7Ngpqgmll9kkres8EfKEtuSiRH2T0CVWw_UIqnQsaY63bcP_RI3QACnoI4c9YwMKjqsoG4xnBF54uqW2Yfd0GuNYP9MSJHTQ1l46USo0-kk0_A3StUIzLXPUjkbLrf05cH9r8JGpaVCL_sbPqzRaCHSAfHuPSc7-lvyv-xm9XDq/s419/1002_BancoGuatemala_det.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="411" data-original-width="419" height="393" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5WIKmUSbQqQk1OJuyr7Ngpqgmll9kkres8EfKEtuSiRH2T0CVWw_UIqnQsaY63bcP_RI3QACnoI4c9YwMKjqsoG4xnBF54uqW2Yfd0GuNYP9MSJHTQ1l46USo0-kk0_A3StUIzLXPUjkbLrf05cH9r8JGpaVCL_sbPqzRaCHSAfHuPSc7-lvyv-xm9XDq/w400-h393/1002_BancoGuatemala_det.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">There is lots more to discover in the auction. Here are the auction details :</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div><ul><li>Location: this is an Internet only auction</li><li>Date: 2 December 2023</li><li>Further info : online catalog, PDF file & bidding, see <a href="https://www.booneshares.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here on the auctioneer's website</a>, or via the <a href="https://connect.invaluable.com/booneshares/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Invaluable platform, see there</a> </li></ul></div><div><br /></div><div>F.L.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><i>PS : Did you like this post ? Thank you for sharing it on you favorite social media channel !</i></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></div>F. L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16216038899330180005noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6220802956079250100.post-16500222489957389272023-10-30T20:38:00.004+01:002023-10-30T20:40:11.314+01:00Madras Gymkhana hosted scripophily talk<div style="text-align: justify;">Are you curious about Indian scripophily ? Well, this could be an interesting tip for you.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">On July 2, 2023, the Cultural Hub of the Madras Gymkhana Club hosted a scripophily talk. The speaker was Chennai-based Mr Sayeed Cassim who was interviewed by Mr Amarnath from MD Paterson Securities. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikQKZfY0fpxxpPKi0oBbjQkX4eu87nx-wW2Vm78JmJwBv3We1Os74MZ_RDWj5BPwRqco6K1OuhptYN8HAgzq9I4OxpZ-5xT6QFR_qPwzMOHG-JU5IYSctQVtY1lttzSvlzDtqFNqL9wRE986_esT0esiYBEAcq33F27-3bRPMs63EipvhoCq7VuZiJrZO4/s1926/SayeedPresentation.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1090" data-original-width="1926" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikQKZfY0fpxxpPKi0oBbjQkX4eu87nx-wW2Vm78JmJwBv3We1Os74MZ_RDWj5BPwRqco6K1OuhptYN8HAgzq9I4OxpZ-5xT6QFR_qPwzMOHG-JU5IYSctQVtY1lttzSvlzDtqFNqL9wRE986_esT0esiYBEAcq33F27-3bRPMs63EipvhoCq7VuZiJrZO4/w400-h226/SayeedPresentation.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;">Mr Amarnath, Mr Sayeed Cassim and the team of the c<span style="text-align: justify;">ultural subcommittee of the Madras Gymkhana Club that organized the talk and presentation</span>. The event was recorded and is available on YouTube. </span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">When it comes to Indian scripophily, you can't miss the many, often charming, antique securities. In the 19th century the creation of securities, mostly for British companies, was done in England and followed a British design tradition. Since the 1900s Indian printers developed their own lettering styles and ornaments, resulting in a unique range of bond and share certificates. Here's an example from the Minerva Mills Limited.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVT7aXZJ501odXSTmfqX59vhWlh-h7RN6g384xUKsXCicFm6z8X2Q0Uu59wPYsX3h6htPz2xe-Gl0MJu73ZMS9zIhYPMZQGIAad7uJjkOewaVaWWkDIUxifENmOrVhUqUy6Bsonj8IcPKNmSrAAsig5F9gnrz_TZXGUnbJxBi5iB5exUUWIWJwijG8F1eC/s1095/MinervaMills_2958_30PctRed.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="866" data-original-width="1095" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVT7aXZJ501odXSTmfqX59vhWlh-h7RN6g384xUKsXCicFm6z8X2Q0Uu59wPYsX3h6htPz2xe-Gl0MJu73ZMS9zIhYPMZQGIAad7uJjkOewaVaWWkDIUxifENmOrVhUqUy6Bsonj8IcPKNmSrAAsig5F9gnrz_TZXGUnbJxBi5iB5exUUWIWJwijG8F1eC/w400-h316/MinervaMills_2958_30PctRed.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;">This Minerva Mills Ltd share was issued on Oct 4, 1920, to Devidas Jekisondas Desai. The certificate represents a share of Rs.100, 20 Rs. been paid up. It features an embossed company seal and a one anna tax stamp in the lower and upper right corners, resp. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In this event Mr Sayeed Cassim presents antique share and bond certificates issued during India's pre-independence era from companies like the Imperial Bank of India and the Madras Railway Company. Some of the early certificates are printed on vellum and linen. Other scrip on display are beautiful examples of India's unique style of securities. </div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/OtDMvgc2jtI" width="320" youtube-src-id="OtDMvgc2jtI"></iframe></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div>The recording of the talk and presentation takes almost an hour. In the beginning the sound quality is not optimal but I encourage you to continue watching, explore and enjoy. </div><div><br /></div><div>Well done, Mr Sayeed Cassim, and thank you for supporting the hobby!</div><div><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">F.L. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div>F. L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16216038899330180005noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6220802956079250100.post-19969478401480274792023-10-23T20:19:00.003+02:002023-10-23T20:22:45.682+02:00Mark your calendar for the 22nd National Stock Certificate & Bond Show on Jan 26-27, 2024 at Herndon, VA<div style="text-align: justify;">Bob Schell's exciting 22nd National Stock Certificate and Bond show is back on the scripophily calendar! The show takes place in Herndon, near Washington DC. Several specialist dealers will present their scripophily treasures, as well as postcards, paper money, autographs and related Americana . </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWfXW_7RkJvM-6icaIjN2Gs4OlAjojWZsuEUWttRNQYbyppqQLfY4Zf6tB2_dRLJEWNlIba0tbbvDfH5G4kUwjsW_JAGugKKl_jmD2jLX1QWfgrmIKYrgb9kAHIwu5MNYUzWf5LQudnl1uxIdxqwtZj6qdvpyMLUa2ODr40186TlCFB0DeqwIXG2DNRzzv/s1210/Schell2024_1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="908" data-original-width="1210" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWfXW_7RkJvM-6icaIjN2Gs4OlAjojWZsuEUWttRNQYbyppqQLfY4Zf6tB2_dRLJEWNlIba0tbbvDfH5G4kUwjsW_JAGugKKl_jmD2jLX1QWfgrmIKYrgb9kAHIwu5MNYUzWf5LQudnl1uxIdxqwtZj6qdvpyMLUa2ODr40186TlCFB0DeqwIXG2DNRzzv/w400-h300/Schell2024_1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div>Antique American securities charm collectors from all parts in the world. At the show, dealers offer American railroad bonds, US mining stocks, certificates from automobile, brewery and film companies, and a lot more, like historic stocks from Mattel, Inc.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8UtxOTvbmaUnli3vj1886qLbMTbJ84Dijtrw1cXQO7-koNOG_Tqh9gTXpYe5cixEyugJ9DG3UdxBXXNn6oaVCdvv9q_6odLNdh0hV_arMq-enPrgj4Zv5z9u7SNwARd3Hg_g2WI-2arANHkMhxHOr8znas0FNCI1kbIjB4EORJKNaAkqNkyvoM8Va1jkD/s1112/2554_30PctRed.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="766" data-original-width="1112" height="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8UtxOTvbmaUnli3vj1886qLbMTbJ84Dijtrw1cXQO7-koNOG_Tqh9gTXpYe5cixEyugJ9DG3UdxBXXNn6oaVCdvv9q_6odLNdh0hV_arMq-enPrgj4Zv5z9u7SNwARd3Hg_g2WI-2arANHkMhxHOr8znas0FNCI1kbIjB4EORJKNaAkqNkyvoM8Va1jkD/w400-h275/2554_30PctRed.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;">Greta Gerwig's <i>Barbie</i> is currently conquering the world. In this movie actor Margot Robbie stars as the live-action version of the famous Barbie doll. It was Mattel's co-founder Ruth Handler who invented the Barbie doll in 1959. The Mattel stock certificate is one of many American iconic stocks that can be found on a bourse like this. </span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div>Depending on their historic relevance, thematic subject, aesthetical design, rarity and the presence of a famous signature, antique stocks and bonds can be acquired from a few dollars up to four figures amounts. </div></div><div><br /></div><div>The International Bond & Share Society (IBSS) published a 'Top 20 auctioned in 2022' in their August 2023 issue of <i>Scripophily </i>magazine. Five American certificates hold top 10 positions in that list. Who knows what other gems can be discovered at the show's dealer tables. </div><div> </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXWXTCDc2ocDGqsefaDehw_Yx6oPI5AdQxMaXGibOcxycZxXeK-fSEG8Sebb6jCZtuXgvow0xSInig1UPp_KKpVAcdI3GxwHbakJWouY_KgJQeJUwUzA6uvGi2d1WgofrC8P2tf3wvzSspbdr2khdp3GKC5YppPjbS1cKO168JvEQ3NMf13JdD6cosQV7P/s923/Schell2024_2.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="923" data-original-width="881" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXWXTCDc2ocDGqsefaDehw_Yx6oPI5AdQxMaXGibOcxycZxXeK-fSEG8Sebb6jCZtuXgvow0xSInig1UPp_KKpVAcdI3GxwHbakJWouY_KgJQeJUwUzA6uvGi2d1WgofrC8P2tf3wvzSspbdr2khdp3GKC5YppPjbS1cKO168JvEQ3NMf13JdD6cosQV7P/w381-h400/Schell2024_2.JPG" width="381" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><div>The bourse is scheduled on January 26th & 27th , 2024. Dealers should contact organizer Bob Schell, <a href="mailto:rsschell@msn.com">rsschell@msn.com</a>, for practical information on the venue and tables. On the second day, a IBSS Member Breakfast is planned for 7:45 AM on Saturday Jan. 27. </div></div><div><br /></div><div>If you want to know more about IBSS, there is plenty of occasion to meet several of its members as well as IBSS committee members at the event. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQlMCy2SH3uB0ZTscJQq3-Ew0vTM4nk6gecptGu2ORlDPSjNaqeJXZePB0WQhF0BAMXYpcaVA-30mBfZLswI1OpktpgLwjf56eOI8ZbPcA1RouhXSZ9OYkClAaPBb-GIBhmsyFJmDlOcNp4t5CYnEhNs3aa4Z1agDwhV93C03sKxBNkyAwgAEdXNQCp_z8/s858/Schell2024_3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="620" data-original-width="858" height="289" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQlMCy2SH3uB0ZTscJQq3-Ew0vTM4nk6gecptGu2ORlDPSjNaqeJXZePB0WQhF0BAMXYpcaVA-30mBfZLswI1OpktpgLwjf56eOI8ZbPcA1RouhXSZ9OYkClAaPBb-GIBhmsyFJmDlOcNp4t5CYnEhNs3aa4Z1agDwhV93C03sKxBNkyAwgAEdXNQCp_z8/w400-h289/Schell2024_3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div>The organizer obtained a special show room rate for participants and visitors at the Crown Plaza Hotel-Dulles Airport, 2200 Centreville Road, Herndon, VA 20170. Check with the organizer or see the flyer above for details. </div><div><br /></div><div>An event like this is always an opportunity to meet with collector friends. Located near Washington Dulles Airport, the venue is an excellent starting point for visiting top touristic locations in Washington DC.</div><div><br /></div><div>F.L.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>PS: I will give a scripophily talk during the IBSS breakfast at the event. Topic: Milestones in the History of Computing in 20 Stocks and Bonds. </div><div><br /></div></div>F. L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16216038899330180005noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6220802956079250100.post-15044927188645686062023-09-30T11:21:00.001+02:002023-09-30T11:27:57.559+02:00FHW auction features more than 1500 historic bonds and shares including several German collections <div style="text-align: justify;">Freunde Historischer Wertpapiere (FHW) has scheduled its 124th sale for October 7, 2023. This time the auctioneer selected more than 1500 lots of historic bonds and share certificates. Major sections have been reserved for scripophily from the USA, Germany, the German DM era, and a series of more than 300 lots from other countries.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGgtdO4-26m-QXK2mBTgPz2Qy3b-1qEOQkG4MqVJt2uDovXNUuMczgk67Jm6ORqdkSZmnfkLRbLlBzpxq1mjYTDDTpzx266oobkDZn1Kk5SG2Su-zAODcuyHE9pZkDQGRF7LoYKKdS0o5oZmILGK_G23vdS_K88GnmoHvf3mDLN8r-X3Aw-BA-7yujbXEV/s1575/FHW20231007_0626_KurhausNauheim_50PctRed.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1575" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGgtdO4-26m-QXK2mBTgPz2Qy3b-1qEOQkG4MqVJt2uDovXNUuMczgk67Jm6ORqdkSZmnfkLRbLlBzpxq1mjYTDDTpzx266oobkDZn1Kk5SG2Su-zAODcuyHE9pZkDQGRF7LoYKKdS0o5oZmILGK_G23vdS_K88GnmoHvf3mDLN8r-X3Aw-BA-7yujbXEV/w488-h640/FHW20231007_0626_KurhausNauheim_50PctRed.jpg" width="488" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;">One of the auction's highlights is this gorgeous share from the <i>Société des Fermes Réunies du Kurhaus et de la Banque de Nauheim Hesse Électorale</i>. It was the Frenchman Jacques Roland Viali who founded the casino and the accompanying health resort. In addition to the roulette hall, there was also a reading room, a concert hall and a dance hall. Spa guests strolled in the adjoining parc around the large pond and boats were purchased to provided more entertainment. Within a year after its opening, 1 Jan 1854, Nauheim received city rights, and soon new avenues were constructed. Few companies would change a town's history so quickly. This 1854 share, with Viali signature, is part of the Deutschland Top 20 chapter and starts at €2,600. L(ot) 626 in the auction</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Traditionally FHW is know for its strong emphasis on German scripophily. On top of that, several collections are now going under the hammer. The Hans-Werner Schmidt collection of Oberfranken (Upper Franconia) features 338 certificates in 146 lots from all themes, including brewery shares, such as L162, a rare share from the <i>Erste Bamberger Export-Bierbrauerei Frankenbrau</i>. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhau2kcTo4V_b9hjS07rETlejliOtSjnmzhFzQHFQteRupMWJryiv7BBomBUYwt-W7sFJM9L_ZyBVDJUV0y3sgNuivLZABzRzqok6F2xGaCSgtRY0Pum5kESCrd2t-y4rThNIJSle6AVEq0vBdhzJjo4VGa-GRpkrERyPqCC4ml2xMlP1eaNKmGuUPzw9ix/s1200/FHW20231007_0225_SchmidtBank_50PctRed.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="850" data-original-width="1200" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhau2kcTo4V_b9hjS07rETlejliOtSjnmzhFzQHFQteRupMWJryiv7BBomBUYwt-W7sFJM9L_ZyBVDJUV0y3sgNuivLZABzRzqok6F2xGaCSgtRY0Pum5kESCrd2t-y4rThNIJSle6AVEq0vBdhzJjo4VGa-GRpkrERyPqCC4ml2xMlP1eaNKmGuUPzw9ix/w400-h284/FHW20231007_0225_SchmidtBank_50PctRed.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;">Collectors of DM securities will be pleased to find a large section in the catalog counting almost 400 lots of securities from the Deutsche Mark era. However, this <i>SchmidtBank KGaA </i>1000 shares certificate, is part of the Hans-Werner Schmidt Oberfranken collection, L225. Bidding starts at €500. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The USA forms the largest non-German chapter in the sale with about 200 lots such as:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><ul><li>L1350, <i>Barkley-Grow Aircraft Corp</i>, stock certificate, 1936, airplane vignette, €240 </li><li>L1419, <i>Massachusetts Fish Co</i>, specimen share, 1907, crowded harbour scene, €100 </li><li>L1461, <i>Petaluma and Sebastopol Railroad</i>, stock certificate, 1889, rare, €600 </li></ul></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDAl9TOxuhLlH28fAiWghdEBWoEB4LiudSaCBC8YUZydI7Qxrc6a_xcgIJ2N-eBlZfIgJIJrS_rnfATmBrBexYgrZWppRjvHXRwtGSYM0UljOyJiHFH4CtwUfpwlJIr0P9kZSfMDufEBRSkwpV6WB9RTDnYRUWB6K071fDJSG3f2RY_PUczuZccvhyphenhyphen3P5j/s1518/FHW20231007_1483_SebagoLongPondSteamNavigation_50PctRed.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1518" data-original-width="1200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDAl9TOxuhLlH28fAiWghdEBWoEB4LiudSaCBC8YUZydI7Qxrc6a_xcgIJ2N-eBlZfIgJIJrS_rnfATmBrBexYgrZWppRjvHXRwtGSYM0UljOyJiHFH4CtwUfpwlJIr0P9kZSfMDufEBRSkwpV6WB9RTDnYRUWB6K071fDJSG3f2RY_PUczuZccvhyphenhyphen3P5j/w316-h400/FHW20231007_1483_SebagoLongPondSteamNavigation_50PctRed.jpg" width="316" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;">The <i>Sebago and Long-Pond Steam-Navigation Company </i>built its Fawn steamboat in 1847. It had a shallow hull to navigate Maine's winding Songo River, with passengers asked to shift sides as ballast to keep both paddlewheels in the water around sharp curves. This 1848 share features three vignettes, two paddlewheel steamers and a church, and a green company seal. L1483, €400 </span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div>There is a lot more to discover in the sale, so here are the details :</div><div><ul><li>Date : 7 October, 2023</li><li>Location : Wolfenbüttel </li><li>Further info, see <a href="https://www.fhw-online.de/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>; PDF catalog see <a href="https://www.fhw-online.de/katalog124/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">there</a>; live bidding is possible through <a href="https://connect.invaluable.com/dwa/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://connect.invaluable.com/dwa/</a> </li></ul></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>F.L.</div><div><br /></div></div></div>F. L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16216038899330180005noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6220802956079250100.post-31593401942102735962023-09-26T21:47:00.000+02:002023-09-26T21:47:28.916+02:00IBSS surprises members with full publications of Drumm & Henseler scripophily catalogues <div style="text-align: justify;">The International Bond & Share Society is an association of people interested in scripophily. The society was founded in 1978 as a non-profit organization with the aim to promote, encourage and develop all aspects of scripophily. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">With members all over the world, the society publishes its flagship publication <i>Scripophily</i> three times a year.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Over a timespan of several months a small group of members cooperated in obtaining the copyrights of the pioneering Drumm & Henseler catalogs, digitizing those works, and making them available to its members as downloadable publications. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The following catalogues can now be found on the IBSS site :</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFBGzQabmOgSaE_t4_NY0-lxYCBreIXeT4fshICKvUw73FDdT4MvnwFHc7Nmd4J5FJcIFHBsodaKqU6qlmPZ0RLUbAUs7gRPisF-Gu-nBzzsm2BqgI9ZKTZu34Nb-6spu65eT5OnGYHXSpUR4Y6ZClaKhoJPsgtTJ9LyO20FLQrq91lu351aqJ7WFVEsGD/s694/ItalianRailways_DrummHenselerWitula.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="694" data-original-width="484" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFBGzQabmOgSaE_t4_NY0-lxYCBreIXeT4fshICKvUw73FDdT4MvnwFHc7Nmd4J5FJcIFHBsodaKqU6qlmPZ0RLUbAUs7gRPisF-Gu-nBzzsm2BqgI9ZKTZu34Nb-6spu65eT5OnGYHXSpUR4Y6ZClaKhoJPsgtTJ9LyO20FLQrq91lu351aqJ7WFVEsGD/s320/ItalianRailways_DrummHenselerWitula.JPG" width="223" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Italian Railways, by Drumm, Henseler, Witula</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia2cxAmqBd3tVxp47ApiThOqhrsvBAmukjw9VkbiW3A4mmNDP3AARHAEglndKCNIiZ9P5g5tVqYjAkmBlnVQU4FhD8ASgFxygMX9WqyRVzOeo1aXK6gImJPUuFwdUkp2JKUpyr7rpxACyj9j1JRE6786n2itKXYdvPon-qZckI5GZcrJWNjhhASNBB28KN/s689/OttomanEmpireandTurkey_DrummHenselerGlasemann.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="689" data-original-width="493" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia2cxAmqBd3tVxp47ApiThOqhrsvBAmukjw9VkbiW3A4mmNDP3AARHAEglndKCNIiZ9P5g5tVqYjAkmBlnVQU4FhD8ASgFxygMX9WqyRVzOeo1aXK6gImJPUuFwdUkp2JKUpyr7rpxACyj9j1JRE6786n2itKXYdvPon-qZckI5GZcrJWNjhhASNBB28KN/s320/OttomanEmpireandTurkey_DrummHenselerGlasemann.JPG" width="229" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Ottoman Empire and Turkey, by Drumm, Henseler, Glasemann</div><div><br /></div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB1vDnMontJ8-27rguQVT7udPpFFuPAsKLth8lgxxurba75IgjiDNsLU5nsk-MR-bf7nl9fSmt1OZx91OeF6DpA8-RQc6GhvCmZ7s5zdbRYWZAy4fak7ahDB8eKbR4k_1q5jyEGGOM59bdlbVjUvBI6WstVU_hIIAhu_EONzCYeBTaLvE1ODwV7u5PovHR/s689/RussianCityBonds_DrummHenseler.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="689" data-original-width="497" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB1vDnMontJ8-27rguQVT7udPpFFuPAsKLth8lgxxurba75IgjiDNsLU5nsk-MR-bf7nl9fSmt1OZx91OeF6DpA8-RQc6GhvCmZ7s5zdbRYWZAy4fak7ahDB8eKbR4k_1q5jyEGGOM59bdlbVjUvBI6WstVU_hIIAhu_EONzCYeBTaLvE1ODwV7u5PovHR/s320/RussianCityBonds_DrummHenseler.JPG" width="231" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Russian City Bonds, by Drumm, Henseler<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWL2SPWSI0APuVeNcdOXUVhxrvSmJT9o40C90h6sJf8aG7fqA4HKjgtJbjKbYT9lR4J9KTMBQs8Ra1Gk4wOnWlFzTgOZYi6wMAXZYT_3OPp2e80PxKXao8BcM0YVk8QjvBoZjEL74Q9IG9ycZfFbRj9GgJQNF2l8XB1GFxWSoVskmv6Yvbffwt3PnWUm_z/s693/RussianRailwayBonds_DrummHenseler.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="693" data-original-width="493" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWL2SPWSI0APuVeNcdOXUVhxrvSmJT9o40C90h6sJf8aG7fqA4HKjgtJbjKbYT9lR4J9KTMBQs8Ra1Gk4wOnWlFzTgOZYi6wMAXZYT_3OPp2e80PxKXao8BcM0YVk8QjvBoZjEL74Q9IG9ycZfFbRj9GgJQNF2l8XB1GFxWSoVskmv6Yvbffwt3PnWUm_z/s320/RussianRailwayBonds_DrummHenseler.JPG" width="228" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Russian Railway Bonds, by Drumm, Henseler</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div>You can find the publications <a href="https://scripophily.org/members-only/members-only-publications/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>, but you must be logged in as a member to access this information. Still not a member ? Then <a href="https://scripophily.org/membership/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">this will help you out</a>. </div></div><div><br /></div><div>F.L.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>F. L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16216038899330180005noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6220802956079250100.post-28749117007672440872023-09-04T23:14:00.003+02:002023-09-05T08:22:02.735+02:00Predecessor FC Bayern München to be sold at HWPH auction<div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Historisches Wertpapierhaus AG (HWPH) has scheduled its next double-session sale for 9 and 11 September 2023. Specialist Matthias Schmitt and his team brought together some 1,900 lots of scripophily and related documents for this occasion. Included is an ultra rare and stunning share certificate from FC Bayern München's predecessor, </span>Munich's gymnastics club MTV.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWYFwP5yJbva0dEBO4zkAVtkeBCYpPlFSsUsXUAJU1DwXossMG0zZ_KTqye2I9TycszUF5fDfJF6Pc2KPaUa_JoUwkXcJ5yMHM000Swj3J7fQjdf6adTgcCvV20tZtWXax7-fnH2K6A37WoTFaxjwm7bWQazM7x6wzS_OopgWZS6SEyHmzjrFakmAF84yL/s1825/591_MTVMuenchen_30PctRed.jpg"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWYFwP5yJbva0dEBO4zkAVtkeBCYpPlFSsUsXUAJU1DwXossMG0zZ_KTqye2I9TycszUF5fDfJF6Pc2KPaUa_JoUwkXcJ5yMHM000Swj3J7fQjdf6adTgcCvV20tZtWXax7-fnH2K6A37WoTFaxjwm7bWQazM7x6wzS_OopgWZS6SEyHmzjrFakmAF84yL/w421-h640/591_MTVMuenchen_30PctRed.jpg" width="421" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;">One of the most iconic football clubs <b>FC Bayern</b> doesn't need an introduction. With an average of 75,000 attendees its Allianz Arena mostly runs at 100 per cent capacity level. The club originates from the <b>Männer-Turn-Verein München</b> (Men's Gymnastics Club Munich) when 11 members of the football division left the club and founded Fußball-Club Bayern München in 1900. This share certificate dates from 1886 and is one of only two known. L(ot) 591 in the auction starts at €2,800. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The first part of the sale is a public auction at Zorneding, Germany, followed two days later by an online auction. Both parts offer historic and beautiful antique stocks and bonds from all continents. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhthJmC3s6GkRtcOH_twXW-Srf0YMU6Iv-4nJXG0iCALSGUUxxqG0M6Rm5X-WuwByl1L7__eTHHxK9Fb3ztg7QVyaGvaw1WMwKjpD98TfJ8alN8OIPbf0sVDWR1b2CZzJKqIU6Z5fXpg65CRvjck7D1R-R8Oh5GPrM1J_nJ6sa5DYihJfxq2HUhdtLOODoU/s1200/566_RheinischWestfaelischeEisenundStahlwerke_30PctRed.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="847" data-original-width="1200" height="283" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhthJmC3s6GkRtcOH_twXW-Srf0YMU6Iv-4nJXG0iCALSGUUxxqG0M6Rm5X-WuwByl1L7__eTHHxK9Fb3ztg7QVyaGvaw1WMwKjpD98TfJ8alN8OIPbf0sVDWR1b2CZzJKqIU6Z5fXpg65CRvjck7D1R-R8Oh5GPrM1J_nJ6sa5DYihJfxq2HUhdtLOODoU/w400-h283/566_RheinischWestfaelischeEisenundStahlwerke_30PctRed.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;">specimen share certificate from 1953 in the <b>Rheinisch-Westfälische Eisen- und Stahlwerke</b>, L566</span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div></div><div><br /></div><div>To give an idea, here's very small selection of what will go on the block:</div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>L139, <b>La Hispano Suiza Fábrica de Automóviles</b>, share from 1905, great design by the Spanish painter Ramon Casas</li><li>L592, <b>Boston American League Base-Ball Club</b>, stock certificate, 1911, issued to and signed by centre fielder Jim R. McAleer</li><li>L594, <b>Flamingo Films, Inc., </b>stock certificate, 1933, issued to and signed by actor comedian Buster Keaton </li><li>L793, <b>Akcionarsky Pivovar na Smichove</b>, 1939, splendid share certificate of this brewery from Prague</li><li>L1737, <b>Republic of El Salvado</b>, $1000 bond,1923 </li></ul></div><br /><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWPAfK4jlnNawktssSqYeJ70zFK_baAt-1T9LTigUnVnjE_v8vADR24hMqaR4LCFNo71hcypWccttY1ggu0EUZRWmna86fCXRBNJ88wbRYRp90LsdW1Cl5hScThTIQXGCR2Qp63dupf-o-7TMMlVoctOPtNtmYQHLZuRAdCQZwhYY6sCB1xAFM8eTH1-Qj/s1200/027_ToyoAutomobileCo_30PctRed.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="903" data-original-width="1200" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWPAfK4jlnNawktssSqYeJ70zFK_baAt-1T9LTigUnVnjE_v8vADR24hMqaR4LCFNo71hcypWccttY1ggu0EUZRWmna86fCXRBNJ88wbRYRp90LsdW1Cl5hScThTIQXGCR2Qp63dupf-o-7TMMlVoctOPtNtmYQHLZuRAdCQZwhYY6sCB1xAFM8eTH1-Qj/w400-h301/027_ToyoAutomobileCo_30PctRed.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #666666;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #666666;">L27 is a 10 shares certificate from the <b>Toyo Automobile Company</b>, issued in 1912 and </span></span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;">a rare example of how Japanese artists became influenced by the Art Nouveau movement.</span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;">Bidding starts at €400.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>You can find more of these fascinating stocks and bonds in HWPH's auction catalogs. Here are the details of this event:</span><br /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Dates</span></li><ul><li><span style="font-family: inherit;"> 9 September 2023, Zorneding, Germany, public auction</span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">11 September 2023, online auction</span></li></ul><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Further info and catalogs, see <a href="https://www.hwph.de/historische-wertpapiere/pa65.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a> on HWPH's site, as well as <a href="https://www.invaluable.com/auction-house/hwph-historisches-wertpapierhaus-ag-0uiot3zhfn" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">there on the Invaluable platform</a> . </span></li></ul><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">F.L.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><br />F. L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16216038899330180005noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6220802956079250100.post-69663309090053700512023-05-24T18:47:00.001+02:002023-05-24T18:49:40.760+02:00HSK presents American scripophily, bonds and shares from Northern Germany and the H-W Schmidt collection of German banking securities <div style="text-align: justify;"><i>Hanseatisches SammlerKontor für Historische Wertpapiere</i> <span style="font-size: x-small;">(HSK)</span> plans its next auction of stocks and bonds on June 3, 2023 at its headquarters in Wolfenbüttel. Over 1200 lots are described in full in a 200 pages counting auction catalogue. All lots can be checked out online as well.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGE-xQeBH4_CulWs5cXUUg5LnEH0rR1ZZE9HuKefJ6VNdn7us_heW_N5cQaCB00nWAM9OdeqlqBMqZkLli4dZ3rnB02R4KLt4kFPPQ7tv7sdFkilhN872BjVKyjLKJTSDd_YTYJEZiBPOqJwTTfxkZGLSNJOn8afJRG0sfaYtCB1HuiJrL-j-itZuB3g/s1559/L0762_LandbankBerlin_50PctRed.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1559" data-original-width="1200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGE-xQeBH4_CulWs5cXUUg5LnEH0rR1ZZE9HuKefJ6VNdn7us_heW_N5cQaCB00nWAM9OdeqlqBMqZkLli4dZ3rnB02R4KLt4kFPPQ7tv7sdFkilhN872BjVKyjLKJTSDd_YTYJEZiBPOqJwTTfxkZGLSNJOn8afJRG0sfaYtCB1HuiJrL-j-itZuB3g/w308-h400/L0762_LandbankBerlin_50PctRed.jpg" width="308" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;">This 1000 mark share from the <i>Landbank</i>, Berlin, featuring a Jugendstil design, was printed in 1897 by the Reichsdruckerei. Only a handfull of these certificates are known. This one is part of the H-W Schmidt collection. L(ot) 762 in the auction starts at €800. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The Hans-Werner Schmidt Collection of German banking securities forms a major section in this auction. This collection consists of lots 677 through 816 and has been assembled over several decades. A few examples:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><ul><li>Rarely seen is the bold industrial artwork of the 10000 mark share in the <i>Ostbayerische Industrie- und Handelsbank AG, Furth i.W.</i>, 1923, L778.</li><li>L751, <i>Herzogl. Sächs. Landrentenbank in Coburg</i>, 100 mark bond, issued in 1911.</li><li>One of the most spectacular typographical designs in scripophily is the multicolor share certificate from the <i>Preussische Boden Credit Actienbank</i>, Berlin, 1873. L783</li></ul></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjshcnI6rh9Fsc3zrgvU_PQkCOREynl80YrpDIioxdS8wWM0mYqFk3Hh6qlp13ikkenW12Q21GyzRO0Myip_aE3czNdP-xNO16HNb1FoiYebK3kfSbt6CFZ--G5iFI2FFkL-D6sbT6UTBXHWyK-en9nQCYiIZB5UdSQgmW7zirFSlIo3xHu3T5dhRPNxA/s2400/L0515_StadttheaterHamburg.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1862" data-original-width="2400" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjshcnI6rh9Fsc3zrgvU_PQkCOREynl80YrpDIioxdS8wWM0mYqFk3Hh6qlp13ikkenW12Q21GyzRO0Myip_aE3czNdP-xNO16HNb1FoiYebK3kfSbt6CFZ--G5iFI2FFkL-D6sbT6UTBXHWyK-en9nQCYiIZB5UdSQgmW7zirFSlIo3xHu3T5dhRPNxA/w400-h310/L0515_StadttheaterHamburg.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;">The 1873 founder share of the <i>Stadttheater-Gesellschaft zu Hamburg</i> is the top highlight in HSK's auction. The new stone building of the Hamburg State Opera was inaugurated in 1827. In 1873 the building was renovated in Gründerzeit style, as illustrated in the large underprint of the certificate. Gustav Mahler was the company's musical director from 1891 to 1897. In World War II Hamburg was an easy to find target and the opera house was destroyed by fire-bombing. Rebuilt in the early 1950s by Bauhaus architect Gerhard Weber, the Staatsoper reopened in 1955 with Mozart's Die Zauberflöte. L515 starts at €10,000.</span> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">About 900 lots of German scripophily are presented in several sections:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><ul><li>L315-446 <b>Bremen and Niedersachsen</b>, for example L348 <i>Deutsche Petroleum-Bohr-Gesellschaft</i>, 1881, illustrated with an oil field vignette </li><li>L447-519 <b>Hamburg</b>, e.g. L515 <i>Stadttheater-Gesellschaft zu Hamburg</i>, image see above </li><li>Lot range 520 through 645 consists of a collection of Hamburg related zero numbered specimen certificates from the Deutsche Mark period. </li><li>L646-676 <b>Schleswig-Holstein and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern</b>, such as L650, two shares in the <i>Flensburg-Ekensunder Dampfschiffs-Gesellschaft,</i> based in the very north of Germany.</li><li>L677-818 <b>H-W Schmidt collection of German banking securities</b>, see above</li><li>L817-1046 <b>Germany before 1945</b>, including L817 a 1852 share from the <i>Aachen-Mastrichter Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft</i>, bilingual in German and Dutch, two coat of arms 'Gott mit uns' and 'Je Maintiendrai', elaborate floral design.</li><li>L1047-1239 <b>Germany from 1945 onwards</b>, e.g. L1110 <i>Deutsche Lufthansa Aktiengesellschaft</i>, Köln, 1997, illustrated with a world map vignette</li></ul><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7hqoFnNWrGSqJ6vi_OaGGJH8YhRyH2AZho-RX1uWUeT_EnrG00EIruEZhjUZEye2gzRnwyh3zxI8ksrYMHwCLVSv75_pEZosLOxO_lCVkPpST6x_LJsUFFWOAiZDaVyZn0RMK6wh_XYgesVLqIb9zXUnTIoBXBOBQjoCzYWWQsbvSJ0dVqy80P2x0iA/s1200/L0063_CommodoreInternational_50PctRed.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="797" data-original-width="1200" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7hqoFnNWrGSqJ6vi_OaGGJH8YhRyH2AZho-RX1uWUeT_EnrG00EIruEZhjUZEye2gzRnwyh3zxI8ksrYMHwCLVSv75_pEZosLOxO_lCVkPpST6x_LJsUFFWOAiZDaVyZn0RMK6wh_XYgesVLqIb9zXUnTIoBXBOBQjoCzYWWQsbvSJ0dVqy80P2x0iA/w400-h266/L0063_CommodoreInternational_50PctRed.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;">Polish Auschwitz survivor Jack Tramiel - who later formed Atari Corporation - founded in 1954 the Commodore Portable Typewriter Company. In 1955 the company was reincorporated in Canada as Commodore Business Machines, Inc., and went public on the NYSE under the name <i>Commodore International Limited</i> in 1962. Already in the early 1970s the company produced electronic programmable calculators. Reorganized in 1976, CIL moved its financiel headquarters to the Bahamas. Launched in 1977 the Commodore PET personal computer helped to bring personal computers to widespread use. L63 starts at €100. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><br /><div>The <b>American</b> section counts 200 lots including several certificates signed by or issued to Thomas A. Edison, L79, L196, L197 and L78. A <i>Pan American Airways Corporation </i>stock certificate from 1945, L155, is issued to Sherman M. Fairchild who also signed it on reverse. </div><div>Some other examples:</div><div><ul><li>L106 is a bond from <i>The Huntingdon and Broad Top Mountain Rail Road and Coal Company</i>, large railway bridge vignettte, issued in 1862.</li><li>A lovely banking vault vignette adorns a <i>Lowry Banking Company</i> stock certificate, Georgia, 1894. L120</li><li>L26 <i>The American Quick-Transit Steamship Company</i>, 1882, Boston, Mass., depicts a large ocean steamer.</li></ul></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMToRCjPWfgrvOvcRWEo-CR3m63stsS4BebRcZgrNoojr_Mha_mJ7u0CBhjpUEa76tdDAMTFXxK9VF-9tJV5rQoyYsD85uQLmapoD15DOYHTIDwWdhs--RTqu-tC9m-P6Xj4_Pdtp7YMkIKhQCpwKxTdrx0kU_Z1wTYcjuFnQoPrap9YAbWdYZjoYVDA/s1200/L0292_MoulinRouge_50PctRed.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="909" data-original-width="1200" height="303" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMToRCjPWfgrvOvcRWEo-CR3m63stsS4BebRcZgrNoojr_Mha_mJ7u0CBhjpUEa76tdDAMTFXxK9VF-9tJV5rQoyYsD85uQLmapoD15DOYHTIDwWdhs--RTqu-tC9m-P6Xj4_Pdtp7YMkIKhQCpwKxTdrx0kU_Z1wTYcjuFnQoPrap9YAbWdYZjoYVDA/w400-h303/L0292_MoulinRouge_50PctRed.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;">The European section in HSK's 42nd auction includes objects such as this 1904 share from the <i>Société Anonyme du Théatre-Concert du Moulin-Rouge</i>. Located in the Boulevard de Clichy, Paris, this cabaret became a world famous attraction with its can-can danse. Bids start at €200 for L292.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #666666;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #666666;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #666666;"><div>There is a lot more to discover in the catalog, so here are the details :</div><div><ul><li>Date : 3 June, 2023 </li><li>Further info, see <a href="https://www.historische-wertpapiere.de/de/HSK-Auktion-XLII/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>; live bidding is possible through <a href="https://connect.invaluable.com/dwa/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://connect.invaluable.com/dwa/</a> </li></ul></div><div><br /></div><div>F.L.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><i>PS : Did you like this post ? Thank you for sharing it on you favorite social media channel !</i></div></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #666666;"><br /></span></div></div>F. L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16216038899330180005noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6220802956079250100.post-37360550404565761792023-05-04T22:48:00.000+02:002023-05-04T22:48:31.375+02:00The image tricks your eyes<div style="text-align: justify;">Since the 1900s Indian security printers developed their own lettering styles and ornaments. Distinguishing themselves from the British design tradition, their work resulted in a unique range of bond and share certificates.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Here is an example from <i>The Ahmedabad New Textile Mills Co. Ltd</i>: a one 4% (Free of Income Tax) Redeemable Cumulative Second Preference Share of Rs.50, issued on 1 March 1947. </div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLIIve3kC4fuvHqokdBzX3b5VpQAQFadwOmJPr_CrvDIfIP1x0eeWQAQn1ukzzrmfIrd3thqdvC0-h-5H3d_d5YOXm9nQ6PsDoFKb_qahuL2_r2a7N9WT23o2etc6NChmTEYlmxghxl2OQODfDLXJi7k9MhY3loCgU7hRy7y8mhw3uJ8UU0vfBm99PJQ/s1088/2875_30PctRed.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="918" data-original-width="1088" height="338" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLIIve3kC4fuvHqokdBzX3b5VpQAQFadwOmJPr_CrvDIfIP1x0eeWQAQn1ukzzrmfIrd3thqdvC0-h-5H3d_d5YOXm9nQ6PsDoFKb_qahuL2_r2a7N9WT23o2etc6NChmTEYlmxghxl2OQODfDLXJi7k9MhY3loCgU7hRy7y8mhw3uJ8UU0vfBm99PJQ/w400-h338/2875_30PctRed.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;">The <i>Ahmedabad New Textile Mills Co. Ltd</i> was established in 1916 by Jivanlal Girdharlal. In 1923 the neighbouring Zaveri Spinning and Weaving Mills was taken over. ANTM produced saris, dhotis, voile and the like. After World War II it had more than 900 looms and provided work to 2,000 employees. </span></div><div><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><div>Have a look at the circular geometric pattern in the upper left corner of the share certificate. In that figure, the middle circle is formed by a black line. </div><div><br /></div><div>Can you notice that the first word of the company name, namely 'The', blends in perfectly? The circle's black line changes into the color blue and connects at the same time with the blue outline of the black T character. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKaQRVuqwtlq3zbNI1oWuP4fDPnTvnKd3LPcIDRRVrH9_3PKw30Io6m-TquXVMi2GRpuvIbttQED5EfKCJCxlqhw5RY9f8gwaOv8YCVY-_-9tAfTFKnP9bC9v7Ul1ypldWoS3jUldAjRnWAMunoDQHtQ8ZYJ-aSK6mDHOz5M_1AHh9c8yJ0u0WDN0RVw/s1698/2875_figure.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="708" data-original-width="1698" height="166" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKaQRVuqwtlq3zbNI1oWuP4fDPnTvnKd3LPcIDRRVrH9_3PKw30Io6m-TquXVMi2GRpuvIbttQED5EfKCJCxlqhw5RY9f8gwaOv8YCVY-_-9tAfTFKnP9bC9v7Ul1ypldWoS3jUldAjRnWAMunoDQHtQ8ZYJ-aSK6mDHOz5M_1AHh9c8yJ0u0WDN0RVw/w400-h166/2875_figure.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div>The image tricks your eyes. We still see a full circle. But take away the T-letter, and the circle is broken. Remove the circle and the T is incomplete. Great, isn't it.</div><div><br /></div><div>F.L.</div><div><br /></div><div>Previous posts<br /><ul><li><a href="http://leeuwerck.blogspot.com/2023/01/auction-explosion-says-scripophily.html" target="_blank">"Auction Explosion!" says Scripophily magazine</a> </li><li><a href="http://leeuwerck.blogspot.com/2022/12/the-most-expensive-share-sold-at.html" target="_blank">The most expensive share sold at auction in 2021</a> </li></ul></div><div><div><br /></div></div></div>F. L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16216038899330180005noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6220802956079250100.post-56543097617752132932023-04-29T09:25:00.001+02:002023-05-01T10:22:45.105+02:00Auctioneer Boone celebrates 40th anniversary in Antwerp: oldest stock exchange building houses international scripophily auction and bourse<div style="text-align: justify;">Mario Boone's 70th scripophily event spans 4 days! On Saturday May 6, a live auction with nearly 800 lots of historic and splendid antique shares and bonds takes place at the "Handelsbeurs" in Antwerp, the oldest stock exchange building in the world.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">An international scripophily bourse with free entrance for any visitor is organized at the same location on Sunday May 7. A great opportunity to see antique securities in the center of Antwerp.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">On Monday 8 and Tuesday 9 May, roughly 1500 more interesting lots will be sold through the Invaluable platform (live internet auctioning) or via the usual absentee bidding options.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHecrT6xdE-vWmWvVWJoB6c8k-F-XTW2wxuIdOwNed8dF1PQVhLZjOsqo1JU5FFDj2EGADQFZhGFIZyYmyGJtZ9pgQI7tQhvT1IR7CMe4ipFVC1Ocer42-avjhL6cua9uf7Gnn1hYID7eDfwdpN03C0VnY8HYtcQ6pWnRphByv4QHEAN3A7icYC2b_Ag/s1169/463_FaiancasCaldaDaRainha_50PctRed.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHecrT6xdE-vWmWvVWJoB6c8k-F-XTW2wxuIdOwNed8dF1PQVhLZjOsqo1JU5FFDj2EGADQFZhGFIZyYmyGJtZ9pgQI7tQhvT1IR7CMe4ipFVC1Ocer42-avjhL6cua9uf7Gnn1hYID7eDfwdpN03C0VnY8HYtcQ6pWnRphByv4QHEAN3A7icYC2b_Ag/w424-h640/463_FaiancasCaldaDaRainha_50PctRed.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;">This 1884 share in the <i>Fabrica de Faianças das Caldas da Rainha</i>, a porcelain factory from Portugal, is superbly designed and printed. Against a background of tiles the drawing combines a still life with more than 10 animals. Can you find them? L(ot) 463 starts at €1000. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Saturday morning kicks off with a section of some 200 lots from Belgium Congo, Ruanda-Urundi and Belgium, including a 1899 <i>Banque Coloniale de Belgique </i>share certificate showing African scenes, L(ot) 6, and L34, a brewery share in the <i>Brasserie de Stanleyville</i> from 1949, both starting at €50. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Noteworthy in the Belgian chapter are: L82, <i>Exposition Internationale Coloniale et d'Art Flamand Anvers 1930</i>, a share subscription for the colonial exhibition in 1930, start price €50, and L84, a $500 gold bond from the <i>City of Antwerp</i>. Not to be missed is L97, <i>Compagnie Internationale des Telephones</i>, the oldest Belgian telephone share, 1881, with a large underprint of an early telephone. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYW2pKajJNWWzOJs0m4ON4wR4a1QS2pzI8zuWTv8drO6PJUuV1AsGh0JnZSF7HC5lYowCslmPkCFlH2JEF9PHc-gAXk9PCwlVPIF_p2s35EiqqB6knlU_kXnoDHO8j1EWA3XF8iRyKi134wKNR4_CiNbZK9qF5rjAHkeyOj1hsr8QhtFg6d7FHWikRAg/s1124/299_Zoologie_50PctRed.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1124" data-original-width="736" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYW2pKajJNWWzOJs0m4ON4wR4a1QS2pzI8zuWTv8drO6PJUuV1AsGh0JnZSF7HC5lYowCslmPkCFlH2JEF9PHc-gAXk9PCwlVPIF_p2s35EiqqB6knlU_kXnoDHO8j1EWA3XF8iRyKi134wKNR4_CiNbZK9qF5rjAHkeyOj1hsr8QhtFg6d7FHWikRAg/w263-h400/299_Zoologie_50PctRed.jpg" width="263" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;">The <i>Société de Zoologie </i>in<i> </i>Antwerp, one of the oldest zoos in Europe, was founded in 1843. Its shareholders could enter the zoo for free on showing their share, hence the folds. Printed in 1843 by Joseph-Ernest Buschmann and designed by his brother and painter Gustave Buschmann. L299, €300 </span></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">More Belgian's, and this applies to other countries too, can be found in a <b>mammoth World Highlights section</b>, lot range 193-775. Some examples :</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div><ul><li>The <i>Société Anonyme d'Horticulture et de Botanique de Gand</i> was founded by botanists who started holding botanic exhibitions known as "Gentse Floraliën". Its share from 1835, decorated with flowers, is extremely rare, L294.</li><li>A top object in any art collection is the 1897 share from the <i>Compagnie Fermière des Eaux Minerales de Genval</i>. It is designed by Art Nouveau architect, painter and designer Paul Cauchie, known for his sgraffito technique. Only three certificates were found in the 1990s, and this is the last one available. L310 starts at €10,000 and can be seen in detail on the <a href="https://www.booneshares.com/detail/19623" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">auctioneer's brand new website here</a>.</li><li>The world famous Lotus Bakeries is listed on Euronext Brussels and run by Jan Boone, the grandson of founder Jan Boone sr. This specimen founder share of the <i>Banket- en Peperkoekbakkerij "LOTUS" voorheen "Boone Gebroeders"</i> dates from 1934 and is the only one known to the auctioneer, L318.</li></ul></div><div><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5ymculLTaBbP5KsD8dk8O5q7R_VzmrQPh0LsrlYNg2j4n1GfOTsEvMyqw7MwzzKocKqEBe1bCNqoWSXM2VjdfBqYZM2frkj9LMMCL_9_AHBGRsTi1UYGTdGavpabOCMNgLiZ37AgDMsIxAgwpO02TUr-BLUuJtN6Lmk3NHK-MZCeMdi8UQ4tb0CBEow/s978/228_HydroglisseursLambert_50PctRed.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="806" data-original-width="978" height="330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5ymculLTaBbP5KsD8dk8O5q7R_VzmrQPh0LsrlYNg2j4n1GfOTsEvMyqw7MwzzKocKqEBe1bCNqoWSXM2VjdfBqYZM2frkj9LMMCL_9_AHBGRsTi1UYGTdGavpabOCMNgLiZ37AgDMsIxAgwpO02TUr-BLUuJtN6Lmk3NHK-MZCeMdi8UQ4tb0CBEow/w400-h330/228_HydroglisseursLambert_50PctRed.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;">Then part of of the French colonies, the Mekong delta with its shallow waters was the perfect place to use "de Lambert hydroglisseurs", aka airboats. This 1920 share from the <i>Société Anonyme des Hydroglisseurs "de Lambert"</i>, L228, starts at €200. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><br /><div><div>In the <b>Australasia, Asia and Africa</b> sections I spotted these items:</div><div><ul><li><i>Bank of Australia</i>, Sydney, 1833, early share printed on vellum, L193</li><li>L205 is a nominative share from the <i>Société Provinciale Privilégiee du Fokien - Hoa-Hu</i>, China, 1902, company set up by diplomat Paul Claudel, Chinese landscape.</li><li>Opium shares are rarely seen. L226 is a nominative share from the <i>Société Fermière de l'Opium au Tonkin</i>, issued in Hanoi, 1887.</li></ul><div><div>Lot range 271 through 279 comes from a diamond collection and includes scarce items such as a 1889 share from <i>The Borneo Diamond Exploration Syndicate. </i></div></div></div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg94uCvMwZzrpsZxNWw7D9N8_GGKTwQlbbA9xaUIYXEFd-QoDyPqcw4cQUVB7Crnd60d0N-fw7C8xjGTbaRdoBppEEddeI3NELUF6evBHB2I_h3uRzEx7NCFi8PHFc_nHWMjS3BbpotlV_HnzAEFhtq7upvR5VVDhURSGnA0vViZZEC6qWGIz-PN-4DrA/s1477/1962_PerlasSechura.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1290" data-original-width="1477" height="349" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg94uCvMwZzrpsZxNWw7D9N8_GGKTwQlbbA9xaUIYXEFd-QoDyPqcw4cQUVB7Crnd60d0N-fw7C8xjGTbaRdoBppEEddeI3NELUF6evBHB2I_h3uRzEx7NCFi8PHFc_nHWMjS3BbpotlV_HnzAEFhtq7upvR5VVDhURSGnA0vViZZEC6qWGIz-PN-4DrA/w400-h349/1962_PerlasSechura.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;">This 100 soles share in the <i>Compañia Explotadora de Perlas de Sechura</i>, Lima, 1902, is part of a collection of 214 bonds and shares from Peru, L676. </span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>The <b>European</b> chapter is the largest one with over 300 lots, L280-L595. This blog format doesn't lend itself for enumerating all lots. Here are some of many astonishing historic securities:</div><div><ul><li>L375 and L376 are two <i>Eiffel</i> companies: <i>Société de Constructions de Levallois-Perret</i> and the <i>Société de la Tour Eiffel</i> both showing the Eiffel tower.</li><li><i>Christiana Bye og dens Oplands Korn-Selskab</i>, freely translated as <i>Christiania Town and its Upland Grain Company</i>: extremely early Norwegian share, dated 1810, from the time when Denmark ruled Christiania, today Oslo, L451</li><li>A Swiss watch collection, L563 through L574, includes names like <i>LeCoultre</i>, <i>Tissot</i> and <i>Longines</i>.</li></ul></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirTe-3aV5tsminFuVHwdJ98fG1ohY2NTvXi41qvvM0Oy12ZLZWcdr3MwuI--LFh8NyloImDtjTgrKd6LJXeZU4mXPFwqkGd3Rbccda-68ev07groB80ZIXMHBIWTW34W_RFb2Jt_VGriGh1Yi5twkkkmMIQRjidkNivHxjY1Utz2KsGeCs6ZmpDrdzaQ/s1617/338_Maritime.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1279" data-original-width="1617" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirTe-3aV5tsminFuVHwdJ98fG1ohY2NTvXi41qvvM0Oy12ZLZWcdr3MwuI--LFh8NyloImDtjTgrKd6LJXeZU4mXPFwqkGd3Rbccda-68ev07groB80ZIXMHBIWTW34W_RFb2Jt_VGriGh1Yi5twkkkmMIQRjidkNivHxjY1Utz2KsGeCs6ZmpDrdzaQ/w400-h316/338_Maritime.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">L338, <i>Compagnie Générale Maritime</i>, 1856, signed by politician and financier Emile Pereire, gorgious design by painter and engraver Melchior Péronard, €3000 </div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Over 50 lots of securities and related documents are featured in the <b>16th-18th century</b> section, including:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><ul><li>A 1679! bond from the city of <i>Enghien</i>, Haunaut province, in need for financial resources under French occupation, 4 wax seals, L596</li><li>On Aug 27, 1701, Philip V, King of Spain and Louis XIV signed a treaty granting France the exclusive privilege to supply the Spanish colonies in the Americas with African slaves. This right was called the "Asiento". Issued in 1703 for 3000 Livres this share in the <i>Compagnie Royale de l'Assiente</i>, is an important evidence of imperialistic slave-trading practises in the 18th century and extremely rare, L607.</li></ul><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh70lEElWhvn-quqaJeu4c4yGVLgtC9tW-Tf10T8sHb9Jz-vRNMn4sfCSmshRGftYNeVlmwuBo5XMK836r4veP5O9QxFVdeEUtsnKUG-mCaa1xy9r61iXKtecnwwL-5-t4HE8W5KJYTUiE9w_33ZojLRsIt5AdOnxMprUFtQZc2E84ZSWDZwAMB-hqNcw/s1062/664_RioJaneiroTramway_50PctREd.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1062" data-original-width="779" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh70lEElWhvn-quqaJeu4c4yGVLgtC9tW-Tf10T8sHb9Jz-vRNMn4sfCSmshRGftYNeVlmwuBo5XMK836r4veP5O9QxFVdeEUtsnKUG-mCaa1xy9r61iXKtecnwwL-5-t4HE8W5KJYTUiE9w_33ZojLRsIt5AdOnxMprUFtQZc2E84ZSWDZwAMB-hqNcw/w294-h400/664_RioJaneiroTramway_50PctREd.jpg" width="294" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i>Rio de Janeiro Tramway Light and Power Company Limited</i>, 1 share, text in English, French and German, 1909, facsimile signature of electrical engineer and entrepreneur Frederik Stark Pearson, L664, €200</span></div><div><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The <b>Latin America</b> chapter, lots 657 through 677, include several remarkable collection lots. Each of these will be offered as a single group, and only when no bids are made, each collection will split and offered into single item lots in the online sessions on the following Monday & Tuesday:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><ul><li>L658 collection of Brasilian government bonds</li><li>L659 collection of Brasilian state bonds</li><li>L660 collection of Brasilian railroad certificates</li><li>L661 collection of Brasilian port/shipping certificates</li><li>L662 collection of Brasilian Industrial securities</li><li>L670 collection of Mexican scripophily</li><li>L676 collection of bonds and shares from Peru </li></ul><div>More Latin Americ scripophily, as is the case for other themes, will be auctioned on the two online sessions on 8 & 9 May 2023.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRLSH-TuTD1nEzgPCSo6o9cGaXn4J0k6o7ur47Z8H0AOoaKV8YyRX966WVa7VbqnO7PfuWGhRIqP1zPuqRteOM2kKbfRHAjKeDNCP3JtktzWq4yiIMs2ijDKf9koyS8nPqkYNjH1N3kVZ3qqX4ymaPgi9W3DFdV5cZL7N7Ky-7ypn5ZtmVa_a2SgohlA/s1275/682_NewJerseySouthernRR_50PctRed.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="893" data-original-width="1275" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRLSH-TuTD1nEzgPCSo6o9cGaXn4J0k6o7ur47Z8H0AOoaKV8YyRX966WVa7VbqnO7PfuWGhRIqP1zPuqRteOM2kKbfRHAjKeDNCP3JtktzWq4yiIMs2ijDKf9koyS8nPqkYNjH1N3kVZ3qqX4ymaPgi9W3DFdV5cZL7N7Ky-7ypn5ZtmVa_a2SgohlA/w400-h280/682_NewJerseySouthernRR_50PctRed.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;">L682, <i>New Jersey Southern Rail Road Company</i>, $1000 bond, 1873 signed by railway tycoon <b>Jay Gould</b>, extremely rare, €12000</span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>The <b>American</b> section of the Saturday highlights is divided in three chapters : <i>Jay Gould </i>, railroads, and various themes. To name a few:</div><div><ul><li>The 50 cents bond, 1841, from the <i>Ocmulgee and Flint River Rail Road Company</i> is not only small in size and value, but rare as well. L689</li><li>L763 is stock certificate from <i>The Kansas City Distilling Company</i>, a whisky maker, view of the distillery, 1889</li><li>The <i>World's Columbian Exposition </i>was held in Chicago in 1893. It's share shows a lovely vignette of an allegorical woman and an underprint of the exposition site. L765</li></ul><div>A tip for American railway collectors, you should check out <a href="http://coxrail.blogspot.com/2023/04/mario-boone-sale-70-40th-anniversary.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Coxrail on this auction, see here</a>. </div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAUwOKFvrRS-j2PfNidc07D-zw_-xfHZT_Vm6wzWfsoJ_3qW_LFfl53uGhDE7yDr-cWmmwEnopuY4auVh7YQgyIQ0X09yJ317iRRPVQ-KInEMGrU6vQENG45TnvUnemJvKMZYFLos3xl2blAxo8k7fUeWTRRi4tOn0Okna9HoWzrGBWgFHbxDVhSNlWg/s1836/927_HydroElectriqueReunion.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1319" data-original-width="1836" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAUwOKFvrRS-j2PfNidc07D-zw_-xfHZT_Vm6wzWfsoJ_3qW_LFfl53uGhDE7yDr-cWmmwEnopuY4auVh7YQgyIQ0X09yJ317iRRPVQ-KInEMGrU6vQENG45TnvUnemJvKMZYFLos3xl2blAxo8k7fUeWTRRi4tOn0Okna9HoWzrGBWgFHbxDVhSNlWg/w400-h288/927_HydroElectriqueReunion.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i>Société Hydro-Electrique de la Réunion</i>, founder's share, 1928, map of Réunion in underprint and border with a pattern of volcanos, likely the Piton de la Fournaise, L927, €50 </span></div><div><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div><br /></div><div><div><div>The <b>online sessions</b> of this event are scheduled the days after the bourse on Sunday. These offer another 1500 lots of scripophily (or a bit less when the Latin American collections are hammered on the preceding Saturday - see above). Use the catalog's indexes or the search functions on the auctioneer's new website to find what you need.</div><div><br /></div></div><div>The weekend of 6 & 7 May is a chance to see some great antique securities. The venue is the Handelsbeurs Antwerpen. </div><div><br /></div><div>Here are the auction details :</div><div><ul><li>Location : Antwerp, Belgium</li><li>Dates</li><ul><li>6 May 2023, Boone's 70th live and internet auction</li><li>7 May 2023, bourse of historic bonds and shares</li><li>8 & 9 May 2023, online auction sessions</li></ul><li>Further info : </li><ul><li>online catalog & bidding, see <a href="https://www.booneshares.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here on the auctioneer's new website</a>, </li><li>or via the <a href="https://connect.invaluable.com/booneshares/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Invaluable platform (large images), see there</a> </li></ul></ul></div><div>F.L.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><i>PS : Did you like this post ? Thank you for sharing it on you favorite social media channel !</i></div></div><div><br /><br /></div></div>F. L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16216038899330180005noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6220802956079250100.post-3870940989439998012023-03-17T17:55:00.000+01:002023-03-17T17:55:37.447+01:00Something for everyone: HWPH puts 4486 lots on the auction block! <div style="text-align: justify;">Historisches Wertpapierhaus AG has scheduled his next triple-session auction for 27, 28 and 29 March 2023. This time Matthias Schmitt and his team brought together over 4400 lots of scripophily and related documents from all continents. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">One thing is for sure, you need some time to go through all the offerings. So I suggest you use keywords in the online search functions. HWPH's site has a dedicated page to select Regions, Countries, Eras and Industries, see <a href="https://www.hwph.de/historische-wertpapiere/suche-auktnr-pa63.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>. I tried out the country <i>Japan</i> and found over 40 related lots. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRhmGhJP5WNbcyWXo1frHE2-PxR3TxVW5vaxHJTR7vhObJoQNAajV7nOYTW89O9De3qWd7TotPF8I8Ac6HJENGv8TYJB25NIRZPFHWz19ihXvD6QLe8LBKebIIl9E6Nu_UnVrTJJBCNVYMr8FJKViQsQeVcT1FGSHB-PQoKOg1CIEHTTwvPG0hBUfHTA/s1404/1895_VilleKyoto_25PctRed.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1404" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRhmGhJP5WNbcyWXo1frHE2-PxR3TxVW5vaxHJTR7vhObJoQNAajV7nOYTW89O9De3qWd7TotPF8I8Ac6HJENGv8TYJB25NIRZPFHWz19ihXvD6QLe8LBKebIIl9E6Nu_UnVrTJJBCNVYMr8FJKViQsQeVcT1FGSHB-PQoKOg1CIEHTTwvPG0hBUfHTA/w285-h400/1895_VilleKyoto_25PctRed.jpg" width="285" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;">This unissued Kyoto bond was part of the city's 1909 5% External Loan of 45,000,000 francs. It shows the facsimile signature of mayor<i> Saigo Kikujiro</i> (1861-1928). He was a member of the Satsuma army, a group of dissident samurai that revolted against the imperial government in the Seinan War of 1877. Then, he was shot in the right leg which was partially amputated. Later, as mayor of Kyoto, he organized large infrastructure projects such as the excavation of the Second Lake Biwa Canal, the development of the city's water supply resources, and the expansion of Kyoto's roads and tramway network. With the Mitsui Bank, Saigo Kikujiro procured this 45 million francs foreign loan to finance these projects. L(ot) 1895 </span></div><div><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div>On the same <a href="https://www.hwph.de/historische-wertpapiere/suche-auktnr-pa63.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">page</a> you can select for certain industries such as <i>Fine China</i> (Porcelain): you'll be surprised how many hits you get on this theme. </div><div><br /></div><div>Oh yes, you can combine 'industries' with 'countries'. I tried USA + Railways, and there it is, over 200 lots in that combination, including the following rare bond printed by the National Bank Note Company. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz8_7w6kVIHJALOm8toIG2jcTRqYI9mdh1JvhBGF7CBOPExGB7vUCb9mXmUYABSKK5KHUHOr1oOTfbtqQi2OTJxpOOggMSEcTiOXZcDtlGj2g1tTtpSn4AZ_lKkMS-C1Fxz9vqwG6F8Dbtr6304wYhICkARMWIvXpdE__W1GHfawpNx0-EQQIE2dt1Iw/s1755/2996_YumuriRailTramway_30PctRed.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1755" data-original-width="1200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz8_7w6kVIHJALOm8toIG2jcTRqYI9mdh1JvhBGF7CBOPExGB7vUCb9mXmUYABSKK5KHUHOr1oOTfbtqQi2OTJxpOOggMSEcTiOXZcDtlGj2g1tTtpSn4AZ_lKkMS-C1Fxz9vqwG6F8Dbtr6304wYhICkARMWIvXpdE__W1GHfawpNx0-EQQIE2dt1Iw/w274-h400/2996_YumuriRailTramway_30PctRed.jpg" width="274" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;">The Yumuri Rail and Tramway Company was incorporated in 1907 in the state of New York to construct a railway across the east end of Cuba connecting the northwest and southeast coasts. The Republic of Cuba was founded in 1902. </span><span style="color: #666666;">The country's first decade </span><span style="color: #666666;">was tumultuous and created a difficult climate for foreign investors. It is unclear what happened to the Cuban operations of this company. It went bankrupt in 1914. Click to enlarge image. L2996 </span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>HWPH also brings its event to the online public through <a href="https://www.invaluable.com/auction-house/hwph-historisches-wertpapierhaus-ag-0uiot3zhfn" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Invaluable.com</a>. There, you'll find a separate section for each auction session. Click through to see the items. From there continue and select "Sort by: Price High to Low" to find the top items within each session. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3xChwLTfYn7dHZFNTIB778-A_9Swd3YBzgaEDXkxAuPLt2mnmwKr7yQxepPNmzm4OFqhcETidRdTCCIUmqtiVq746OZfa3ouCcoj4lwBVwZttMJaORs2yfxD2-AqaiptUW3BDSlQLYbq2y-xarOGlYxaq95u7iOI-L0roR9OkpeiAhihLkw45jpZ-5A/s1718/0796_PommerscheRitterschaftlichePrivatBank_30PctRed.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1718" data-original-width="1200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3xChwLTfYn7dHZFNTIB778-A_9Swd3YBzgaEDXkxAuPLt2mnmwKr7yQxepPNmzm4OFqhcETidRdTCCIUmqtiVq746OZfa3ouCcoj4lwBVwZttMJaORs2yfxD2-AqaiptUW3BDSlQLYbq2y-xarOGlYxaq95u7iOI-L0roR9OkpeiAhihLkw45jpZ-5A/w280-h400/0796_PommerscheRitterschaftlichePrivatBank_30PctRed.jpg" width="280" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;">One of the top items from the first session is this 500 thaler Prussian Courant share in the Pommersche-Ritterschaftliche Privat-Bank from Stettin. Today known as Szczecin, Poland, Stettin was then the capital of the Prussian Provence of Pomerania. The fine print was produced by the Berlin-based lithographic workshop of H. Hindersin. Click the image below to see the rich details on the word "Actie" (share). L796 in the auction.</span></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3gwh1zWvpggFiSWzQPg3X16D9EEQBh2esbr0TCka4s4pAwzn7Nq63VbvS_hEJRpU5sC5P4k4mCFqnA120DGBa67vV4vhb9XZB4sqee6g0jbUfV8rJ4CbyG6ycwM0hBelQeh_GTLbCM2Z0qVN-M4aB9-hYZhHXwZSnI6PIqdV3GVYSYwkixwU8PgT7KQ/s1622/0796_PommerscheRitterschaftlichePrivatBank_det.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="490" data-original-width="1622" height="121" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3gwh1zWvpggFiSWzQPg3X16D9EEQBh2esbr0TCka4s4pAwzn7Nq63VbvS_hEJRpU5sC5P4k4mCFqnA120DGBa67vV4vhb9XZB4sqee6g0jbUfV8rJ4CbyG6ycwM0hBelQeh_GTLbCM2Z0qVN-M4aB9-hYZhHXwZSnI6PIqdV3GVYSYwkixwU8PgT7KQ/w400-h121/0796_PommerscheRitterschaftlichePrivatBank_det.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><div>There is a lot more to discover in HWPH's auction catalogs. Here are the details of this online event:</div><div><ul><li>Dates: 27, 28 and 29 March, each day starting at 11 AM German time </li><li>Location: this is an online event</li><li>Further info and catalogs, see <a href="https://www.hwph.de/stocks-bonds/pa63_en.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here on HWPH</a>. Live bidding is possible through <a href="https://connect.invaluable.com/hwph/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Invaluable.com, see there</a>.</li></ul></div><div><br /></div><div>F.L.</div></div><div><br /></div><div><i>Did you like this post ? Thank you for sharing it on you favorite social media channel !</i></div><div><br /></div></div>F. L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16216038899330180005noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6220802956079250100.post-53593333213840658852023-03-02T19:09:00.000+01:002023-03-02T19:09:59.714+01:00Scripophily Puzzle No. 7 - solution<div style="text-align: justify;"><i>What have The Washington Post, Berkshire Hathaway and 20th Century Fox in common?</i> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Answer: <i>Scripophily Puzzle No. 7 ?</i> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">Hm, yes ... but no, we are looking for the solution of that puzzle.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">To help you solve the puzzle, see <a href="http://leeuwerck.blogspot.com/2022/09/puzzling-scripophily-no-7.html">here</a>, I provided three visual cues. These were images from three different stock and bond certificates. Each one relates to our mystery person.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">And the correct answer for the puzzle was ... (drumm roll in the background) ... Katharine Graham.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div><br /></div><div>The first cue showed a 100 shares certificate from The Washington Post Company, issued in 1971. At that time Katharine Meyer Graham was the President of her family's newspaper business. </div><div><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgugUYonUb7EDk6uy23iOpizQkSgh2Bhm6wiBqd7eCYmVdYDgB8N9iiGZPB0jJr3it0Q96Qaiu7BcLOXPHkfhVdRwhd8i7PwIe5zOMA7BwBLHlMqHJpLnhGIDbbSMIt8yY2qt7Md4-jgy_LPzFWqSP-UJkNkCQpmjnezSCoBrE4-tdGSCQpo2lySkeI5Q/s1106/WashingtonPost.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="744" data-original-width="1106" height="269" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgugUYonUb7EDk6uy23iOpizQkSgh2Bhm6wiBqd7eCYmVdYDgB8N9iiGZPB0jJr3it0Q96Qaiu7BcLOXPHkfhVdRwhd8i7PwIe5zOMA7BwBLHlMqHJpLnhGIDbbSMIt8yY2qt7Md4-jgy_LPzFWqSP-UJkNkCQpmjnezSCoBrE4-tdGSCQpo2lySkeI5Q/w400-h269/WashingtonPost.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Her father, financier Eugene Meyer was Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board from 1930 to 1933. After leaving the Federal Reserve he bought the Washington Post newspaper at a bankruptcy auction in 1933 and became its "publisher". In the US a newspaper publisher is the owner of small newspaper company, or the chief executive of a major newspaper. Eugene Meyer was both. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">When president Harry Truman named Meyer to be the first president of the World Bank in 1946, Meyer transferred control of the <i>Post</i> to his daughter and her husband Phil Graham, the new publisher. After his father-in-law passed away in 1959 Phil Graham became the company's new president and chairman of the board.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">So much for some background info about the newspaper. Enters our starring role, Katharine Meyer Graham.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT9de7Y_TCFsUPLcUc3UjpYnXhOYy8tXMcXfZ-I7BC5KG8xyxerenVyT3bM3Sx3SkN0McMLH58FSXt_YWFEYeIS5R7boAF2ZgijrHFkKEwu5SJSJ3UFkoCcyS_2YnyMlzM8gw9eeTJYixsW04lYlFGZnMUEJXx4j943W8jJHFxrBhopSmWI8FqDMJcuw/s800/Wiki_Graham.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="529" data-original-width="800" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT9de7Y_TCFsUPLcUc3UjpYnXhOYy8tXMcXfZ-I7BC5KG8xyxerenVyT3bM3Sx3SkN0McMLH58FSXt_YWFEYeIS5R7boAF2ZgijrHFkKEwu5SJSJ3UFkoCcyS_2YnyMlzM8gw9eeTJYixsW04lYlFGZnMUEJXx4j943W8jJHFxrBhopSmWI8FqDMJcuw/w400-h265/Wiki_Graham.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;">Katharine Graham, publisher of The Washington Post, guest at a meeting of the Dutch Newspaper Press (NDP) in 1975</span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">attribution: Unknown / Anefo, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons, URL see <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Graham_(rechts)_en_,_Bestanddeelnr_927-9432.jpg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a> </span> </span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In 1938, after graduation, Katharine Meyer covered labor news and a wide range of other topics at the San Francisco News. One year later she returned to Washington to work for her father's newspaper. Katharine married Philip Graham in 1940. After serving the army during World War II he took over the position of The Washington Post's publisher from her father.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div><br /></div><div>When her husband died in 1963, she took control of the newspaper as its new president and publisher. Back then, a woman was not supposed to be able to run a tough business like a newspaper company, but she persisted.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHtBe1-9zgblu0tdspF7mGWJ9uUiw3PPmKNdbYD1deCH98NztJRulKJ-bV0WHxkhfN1D-Pr9VyipTvpkfKPi1FiLx2pHukNrnNg9T-C_lpYO-785awP7FdvzqVc7QmQzu-pokQbRqV6cPDsgRFJQh2-A78R7qbPOKeNUa2M-Z2PX7dHtwCnNSH9mQ6Zg/s1076/553_KGraham_signature.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="396" data-original-width="1076" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHtBe1-9zgblu0tdspF7mGWJ9uUiw3PPmKNdbYD1deCH98NztJRulKJ-bV0WHxkhfN1D-Pr9VyipTvpkfKPi1FiLx2pHukNrnNg9T-C_lpYO-785awP7FdvzqVc7QmQzu-pokQbRqV6cPDsgRFJQh2-A78R7qbPOKeNUa2M-Z2PX7dHtwCnNSH9mQ6Zg/w400-h148/553_KGraham_signature.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div><span style="color: #666666;">Katharine Graham was the first woman to head a Fortune 500 company. She was the first to serve as a director of the Associated Press, the news service owned by member newspapers, and of the American Newspaper Publishers Association. </span><span style="color: #666666;">Her facsimile signature appears on stock certificates from </span><span style="color: #666666;">The Washington Post. </span></div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Mrs Graham made historic decisions about the publication of the <i>Pentagon Papers</i> in 1971, a top secret government account of the war in Vietnam, and the <i>Watergate scandal</i>, which led to Richard Nixon's resignation from the presidency in 1974 under the threat of impeachment. </div><div><br /></div><div>In both cases, she hold out against massive pressure from the White House and other government agencies not to publish, at the risk of criminal charges for violating espionage laws and opposition to licenses for the company's broadcasting properties.</div><div><br /></div><div>Together with Benjamin C. Bradlee, The Post's editor, Katharine Graham took the company to the top in American journalism. During her leadership, the company's revenue grew about twentyfold. The Washington Post got listed on the New York Stock Exchange in 1971 and became a diversified media corporation.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUZ0DHiiZjprMBJGY8vbY3_XThVDfzhZziLXWTMe5KSNaGzROxyHv8pmBGNboiNrw4Ya3kt9pih_FkHnL_1iq87XAtEj_EnajHolLQVG1ySK-ACGzp1nVxTf2vdHYo08W8bkbB3sEr9Br45ufFuW7gMSNjZ22TlPdnAmWZxHOgFS98c2MrnZw-jrZhvw/s1081/553_vignette_2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="525" data-original-width="1081" height="194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUZ0DHiiZjprMBJGY8vbY3_XThVDfzhZziLXWTMe5KSNaGzROxyHv8pmBGNboiNrw4Ya3kt9pih_FkHnL_1iq87XAtEj_EnajHolLQVG1ySK-ACGzp1nVxTf2vdHYo08W8bkbB3sEr9Br45ufFuW7gMSNjZ22TlPdnAmWZxHOgFS98c2MrnZw-jrZhvw/w400-h194/553_vignette_2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;">What did The Washington Post disclose about the Vietnam War? The Pentagon Papers revealed that the U.S. had secretly enlarged its military operations in the Vietnam War, without informing the mainstream media. </span></div></span><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>The first visual cue of this puzzle - a Washington Post share with Katharine Graham's signature - already contained sufficient information to take a good guess. </div><div><br /></div><div>However, I wanted to make you doubt yourself by providing two more visual cues, diversions, including one with a detail of another famous signature. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNHRIjLOIhJt1eRf_53BPbsUOdtkI7EBGq8c9E08aS55eU465a7im7u9um_-FYsh6n7ohfOJT39DDTzt0EMoSEtv3CnNk9hRga7mpx8cIWv6HdvoP7j6yD3Lm2FEoFtu-RsOYy58uJ-4oY1FJ1QAguvopPbTLWkSGeBrMQZS-uPYrNm4DjQDukx7TWFw/s932/BerkshireHathaway_Buffett_signature.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="932" height="344" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNHRIjLOIhJt1eRf_53BPbsUOdtkI7EBGq8c9E08aS55eU465a7im7u9um_-FYsh6n7ohfOJT39DDTzt0EMoSEtv3CnNk9hRga7mpx8cIWv6HdvoP7j6yD3Lm2FEoFtu-RsOYy58uJ-4oY1FJ1QAguvopPbTLWkSGeBrMQZS-uPYrNm4DjQDukx7TWFw/w400-h344/BerkshireHathaway_Buffett_signature.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://www.hwph.de/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">image courtesy HWPH</a> </span></div><br /><div>The facsimile signature shown in the second image provided is the one from famous investor Warren Buffett, chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway Inc., a multinational conglomerate holding company. </div><div><br /></div><div><div>Warren Buffett started buying large portions of Washington Post stocks in the 1970s. He became a close friend and financial advisor to Katharine Graham. For 37 years Buffett was a member of the board of the newspaper till 2011. At that time Berkshire Hathaway owned 21% of the common stock in The Post.</div></div><div><br /></div><div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvFtnm6YkWYxa4qqwO9r_OiAOmV1fgju3wU5_oA9N3-5t34iXvNgW9-QJ_VUVCQ3Ltn3whMVCgGcTHGAh8VmHVpnRptW9IPDIJme24kS_zIx8gT_i0mrAystg01r79ytDoirih0jxxyAB-96bF9VMbk-7OE3bef_frdiD88OVPOGlJ4Rs7GqF-qApPaw/s1110/TwentiethCenturyFoxFilm.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="748" data-original-width="1110" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvFtnm6YkWYxa4qqwO9r_OiAOmV1fgju3wU5_oA9N3-5t34iXvNgW9-QJ_VUVCQ3Ltn3whMVCgGcTHGAh8VmHVpnRptW9IPDIJme24kS_zIx8gT_i0mrAystg01r79ytDoirih0jxxyAB-96bF9VMbk-7OE3bef_frdiD88OVPOGlJ4Rs7GqF-qApPaw/w400-h270/TwentiethCenturyFoxFilm.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><br /><div>The last visual cue for this puzzle is a $5,000 bond certificate from Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation. 20th Century Fox released in 2017 <i>The Post</i>, a political thriller about The Washington Post and the publication of the Pentagon Papers. It stars Meryl Streep as Katharine Graham. </div></div><div><br /></div><div><div><span style="text-align: left;">Trivia: Katharine Meyer Graham and Meryl Streep both attended </span>Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York, though at different times.</div></div><div><br /></div><div>The movie, directed by Steven Spielberg, also shows a similar looking stock certificate from The Washington Post. Check out <i>The Post'</i>s trailer at imdb.com see <a href="https://www.imdb.com/video/vi11581465/?playlistId=tt6294822&ref_=tt_ov_vi" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>. Scroll forward there to 1m 32sec to see Meryl Streep presenting the Washington Post's new stock certificate. </div><div><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSvePcLOM8EA336QR-o-qBPojMrclfFF_3iBac_ogBaFycKdeWiNjzeLX1FvpPLnTdUwnLF9lLf_6OGV7vkAq7gseP35uCKVeeMfy0U6egnvzzjgtkmDQIuahTlxszi7jR2zgAq2YhPaKoSj_otb-PLCcmhDFltpFX3PiL27NZDSjV2qDZtAMicyhhPQ/s485/553_seal.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="427" data-original-width="485" height="352" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSvePcLOM8EA336QR-o-qBPojMrclfFF_3iBac_ogBaFycKdeWiNjzeLX1FvpPLnTdUwnLF9lLf_6OGV7vkAq7gseP35uCKVeeMfy0U6egnvzzjgtkmDQIuahTlxszi7jR2zgAq2YhPaKoSj_otb-PLCcmhDFltpFX3PiL27NZDSjV2qDZtAMicyhhPQ/w400-h352/553_seal.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;">The Washington Post's company seal, shown at the bottom of the share, mentions 1947 as its date of (re)incorporation. Near the upper left and right corner of the image, and outside the seal, you can distinguish two small round marks. You can find these dots elsewhere on the certificate too and also on many other American stock certificates. Called "planchettes" they are mixed into the paper pulp during the manufacturing process of the security paper and glow under ultraviolet light. </span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="text-align: left;">Is The Washington Post still owned by the Graham family? </span><span style="text-align: left;">In Oct 2013, the Graham family sold the newspaper to Nash Holdings, owned by Jeff Bezos, for $250 million.</span></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: justify;">No one submitted a solution for the puzzle. Was this too easy, or too difficult? Let me know.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: justify;">F.L. </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: justify;"><br /></span></p></div><div>Related links</div><div><ul><li><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/2001/07/18/katharine-graham-dies-at-84/6182825e-caa2-4a1e-b582-f94ac9764bfc/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Katharine Graham's obituary at The Washington Post</a> </li><li><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/warren-buffett-to-step-down-from-washington-post-co-board/2011/01/20/ABWJ9NR_story.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Warren Buffett to step down from Washington Post Co. Board</a> </li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Post_(film)" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Post (film) at Wikipedia</a> </li></ul><div><br /></div></div><div><br /></div><div>Previous posts</div><div><ul><li><a href="http://leeuwerck.blogspot.com/2023/01/auction-explosion-says-scripophily.html" target="_blank">"Auction Explosion!" says Scripophily magazine</a> </li><li><a href="http://leeuwerck.blogspot.com/2022/12/the-most-expensive-share-sold-at.html" target="_blank">The most expensive share sold at auction in 2021</a> </li></ul><div><br /></div></div></div></div></div>F. L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16216038899330180005noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6220802956079250100.post-64817054958153626862023-02-14T20:33:00.001+01:002023-02-15T16:12:17.307+01:00FHW auctions the Gottfried Schultz collection of worldwide automobile securities<div style="text-align: justify;">Freunde Historischer Wertpapiere <span style="font-size: x-small;">(FHW)</span> has scheduled its 123rd sale for March 4, 2023. This time the auctioneer selected nearly 2000 lots of historic bonds and share certificates. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">FHW reserved major sections for scripophily from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Germany, the German DM era, and the USA. Over 400 lots from previous auctions are grouped in a <i>"50% from previous callout" </i>section. On top of that about 900 lots of automobile related securities will attract the attention of collectors worldwide. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUARA3F6RO_GowD1Np6bdO8iAa9p1b5aNZVMVqLazy-9nivQasO8VXah_wvJvO_0h4W00shFyrFwIJ8X7JkqdhP2IzbtjUkvvHrr2zTsf1TkQG-Z8QOao-cJt89TtjmuswV-QSqYYmv6U0Bc2E-vUkfKN-kaJjR8Qll9_NnDrU0v2a4REhAyDQ-fJFfQ/s1514/725_Wolfington_coll.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1514" data-original-width="970" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUARA3F6RO_GowD1Np6bdO8iAa9p1b5aNZVMVqLazy-9nivQasO8VXah_wvJvO_0h4W00shFyrFwIJ8X7JkqdhP2IzbtjUkvvHrr2zTsf1TkQG-Z8QOao-cJt89TtjmuswV-QSqYYmv6U0Bc2E-vUkfKN-kaJjR8Qll9_NnDrU0v2a4REhAyDQ-fJFfQ/w410-h640/725_Wolfington_coll.jpg" width="410" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;">In 1928 Harry J. Wolfington signed this stock certificate from <i>Alex. Wolfington's Son, Inc.</i>, as President. At the age of 14 he joined the carriage body business founded in 1876 by his father Alexander. Seeing business opportunities with the rise of the automobile, he turned to the production of bodies for luxurious buses and carbodies for Stutz, Pierce-Arrow and Duesenberg. The latter's convertible 1929 Phaeton Royale is legendary. L(ot) 725 starts at €750 and is part of the Schultz automobile collection. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The bulky <b>Automobile</b> section includes nearly 900 lots of antique securities from lesser known companies but also resounding names appear on the block such as : L923 Duesenberg Automobile and Motors, L1059 Hansa-Lloyd Werke, L1116 Hispano Suiza, L1329 Rolls-Royce and L1491 Automobiles Delahaye. Food for specialists!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkpTVcEnXZw94lX1ib5V78lK8h0y2XpznfvTZfww9yJTtQkqZxYmR6Dl5QP13iBJwIyA_f5UD83uhcLGR_lE1gIJv8Ks_Sniey9f1PHRsdy6Xqms2WG6Ak0kibFgU8cPKe5iF9aQxrb0PKuXsrnPSD6qx8z2tLxXNUdQ5KyVLEm1VMhkghqTFTz_t_eg/s1200/957_DeDionBouton_50PctRed.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="849" data-original-width="1200" height="283" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkpTVcEnXZw94lX1ib5V78lK8h0y2XpznfvTZfww9yJTtQkqZxYmR6Dl5QP13iBJwIyA_f5UD83uhcLGR_lE1gIJv8Ks_Sniey9f1PHRsdy6Xqms2WG6Ak0kibFgU8cPKe5iF9aQxrb0PKuXsrnPSD6qx8z2tLxXNUdQ5KyVLEm1VMhkghqTFTz_t_eg/w400-h283/957_DeDionBouton_50PctRed.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;">No doubt two top pieces in FHW's Automobile section are a 1908 share from the <b>Établissements De Dion-Bouton</b>, L957, signed by Georges Bouton, as well as a 1919 bond from the same company with facsimile signature of Albert De Dion, L958. </span><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #666666;">In 1900 De Dion-Bouton was the largest automobile manufacturer in the world. Its cars and engines were all being made by hand; the assembly line had not yet been introduced. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>A major part of the offerings consists of antique bonds and shares from <b>Germany </b>with pre- and post-DM eras each in a dedicated section. Some examples:</div><div><ul><li>L1621, a specimen share from the <i>Credit-Bank Nürnberg eGmbH</i>, 1924, large underprint of building, originating from a sample book printed by the Universitätsdruckerei H. Stürtz, Würzburg</li><li>A 1837 interim share in the <i>Rhein-Weser-Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft</i> depicts a train entering a tunnel. Daring for the time! Early and only certificate known. L1682</li><li>L1722, <i>Basalt-Actien-Gesellschaft</i> aka Basalt-AG extracts basalt, limestone, sandstone, granite and other rock from quarries in Germany and Europe. A large vignette on its DM100 share, 1973, depicts a worker handling basalt chunks.</li></ul><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLBa6FZ7W0rdTDTb02wE3ufz6Qzg9VVZ101b8m1RoFYuiu4s5d10Rxx2PWO_uUlHvVNJkqWYSvNXEtXJEsbd8iVxpkRrotOctlQNdNyQoG7aLFZyxumxzrYdF-TpfOVKaNpM4yRYmpAJ9oJFo4q5g9yjW8mLiV88YhFcUfpd5Qh_ecoGm_AZYmTj-6rg/s1393/1626_DELAG_40PctRed.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1393" data-original-width="960" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLBa6FZ7W0rdTDTb02wE3ufz6Qzg9VVZ101b8m1RoFYuiu4s5d10Rxx2PWO_uUlHvVNJkqWYSvNXEtXJEsbd8iVxpkRrotOctlQNdNyQoG7aLFZyxumxzrYdF-TpfOVKaNpM4yRYmpAJ9oJFo4q5g9yjW8mLiV88YhFcUfpd5Qh_ecoGm_AZYmTj-6rg/w276-h400/1626_DELAG_40PctRed.jpg" width="276" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;">The world's first passenger airline, <i>Deutsche Luftschiffahrts-Aktiengesellschaft</i> <span style="font-size: x-small;">(DELAG)</span>, was organized in 1909 as a subsidiary of the Zeppelin airship construction company. DELAG's airships made air travel possible first between Germany's cities, later to the Mediterranean and then across the Atlantic with destinations in the US and South America. Its <i>LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin</i> measured over 230 meters long and cruised at 117km/h with a 15,000 kg payload. In 1929 it made a round-the-world flight (including stops) in 21 days, the fastest circumnavigation of the globe at the time. This share was printed by Osterrieth in 1910. L1626 </span></div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div>There is a lot to discover in the sale. Here are the details :</div><div><ul><li>Location : The event takes place at the company headquarters in Wolfenbüttel.</li><li>Date : 4 March, 2023</li><li>Further info, see <a href="https://www.fhw-online.de/en/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>; PDF catalog see <a href="https://www.fhw-online.de/katalog123/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">there</a>; live bidding is possible through <a href="https://connect.invaluable.com/dwa/">https://connect.invaluable.com/dwa/</a> </li></ul></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXLQJPMtDZDZbQkby576ngFLvIRRKBJlmBrZFjo_-1dVIo-lrZwUqFNSfThxsHBPDQ0vb-8cONYsuWzxXT6NXhMWRFt7g5SkrEsYXTOdt__Dz_-0V2Ibne_pesFSqOhx10jv-sI6HTLaZRVTVul3pzkRnQHAJHVOHVFA_Ic78WitP8nvGxOAURsxxIng/s1440/649_HungarianRiverSee_60PctRed.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="912" data-original-width="1440" height="254" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXLQJPMtDZDZbQkby576ngFLvIRRKBJlmBrZFjo_-1dVIo-lrZwUqFNSfThxsHBPDQ0vb-8cONYsuWzxXT6NXhMWRFt7g5SkrEsYXTOdt__Dz_-0V2Ibne_pesFSqOhx10jv-sI6HTLaZRVTVul3pzkRnQHAJHVOHVFA_Ic78WitP8nvGxOAURsxxIng/w400-h254/649_HungarianRiverSee_60PctRed.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;">FHW's 123rd auction includes a <b>Austro-Hungarian Empire</b> section, L18 through L209. However, this 1895 share in the <i>Magyar Folyam- és Tengerhajózási Részvény Társasag</i> (Hungarian River and Sea Shipping Joint Stock Company) can be found in the <i>"50% from previous callout" </i>section. </span></div></div><div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>F.L.</div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><i><span style="color: #666666;">PS : Did you like this post ? Thank you for sharing it on you favorite social media channel !</span></i></div></div>F. L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16216038899330180005noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6220802956079250100.post-54196822429698691492023-01-13T18:11:00.001+01:002023-01-13T19:38:00.628+01:00"Auction Explosion!" says Scripophily magazine<div style="text-align: justify;">Scripophily is the world’s most comprehensive and insightful publication for passionate collectors and active researchers of antique securities. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The magazine uncovers the stories and features of historic and artistic securities. It brings tales of famous and forgotten business plot twists and memorable personalities. In addition, reports from the auction markets help you to stay up-to-date.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid6G78G7e0KvVYCCLphgP9AlUMzExLVw8FoLughZHbaN0VhvRJnQ2DKz0PrjL6EUk08PxXwJwYneujLlLYV6Kkozjduhec_JvOUGXi1sl92wjKwtmbdI8hWUM3lG4eAZ0P5p5LG5xn5SzB5k8A4kFE5-O7AP2X9UIWdfMnrL3owoZlWO0smC8IZYqc-g/s844/ScripophilyNo120_2022Dec.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid6G78G7e0KvVYCCLphgP9AlUMzExLVw8FoLughZHbaN0VhvRJnQ2DKz0PrjL6EUk08PxXwJwYneujLlLYV6Kkozjduhec_JvOUGXi1sl92wjKwtmbdI8hWUM3lG4eAZ0P5p5LG5xn5SzB5k8A4kFE5-O7AP2X9UIWdfMnrL3owoZlWO0smC8IZYqc-g/w456-h640/ScripophilyNo120_2022Dec.JPG" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i>Scripophily, </i>a three-yearly periodical, printed on high quality paper, is the flagship of The International Bond and Share Society (IBSS).</span> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div>Here is an overview on the topics brought in the latest issue :</div><div><ul><li><i>Events Calendar </i></li><li><i>Michigan Copper Mining Stock Discovered</i></li><li><i>Boone To Celebrate 40 years with International Scripophily Event in Antwerp</i></li><li><i>Earliest known German Stock Hammered Down at 72,000 Euros</i></li><li><i>Bang-Up Scripophily at Bonhams New York</i></li><li><i>National Show Back on Track! </i>(27 & 28 Jan 2023, Crown Plaza-Dulles Airport)</li><li><i>Banks in Transition: From Counters to Apps</i> (Swiss Finance Museum new exhibition) </li><li><i>Address on Stock Leads to Present Day</i> </li><li><i>eBay Seller Name Fraudulently Used to Pitch Scam</i></li><li><i>Letter to the Editor </i></li><li><i>Lingenfelter Collection Donated to the University of California at San Diego</i> </li><li><i>EDHAM wins Wikipedia Award and awards Professor Wanner Prize </i></li><li><i>$2.4 Million for one Bond (Marchel Duchamp</i> <i>at Christie's)</i></li><li><i>The Winpennys of Manyunk</i></li><li><i>Specialization in Our Hobby</i></li><li><i>Deutsche Bank Part III: Shares in Deutsche Bank as a Mirror of German Currency History</i></li><li><i>W. Y. O. D. and Other Strange Mining Company Names</i></li><li><i>Modernizing Certificates </i></li><li><i>Agua Suja Mining Co., Ltd - Diamonds in Brazil </i></li><li><i>Charles Yerkes and the West Chicago Street Railroad</i></li></ul></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIu923r_UklRstyO0eyfqX6hvjyw8vi-3JruK8ZnnsQ3UBn3atoHG8rFy2FuA8d-nlNC0DTCPFBcGWhy5xP78X36VwccizviEPC9y_-gzLgQpQo5HDsCPulf5D284SENLcQVP3WXs61YPQe2brmzlX7Uc6CG5C2O4P2GI4unIwozEpbhXkgZK-3kdoXA/s1200/LloydAeroBoliviano.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1154" data-original-width="1200" height="385" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIu923r_UklRstyO0eyfqX6hvjyw8vi-3JruK8ZnnsQ3UBn3atoHG8rFy2FuA8d-nlNC0DTCPFBcGWhy5xP78X36VwccizviEPC9y_-gzLgQpQo5HDsCPulf5D284SENLcQVP3WXs61YPQe2brmzlX7Uc6CG5C2O4P2GI4unIwozEpbhXkgZK-3kdoXA/w400-h385/LloydAeroBoliviano.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;">Until 2010 <i>LLoyd Aéreo Boliviano</i> was the principal airline of Bolivia. Founded in 1925, LAB is one of the earliest airlines in the world. This share, issued in 1926 La Paz, sold in HWPH's Sep 2022 auction for €160. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In its current issue <i>Scripophily</i> reports on exceptional auction activity from recent months. Five-digit amounts are hammered for top historic items, such as:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><ul><li>John D. Rockefeller <i>Standard Oil Company</i> founders' stock certificate (Bonhams, $28,000)</li><li>the oldest known German share certificate from the <i>Embden Asiatic Company</i> which traded with China (FHW, €72,000)</li><li>Oost-Indische Compagnie aka V.O.C. bond (HWPH, €40,000)</li><li>the oldest loan of the <i>City of Antwerp</i> from 1558 (Booneshares, €36,000) </li><li>Nikola Tesla owned share in the <i>Nikola Tesla Company</i> (Bonhams, $28,000) </li><li>and a share owned by Frederick-William III of Prussia (HWPH, €25,000) </li></ul><div>More details and images on these recent scripophily highlights, and many other discoveries, can be found in the 48 pages counting December issue.</div><div><br /></div><div>Subscribing to IBSS's magazine costs you only £28, $35 or €32. What are you waiting for ?</div><div>All the info can be found <a href="https://www.scripophily.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a> .</div><div><br /></div><div>F.L.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Previous posts</div><div><ul><li><a href="http://leeuwerck.blogspot.com/2022/12/the-most-expensive-share-sold-at.html" target="_blank">The most expensive share sold at auction in 2021</a> </li><li><a href="http://leeuwerck.blogspot.com/2022/11/banks-in-transition-from-counters-to.html" target="_blank">Banks in Transition : from Counters to Apps</a> <span style="color: #666666;">(exhibition)</span></li></ul><div><br /></div></div><div><br /></div></div>F. L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16216038899330180005noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6220802956079250100.post-62667593581504545742022-12-27T18:22:00.002+01:002022-12-27T18:24:31.284+01:00The most expensive share sold at auction in 2021<p></p><div style="text-align: justify;">In its last Summer edition, <i>Scripophily</i> magazine lists the top 25 scripophily auction lots from 2021. Ranked on number one is a share from the <b>Compagnie des Indes Orientales</b>. It was issued as early as 1665.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmNYVOCQCfL6AUatS6NaYNGJ_TB2jMJ5euWgrz9tezjQpJFcnMgZ5OhWoKlQdNI2PNFfV6PUTwRH-zPUIyBNrX0P5SHcZDpCFNFRA_N0NF-TSgrr6UdKNpnV9jzUU3FZX57cTmD-nlZGwaTd91stBurEYap1Kv024CjAw_oa0VupwyyhHKFPHLnf2QAg/s1334/L467%20Indes%20Orientales.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1027" data-original-width="1334" height="308" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmNYVOCQCfL6AUatS6NaYNGJ_TB2jMJ5euWgrz9tezjQpJFcnMgZ5OhWoKlQdNI2PNFfV6PUTwRH-zPUIyBNrX0P5SHcZDpCFNFRA_N0NF-TSgrr6UdKNpnV9jzUU3FZX57cTmD-nlZGwaTd91stBurEYap1Kv024CjAw_oa0VupwyyhHKFPHLnf2QAg/w400-h308/L467%20Indes%20Orientales.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;">This <i>Compagnie des Indes Orientales </i>share was offered at auction in Antwerp by <a href="https://www.booneshares.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Booneshares</a> on 16 October 2021. Starting at €44,000 it rose to €120,000. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-size: x-small;">image courtesy <a href="https://www.booneshares.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Booneshares</a> </span></div><div><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">It was the French minister of finance, <i>Jean-Baptiste Colbert</i>, who founded in 1664 the Compagnie des Indes Orientales with authorization of Sun King Louis XIV. The purpose of the company: to compete against the English and Dutch colonial trading companies.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The company was granted a 50-year monopoly of French trade in the Indian and Pacific Oceans, from the Cape of Good Hope to the Straits of Magellan, with a concession in perpetuity for Madagascar and ‘all other islands and lands it could conquer’. The company also had to build churches and train priests in its territories.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">This certificate was issued in 1665, an eventful year: the Second Anglo-Dutch War begins, King Charles II of England leaves London fleeing the Great Plague, the Qing invasion of Taiwan fails due to a typhoon, and the Compagnie des Indes Orientales sends twenty settlers to start the colonisation of Réunion.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2qkq3Y6SvhJNT7C7cA9QwvxCp8_gngfsFhgCLHyeLmmY3254LEJtYWmojB_AcHXo3nIy4qTWDIf2QAvR1RAVAXd0GYj1yIk7Peic8gXcuS_YkNPNQtZ7sBnCKSb_FIlp4C0XlY7XU9TYfG02oxk6_UzOpDkvwMX4dkPd7-9mMokwbTlmoR_yKyuRPvA/s459/Armoiries_de_la_Compagnie_des_Indes_Orientales.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="455" data-original-width="459" height="317" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2qkq3Y6SvhJNT7C7cA9QwvxCp8_gngfsFhgCLHyeLmmY3254LEJtYWmojB_AcHXo3nIy4qTWDIf2QAvR1RAVAXd0GYj1yIk7Peic8gXcuS_YkNPNQtZ7sBnCKSb_FIlp4C0XlY7XU9TYfG02oxk6_UzOpDkvwMX4dkPd7-9mMokwbTlmoR_yKyuRPvA/s320/Armoiries_de_la_Compagnie_des_Indes_Orientales.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div><br /></div><div><span style="color: #666666;">The blazon of the Compagnie des Indes Orientales includes t</span><span style="color: #666666;">he Latin phrase </span><i style="color: #666666;">Florebo quocumque ferar</i><span style="color: #666666;">. Meaning 'I will flourish wherever I go' it became the motto of Réunion Island. </span></div><div><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">source: <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Armoiries_de_la_Compagnie_des_Indes_Orientales.jpg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Frank Schulenburg, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons</a></span> </span> </div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The company had interests all around the coasts of Africa, Madagascar, Réunion, the coasts of the Arabian Peninsula and India, as well as islands in Southeast Asia, even China and Japan. Several ‘comptoirs’ were established in various parts of India such as Puducherry and Chandannagar. Especially Indian cotton was in demand on the French market.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In 1720 the Indes Orientales merged with John Law's Compagnie d'Occident to form the Compagnie des Indes.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The certificate is the oldest French share known today, as well as the oldest one from a company active on the Peninsula of India. It is also the oldest share ever offered at any auction world wide. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The share was printed as a standardized form and issued for 6000 French Livres, 2000 Livres been paid. Its features include transfers of ownership, hence it was tradeable and transferable. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Only two other certificates like this one are known to have survived. Being one of the top items at the Swiss Finance Museum, this is the only one that is on display for the public.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Bidding started at €44,000. The hammer fell at €120,000 and that's without buyer's premium.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">F.L.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Further references</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><ul><li><a href="https://www.scripophily.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">International Bond and Share Society (IBSS), publisher of Scripophily magazine</a> </li><li>The Compagnie des Indes, by Howard Shakespeare, Journal of the IBSS, Feb 1997 </li><li><a href="https://www.finanzmuseum.ch/en/home/blog/companies-des-indes.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Swiss Finance Museum on the Compagnie des Indes Orientales</a> </li></ul><div><br /></div><div>Previous posts</div><div><div><ul><li><a href="http://leeuwerck.blogspot.com/2022/11/banks-in-transition-from-counters-to.html" target="_blank">Banks in Transition : From Counters to Apps</a> </li><li><a href="http://leeuwerck.blogspot.com/2022/06/the-smallest-company-in-terms-of-equity.html" target="_blank">The smallest company in terms of equity capital, is it ?</a> </li></ul></div></div><div><br /></div></div>F. L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16216038899330180005noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6220802956079250100.post-52672399533259078832022-12-11T19:27:00.000+01:002022-12-11T19:27:03.003+01:00Jigsaw Mayombe<div style="text-align: justify;">According to The New York Times jigsaw puzzles improve skills like spatial reasoning. Jigsaws can even help to avert anxiety. <span style="font-size: x-small;">(<i><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/12/at-home/jigsaw-puzzle-guide.html?smid=url-share" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Enjoy More 'Eureka!' Moments with Jigsaw Puzzles</a></i>, NYT, Alexis Soloski, Dec 12, 2020)</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">So here is a new scripophily jigsaw depicting one of the most appealing Belgian Congo share certificates: <a href="http://leeuwerck.blogspot.com/p/puzzle.html" target="_blank">http://leeuwerck.blogspot.com/p/puzzle.html</a> . </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Have fun !</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWINdMzUW-ONnIXpL9bWzniezgqhF98P5Ck7aUQX2MNJ3ImoVV35QfSzfZn3B9g7J-3Q7kNCJF_iM-JcD1Frk0AxQ4gfUi3rSBK26MJMMyB_R6VJl5lRNZt_QUE70h68A93JIDfx1K_cRbSCpwY5X-Q6zmwIsCUW55K_HWSl-G3z0zdHfziiOMC25r6A/s1396/Mayumbe_271_30PctRed.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="994" data-original-width="1396" height="285" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWINdMzUW-ONnIXpL9bWzniezgqhF98P5Ck7aUQX2MNJ3ImoVV35QfSzfZn3B9g7J-3Q7kNCJF_iM-JcD1Frk0AxQ4gfUi3rSBK26MJMMyB_R6VJl5lRNZt_QUE70h68A93JIDfx1K_cRbSCpwY5X-Q6zmwIsCUW55K_HWSl-G3z0zdHfziiOMC25r6A/w400-h285/Mayumbe_271_30PctRed.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;">This 1899 share from <i>Les Produits du Mayombe </i>was produced by Félix Wylands, a well-known photoengraver. Wylands started his career as a pharmacist but was soon fascinated by the possibilities of the chemical photoengraving process. As owner of the Société Anonyme Les Arts Graphiques he made several prints for artistic publications. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">F.L.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Previous posts</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div><ul><li><a href="http://leeuwerck.blogspot.com/2022/11/banks-in-transition-from-counters-to.html" target="_blank">Banks in Transation : From Counters to Apps</a> </li><li><a href="http://leeuwerck.blogspot.com/2022/07/gigantic-moodys-industrial-manual.html" target="_blank">Gigantic : Moody's Industrial Manual</a> </li></ul></div><div><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div> F. L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16216038899330180005noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6220802956079250100.post-27889351316002256092022-11-14T09:16:00.000+01:002022-11-14T09:16:26.141+01:00Banks in Transition : From Counters to Apps<div style="text-align: justify;"><div>Last summer the Swiss Finance Museum opened its new exhibition <i>Banks in Transition : From Counters to Apps</i>. </div><div><br /></div><div>This special production shows the evolution of Swiss banks and their relationship with private clients. A selection of authentic historical securities showcase Swiss banks, as well as global tech companies that are driving digitization in the financial sector. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGjNVBbREYdulRZTSar53sziQ2YnCwYBbwPqXzNBmrWZPFpzX3AyFAHXmcTwzWOYdHe_9463ODHYlthXjw8l49OHQwPBYBAAPnKPSSFAKjvHnS-nyQ6IjU6cTOnSwp_ovr3gtwNXRH5zz7VS5LKWo-ZENvbNKXsfYyJJHVApUngkLJZTkVxSATR8eQ-g/s2000/banken_im_wandel_en.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="2000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGjNVBbREYdulRZTSar53sziQ2YnCwYBbwPqXzNBmrWZPFpzX3AyFAHXmcTwzWOYdHe_9463ODHYlthXjw8l49OHQwPBYBAAPnKPSSFAKjvHnS-nyQ6IjU6cTOnSwp_ovr3gtwNXRH5zz7VS5LKWo-ZENvbNKXsfYyJJHVApUngkLJZTkVxSATR8eQ-g/w400-h300/banken_im_wandel_en.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>In several parts the exhibition present the roots of Swiss banking, the emergence of the Swiss financial centre, the Internet, and the advent of the smartphone and its huge impact on today's digital payment culture. The latter part features interactive tools and displays.</div><div><br /></div><div><div>The exhibition shows several antique share certificates from companies like the <i>Banque Générale Suisse de Crédit International Mobilier et Foncier</i>, <i>Banque Privée Edmond de Rothschild SA Genève</i>, <i>Apple Computer</i>, etc.</div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNWL9dae3s4TQKrxTj95rSh9UBo46SPhWwbNU2v72_49X9DPrQIJldWxNC0uO0HQZIhBsYnxpYO1GkQbdhgcbbzbVBAs82BwzEreknE7y7Nm_ZUjOymffcf9CX2ZxYsV7p3K55UjFt7ppp1yNGrqKwVlM5rmhw4Vt4WG6A56X8E94L54H4yz4T05M-DQ/s1863/eBay.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1298" data-original-width="1863" height="279" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNWL9dae3s4TQKrxTj95rSh9UBo46SPhWwbNU2v72_49X9DPrQIJldWxNC0uO0HQZIhBsYnxpYO1GkQbdhgcbbzbVBAs82BwzEreknE7y7Nm_ZUjOymffcf9CX2ZxYsV7p3K55UjFt7ppp1yNGrqKwVlM5rmhw4Vt4WG6A56X8E94L54H4yz4T05M-DQ/w400-h279/eBay.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"> This <i>eBay Inc.</i> stock certificate is part of the new exhibit</span><span style="color: #666666;">. A success story of the dot-com bubble in the 1990s, e-commerce and online auction site eBay offered online money transfers through its previously wholly owned subsidiary Paypal. </span></div><div><br /></div><div><div><br /></div><div>The Swiss Finance Museum is located at the headquarters of SIX in Zurich. In its Permanent Exhibition the museum explains the origins of the economic system and the role of the stock market. This unique museum is home to a collection of 10,000 historic securities from more than 150 countries. </div><div><br /></div><div>Key historical pieces, combined with interactive videos and animations, historical film recordings and interviews, tell the story of the development of our modern financial economy. Since this summer, the permanent exhibition features a new highlight: a share in the French East India Company from 1665.</div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg33v1x6Hb_o4oJask__sqPTY-6IPYarSA8xHLm0LSgIHIYsT11IJV-_JQNtpaYWsnG36tWL6YmsxInpKamjSaWI889ZO_8xOYJVvOtTXySx9P5wT9798iwL7Qd-b6jW-BqLm49W4RC7edg-svUk8zKcrhVRpqdT1_3afeoPYjh8X-o-Hr1Gtzj63Z7zw/s2048/BanksInTransition_display.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg33v1x6Hb_o4oJask__sqPTY-6IPYarSA8xHLm0LSgIHIYsT11IJV-_JQNtpaYWsnG36tWL6YmsxInpKamjSaWI889ZO_8xOYJVvOtTXySx9P5wT9798iwL7Qd-b6jW-BqLm49W4RC7edg-svUk8zKcrhVRpqdT1_3afeoPYjh8X-o-Hr1Gtzj63Z7zw/w266-h400/BanksInTransition_display.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">More info about the museum can be found <a href="https://www.finanzmuseum.ch/en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a> .</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">F.L.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Related links</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><ul><li>All you need to know about your visit, see <a href="https://www.finanzmuseum.ch/en/home/visit.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a> </li><li><a href="https://www.finanzmuseum.ch/en/home/blog.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The museum's blog</a> </li></ul></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Previous posts<ul><li><a href="http://leeuwerck.blogspot.com/2022/07/gigantic-moodys-industrial-manual.html" target="_blank">Gigantic : Moody's Industrial Manual</a> </li><li><a href="http://leeuwerck.blogspot.com/2010/12/sensation-at-5-centimes-in-le-petit.html" target="_blank">Sensation at 5 Centimes in Le Petit Journal</a> </li></ul><br /></div>F. L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16216038899330180005noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6220802956079250100.post-49133835646209103862022-10-27T19:54:00.006+02:002022-10-27T20:07:21.573+02:00Boone's 69th auction spans now 2 days. Among the stars are Ferdinand de Lesseps Suez Canal certificates and a 16th century loan from Antwerp.<div style="text-align: justify;">Mario Boone scheduled its next sale of antique stocks and bonds for 5 and 6 November 2022. That's right, the auctioneer applies a new event format which starts in Antwerp with an international bourse on Saturday morning. The live auction kicks off at 2 PM in the same venue. On Sunday, the second part comprises of a internet/mailbid auction. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC9hxNLHd1jbCRbWG-j0fKQIJX5PAdpFBpMyjNO6Xt7wDcKs_IzHyQTowVSrg-5X_R0Ysx4L5GEIJchSyZ8zLN7BCDHZt3msoRj9ZnCBIXsSDsGrNnbGyWnQQ1hIXE_PFghlzbZS5csX3o-rArrkq1gugMSg8jztrEf2v_q7dGXUH1rA5cXT_xLDktOg/s1698/L0353_CreditNationalAssurances.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1206" data-original-width="1698" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC9hxNLHd1jbCRbWG-j0fKQIJX5PAdpFBpMyjNO6Xt7wDcKs_IzHyQTowVSrg-5X_R0Ysx4L5GEIJchSyZ8zLN7BCDHZt3msoRj9ZnCBIXsSDsGrNnbGyWnQQ1hIXE_PFghlzbZS5csX3o-rArrkq1gugMSg8jztrEf2v_q7dGXUH1rA5cXT_xLDktOg/w400-h284/L0353_CreditNationalAssurances.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;">Altogether more than 1700 lots will be hammered in Boone's upcoming auction. This is an opportunity to see many stunning certificates like this one<i>. </i>Noted security printer</span><span style="color: #666666;"> </span><span style="color: #666666;">Charles Crabbé produced this 1902 </span><span style="color: #666666;">share from the Paris-based </span><i style="color: #666666;">Crédit National Assurances</i><span style="color: #666666;">. L(ot) 353 starts at €100.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Latin America is excellently represented. More than 300 lots fill several chapters : Latin America lot range 534-556 , The Carribbean Collection L729-861, Venezuala Collection L862-965. All of these are scheduled on Saturday, and then there is another Latin America chapter, L1518-1580, on Sunday. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Some of the interesting items are :</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><ul><li><i>The Cuban Central Railways Ltd</i> £100 debenture from 1899 shows two small vignettes and is rare, L544.</li><li>Lots 806 through 828 includes several <i>Panama Canal </i>certificates.</li><li>L887 shows a frontal view of a steamship on a <i>Orinoco Steamship Company</i> bond printed in 1902 by the International Bank Note Co. from New York.</li><li>The <i>Société de Recherches de Temascaltepec (Mexique)</i> was organized to mine for silver in Temascaltepec. L1569</li></ul></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhABnBOfkgPifI9J5uSAacuuoMfQwrfVrOxWTw1PsSxchtYA2ne3u2fiLZQS84P9R0-kxll2kpsHzeTkWlysFahMZr_jeOoCO3tH6rus2NksZzYvpVy6lEplzZgsNmvXiNeDGyvLU8SNK1sds80yMT5DsSGsgwGzne0z9kXiDj4tzDeu2mEXY04usx5IQ/s1790/L0548_SyndicatPlacersGuyanais.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1254" data-original-width="1790" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhABnBOfkgPifI9J5uSAacuuoMfQwrfVrOxWTw1PsSxchtYA2ne3u2fiLZQS84P9R0-kxll2kpsHzeTkWlysFahMZr_jeOoCO3tH6rus2NksZzYvpVy6lEplzZgsNmvXiNeDGyvLU8SNK1sds80yMT5DsSGsgwGzne0z9kXiDj4tzDeu2mEXY04usx5IQ/w400-h280/L0548_SyndicatPlacersGuyanais.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;">L548 in the auction is a share in the <i>Syndicat des Placers Guyanais</i>. The company was formed in 1913 to dig for alluvial gold and diamonds. An overseas department of France in South America, French Guiana's currency is the euro. Gold mining, often done illegally, is still one of its main industries today. Bidding starts at €200.</span></div><div><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div>Included in the sale are several certificates signed by or issued to historic figures, such as:</div><div><ul><li>members from the <i>Rothschild</i> banking family, L402 through 415, </li><li><i>Paul Kruger</i>, President of the South African Republic, L296</li><li>L499 shows the signature of <i>Robert Surcouf</i>, the French slave trader and privateer who raided British ships</li><li>A Nederlandsche Handel-Maatschappij share issued to the <i>Dutch King Willem III</i>, L441.</li></ul><div>The auction catalog's <i>Autographs</i> index refers to many more personalities, including <i>Ferdinand de Lesseps</i> !</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPZGa4tpeoyTywXUyaGsn_vJ3lJ11I2WxNzuJwALjEElsWFE5pNqsMPB3edfbqu9PLI0tX8s6FyPR65n1f39M_KuxMqWVBURtaYb3LZRhnl0QXl1iKc32VavIW7jeCMWMEhC2oEiJAVngEL90Rk0BCbk7XmEQaELj7bzhTqKATzjk_n3f3PbmBLLO-Rw/s1651/L0282_SuezLesseps.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1285" data-original-width="1651" height="311" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPZGa4tpeoyTywXUyaGsn_vJ3lJ11I2WxNzuJwALjEElsWFE5pNqsMPB3edfbqu9PLI0tX8s6FyPR65n1f39M_KuxMqWVBURtaYb3LZRhnl0QXl1iKc32VavIW7jeCMWMEhC2oEiJAVngEL90Rk0BCbk7XmEQaELj7bzhTqKATzjk_n3f3PbmBLLO-Rw/w400-h311/L0282_SuezLesseps.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;">On March 23, 2021, container ship Ever Given gets stuck in the <i>Suez Canal</i> and disrupted global trade for six days. The consequences were incalculable: industries were impacted with shortages, e.g. of semiconductors. The non delivering of food resulted in price rises and livestock shipments were suspended.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;">The Suez Canal connects the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea. It was constructed by <b>Ferdinand de Lesseps</b>' Suez Canal company between 1859 and 1869. </span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;">Boone offers a set of printer proof bonds from the company's 1879/80 loan, all different and unique. One of these is corrected by Ferdinand de Lesseps himself, and personally signed by him. His handwritten signature in scripophily is of the highest rarity. The set of certificates deserves a place in any top collection highlighting France, Egypt, Canals & Transport, and even World History. Start price €10,000 .</span></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The 16-18th century chapter counts more than 50 lots of shares, bonds and related financial documents. Among these "prehistorics" are </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><ul><li>bonds from the Flemish cities Antwerp, Aalst and Oudenaarde (L480, L482, L484)</li><li>a 1759 share in the <i>Compagnie Royale Prussienne de Bengale</i> , L511</li><li>whaling and canal companies, L486 & L514</li><li>18th & early 19th century French privateer companies, L489 through L499, and an American one, L533</li><li>a collection of 108 French lotteries issued between 1699 and 1828, L501</li><li>a put option certificate of the <i>Bank of England</i> as early as 1730, L516</li></ul></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHYXt3rH3PJCia6JKpi4mEb9zDmQfYTftqeneRgCkNs-Z3b21O_q-IsGaFpqIRkxC6k5e6z4Dpk4v2kegMYBuT1hsl3p7ED0AYTDImiI_4fDdWib_ftMN0_JPMz2Mb2Cb9V6E1J9wlikZo19MbSMVdLxupL_d9jEWYUc4d2BcSfdCuzDuX0fJTkMQExQ/s1264/L0480_AntwerpCityBond.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1051" data-original-width="1264" height="333" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHYXt3rH3PJCia6JKpi4mEb9zDmQfYTftqeneRgCkNs-Z3b21O_q-IsGaFpqIRkxC6k5e6z4Dpk4v2kegMYBuT1hsl3p7ED0AYTDImiI_4fDdWib_ftMN0_JPMz2Mb2Cb9V6E1J9wlikZo19MbSMVdLxupL_d9jEWYUc4d2BcSfdCuzDuX0fJTkMQExQ/w400-h333/L0480_AntwerpCityBond.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;">An amazing discovery is L480, an Antwerp city bond for 100 Carolus Guilders from 1558. Issued on vellum, it has a large Antwerp city seal in red wax showing 'Het Steen', the still existing 13th century castle. The bond was part of a loan granted in 1555 by Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor and King of Spain.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;">At the start of the 16th century Antwerp belonged to the Habsburg Netherlands, then part of the Holy Roman Empire. The city was a major shipping base for Spanish and Portuguese merchants importing sugar and raw produce from overseas. Antwerp became the main business centre around the Atlantic. Its wealthy bankers lended money to governments in Europe.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;">Between 1555 and 1556, Charles V split his empire into an Austro-German and a Spanish branch. As a result of Charles's abdications, the Habsburg Netherlands were left to his son Philip II of Spain. </span><span style="color: #666666;">Thus became Antwerp part of the Spanish Netherlands. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;">During these decades war with France was never far away. Also the Catholic Church in the Spanish realm had to be defended against the upcoming Protestant Reformation. The loan was raised to finance the construction and maintenance of the fortifications of Antwerp, the so-called 'Spaanse omwalling' (Spanish ramparts). These were built on order of Charles V from 1542 onwards.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i>€5000 is the start price for this top item that has witnessed a florishing but turbulent Flemish and Spanish 16th century.</i></span></div></blockquote><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">As usual the sale includes a large chapter of USA scripophily, presented in both the Saturday and Sunday sessions of the auction. </div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li style="text-align: justify;">There is an opportunity to buy a <i>Southern State Bonds Collection</i> as a single lot (L649-L728). When there is no buyer then the collection will be regrouped by state, each one then offered as one group lot. In turn, these, when not sold, will be split into single item lots. </li><li style="text-align: justify;">US railways are plenty. You can find an interesting review on this chapter on Coxrail News and Announcements, see <a href="http://coxrail.blogspot.com/2022/10/mario-boone-auction-69.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a> </li></ul><div><br /></div></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVQu1NoHtACIKXS753_scl3CJeBHMCkOQUa7FAQ7dFAmYKEihtFH80BBE0hJQ1JmDnFee4gfX5GpFvHoxEykjd67gki07ehyunHj20WFItO82f2z54ZhPpVmjbEqwSGa1GsQL3wWSsd1gNy9IA2o3scW6k440j3b9t14VUwkH79MsEMJFshz32HvaRhw/s1152/L1708_NationalGlass_wDetail.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="538" data-original-width="1152" height="186" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVQu1NoHtACIKXS753_scl3CJeBHMCkOQUa7FAQ7dFAmYKEihtFH80BBE0hJQ1JmDnFee4gfX5GpFvHoxEykjd67gki07ehyunHj20WFItO82f2z54ZhPpVmjbEqwSGa1GsQL3wWSsd1gNy9IA2o3scW6k440j3b9t14VUwkH79MsEMJFshz32HvaRhw/w400-h186/L1708_NationalGlass_wDetail.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;">The <i>National Glass Company</i> from Pittsburgh, Pa., was a short-lived glass trust. It owned several factories in places like Dunkirk, Ind., Cumberland, Md. and Marietta, Oh. They specialized in colored table glassware and decorated lamps. This $1000 bond from 1901, a Western Bank Note print, starts at €50. L1708</span></div><div><br /></div><div><div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">It is impossible to address all items in this sale, but there is a way to find out more about them. Here are the auction details :</div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li style="text-align: justify;">Dates</li><ul><li style="text-align: justify;">5 November 2022, Antwerp Crowne Plaza Hotel</li><ul><li style="text-align: justify;">International Bourse 8h30-12h </li><li style="text-align: justify;">Live auction 14h-18h30</li></ul><li style="text-align: justify;">6 November 2022, mailbid and online auction</li></ul><li style="text-align: justify;">Further info : </li><ul><li style="text-align: justify;">online catalog & bidding, see <a href="https://www.booneshares.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a> </li><li style="text-align: justify;">or via the Invaluable platform (large images), see <a href="https://www.invaluable.com/auction-house/boone-shares---the-scripophily-center-gvnvp4q50x" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">there</a> </li><li style="text-align: justify;">and the PDF version of the catalog can be found <a href="https://www.booneshares.com/AuctionCatalogue/AuctionCatalogueNo69/Downloadcatalogue.aspx" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a> </li></ul></ul></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;">Even if you are not a collector 5 November 2022 is an opportunity to see some great antique securities. The venue is the Antwerp Crown Plaza. The public bus stops right outside the place and takes you in 10 minutes to Antwerp Central Station. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></div><div>F.L.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>PS : Did you like this post ? Thank you for sharing it on you favorite social media channel !</div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div><br /></div></div></div>F. L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16216038899330180005noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6220802956079250100.post-55983362564273565032022-09-21T21:47:00.001+02:002022-09-21T21:50:35.918+02:00Over 1500 lots of historic securities go on the block in FHW's upcoming sale, including an amazing share from Frederick the Great's Chinese trading company !<div style="text-align: justify;">Freunde Historischer Wertpapiere <span style="font-size: x-small;">(FHW)</span> has scheduled its next sale for October 8, 2022. This time the auctioneer selected more than 1500 lots of historic bonds and share certificates. Major sections have been reserved for scripophily from Germany, the German DM era, USA and a series of more than 200 lots from other countries worldwide.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPRIaw4Z7HQs27exnMHAWFHkFlUD-ptgLL--HBUfiWm2rMsN7znIaXB0LjDDy8_w8lAno7Wy7OybFvYsQ8bjb0zfV5P5X2SOQiL4CcmB-rIvBDACszjqBP1uoOLV-a79h06tXLIvLgwMybdjwg0ySpBfOlTkNmsIq8GKt-xXaiCd6fCuLD0tVtD1hAQg/s1450/L0756_HippodromFrankfurt_40PctRed.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1450" data-original-width="960" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPRIaw4Z7HQs27exnMHAWFHkFlUD-ptgLL--HBUfiWm2rMsN7znIaXB0LjDDy8_w8lAno7Wy7OybFvYsQ8bjb0zfV5P5X2SOQiL4CcmB-rIvBDACszjqBP1uoOLV-a79h06tXLIvLgwMybdjwg0ySpBfOlTkNmsIq8GKt-xXaiCd6fCuLD0tVtD1hAQg/w265-h400/L0756_HippodromFrankfurt_40PctRed.jpg" width="265" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;">One of the highlights in the sale is this share in the <i>Hippodrom-A.-G. Frankfurt am Main</i>.<i> </i>The company was founded in 1897. Its main building was used to promote equestrian sports in public events and festivities and had the largest indoor riding arena of Germany. </span><span style="color: #666666;">Allied bombing</span><span style="color: #666666;"> </span><span style="color: #666666;">destroyed the hippodrome during WW II. Reportedly only four of these shares were discovered in the 1980s. L(ot) 756 in the auction is expected to realize €2,800. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The German chapter presents over 750 lots from the pre-DM period and covers all regions and branches. A dedicated Deutschland Top 20 section, lot range 748-767, bundles the high-end items. The auction also includes the <i>Klaus H Reifenrath Collection</i> consisting of 69 rare Kux and mining shares from the <i>Siegerländer Erzrevier</i> mining area.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaeoZMAsoAGxloO0zbAFjIGHVQ1_mkJuQXE_-N65a70o6b883_tb7feA43ETCPmW--2w9vb1bhfZ-dU0CZo_l5AO4zLvIbjFXADQiUR_HBIkK3aT0dzC1vTcOpebfTKUFgGm_2Frl9_bfknnr9tciocXkd_hX5EYG2Ub4bTP2nCT18YsSvCUrOkhJNoA/s992/L0730_MechBuntwebereiFleissner_30PctRed.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="992" data-original-width="720" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaeoZMAsoAGxloO0zbAFjIGHVQ1_mkJuQXE_-N65a70o6b883_tb7feA43ETCPmW--2w9vb1bhfZ-dU0CZo_l5AO4zLvIbjFXADQiUR_HBIkK3aT0dzC1vTcOpebfTKUFgGm_2Frl9_bfknnr9tciocXkd_hX5EYG2Ub4bTP2nCT18YsSvCUrOkhJNoA/w290-h400/L0730_MechBuntwebereiFleissner_30PctRed.jpg" width="290" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;">The auction includes several shares designed in Art Deco. This one, issued in 1922 by the <i>Mechanische Buntweberei J. Sim. Fleißner Aktiengesellschaft</i>, a textile company from Münchberg, illustrates one of the company's modern fabric designs. L730 starts at €100. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div><br /></div><div>All lots are well-illustrated with high quality images on the Invaluable online platform. However, the Top 20 section includes even more in-depth information with extra illustrations in the catalog's PDF version (links see further below). </div><div><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Some examples from the German chapter :</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><ul><li>The <i>Central-Afrikanische Seeen-Gesellschaft</i> operated gold mines and saltworks in the African Great Lakes region, then part of German East Africa. <i>Seeen</i> is German for <i>lakes</i>. This 1000 mark share was issued in Hamburg, 1902 and starts at €900, L384.</li><li>The 1855 share from the <i>Steinkohlenbau-Verein zu Rochlitz</i>, a coal mine company, shows the city of Rochlitz, gnomes at work and an explosion in their mine, mined rock with imprints of fossilized plants and lots more. Extremely rare, this is in my opinion the most awesome German share certificate. L763, a top item, starts at €9,000.</li><li>L926 starts at €320. The share from the <i>Sundwiger Eisenhütte Maschinenbau-Actiengesellschaft</i> displays a lovely Jugendstil design.</li></ul><div><br /></div><div>Time to highlight the absolute top item in the auction.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX2hHPIkgo2i8Fi2EgomV0kvlLN5OCuT8elNWQz_pLNOD-kAZOayyUSghHBVqCsB7W1uZNtyiIMYlM3ZZ8ONZQ36nRS9ns86pAuAZv9rRXa6GT5XR-UlVMUAJHvnJ_HLpELvDtaDN17djqp-dpsHglIAAGw3wo1j_HJ1bMAErm-pk9oc9pC9H1tipqWA/s1862/L0760_AsiatischeCieEmbdenCantonChina_52PctRed.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1862" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX2hHPIkgo2i8Fi2EgomV0kvlLN5OCuT8elNWQz_pLNOD-kAZOayyUSghHBVqCsB7W1uZNtyiIMYlM3ZZ8ONZQ36nRS9ns86pAuAZv9rRXa6GT5XR-UlVMUAJHvnJ_HLpELvDtaDN17djqp-dpsHglIAAGw3wo1j_HJ1bMAErm-pk9oc9pC9H1tipqWA/w413-h640/L0760_AsiatischeCieEmbdenCantonChina_52PctRed.jpg" width="413" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Four years after <b>Frederick the Great</b> became King in Prussia he annexed in 1744 the independent city-state of Embden (Emden), then the most important trade port on the North Sea. Eager to give Prussia a share of the Asian trade similar to the V.O.C. or the British East India Co., Frederick the Great granted the privilige in 1751 to found the <i>Emden Trading Company</i>. </div></div></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The company, also known as the <b>Königlich Preußische Asiatische Compagnie in Embden nach Canton und China</b> (Royal Prussian Asiatic Company in Emden to Canton and China) was allowed to conclude contracts with foreign Asian rulers in the name of the King of Prussia. The Emden company owned four ships that made six voyages to Canton bringing back tea, porcelain and other goods.<span style="text-align: left;"> </span></div></div></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The company operated independently - the king's main interest was filling the Prussian (war) treasury - and became the first modern German stock corporation, i.e. without state influence.</div></div></blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div></div></blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0hNjpvCxpaLVHQqaakyUUOHhuOU9vJBhReh1tGRo5docDRf9MRODIMdzzvJvx3Yn8ATpSJE73_uy-q7QNv3qwl3OMz0Tw9Drhogd7vmZKzO0CvsnhPjxWmpi-Z1emLnRJNTYO083G84TRjda7Jls42bfV56XiMHbgFInr1jzc4FYwlpt9tCtH5bhsjA/s936/L0760_AsiatischeCieEmbdenCantonChina_det.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="128" data-original-width="936" height="55" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0hNjpvCxpaLVHQqaakyUUOHhuOU9vJBhReh1tGRo5docDRf9MRODIMdzzvJvx3Yn8ATpSJE73_uy-q7QNv3qwl3OMz0Tw9Drhogd7vmZKzO0CvsnhPjxWmpi-Z1emLnRJNTYO083G84TRjda7Jls42bfV56XiMHbgFInr1jzc4FYwlpt9tCtH5bhsjA/w400-h55/L0760_AsiatischeCieEmbdenCantonChina_det.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></div></div><br /><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;">The share, L760 in the auction, issued in 1752 for 500 Reichsthaler in Friderichs d'Or is the oldest German share known. </div></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;">It is also the oldest share in the German language. A complete translation of the text on the obverse, as well as a hint on its non-German provenance, can be found in the latest issue of Scripophily magazine, No. 119 August 2022. </div></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;">The clipping shown here says <i>[..the Company's ships which shall sail] to Canton in China as well as other places in India ..</i> . The document must be the oldest known share mentioning the word China as well. Start price €50,000.</div></blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;"></div></blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><br /><div>The sale's <i>Deutsche Mark</i> section comprises of more than 230 lots, including a Top 20 chapter. To mention a few : L1146 is a 20 shares certificate in the <i>Erste Kulmbacher Actienbrauerei AG</i> <span style="font-size: x-small;">(EKU)</span>, 1990, showing the company's logo with crown and prize medals, €75; L1249 <i>Teutoburger Wald-Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft</i>, Hamburg, 1951, unissued share, starts at €200. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiqK1-D7x9efNGC9dNCI9n5koEzMT0gBXkCpta7CIMlUcFKGdIOwIMAmVuYRuFc2dEQy0SX-qsJUEInoFFACL-ok8bzQ3GtM2Als3ncMLKGOhzeuqf8NFeJunMtdBBREBwNFtQAFSaLaeW-9bhRxbbVIM104fFnM6MIqRMg4uAPlpffraA7Pl6Ef861Q/s960/L1088_AachenerStrassenbahnEnergie_40PctRed.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="678" data-original-width="960" height="283" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiqK1-D7x9efNGC9dNCI9n5koEzMT0gBXkCpta7CIMlUcFKGdIOwIMAmVuYRuFc2dEQy0SX-qsJUEInoFFACL-ok8bzQ3GtM2Als3ncMLKGOhzeuqf8NFeJunMtdBBREBwNFtQAFSaLaeW-9bhRxbbVIM104fFnM6MIqRMg4uAPlpffraA7Pl6Ef861Q/w400-h283/L1088_AachenerStrassenbahnEnergie_40PctRed.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;">The Aachener Kleinbahn-Gesellschaft and the Rheinischen Elektricitäts- und Kleinbahnen AG merged in 1942 into the <i>Aachener Strassenbahn und Energieversorgungs-AG</i> (ASEAG). The company provided local public transport in the Aachen city region. During the Battle of Aachen, 1944, </span><span style="color: #666666;">Allied troops</span><span style="color: #666666;"> used </span><span style="color: #666666;">tramcars loaded with explosives and ammunition as rolling bombs on the sloping routes from Siegel and Grundhaus to the city center, which, however, caused little damage. This share, from 1954, shows a high voltage power pole and tram car in the underprint. Bids</span><span style="color: #666666;"> </span><span style="color: #666666;">for L1088 </span><span style="color: #666666;">are welcome from €40 onwards. </span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>The USA section features more than 200 lots. Here are some interesting examples to look for:</div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li style="text-align: justify;">L1429 is stock certificate in the <i>Lamb's Run Oil Company</i> coming from an old collection. Printed by Chandler from Philadelphia, 1865, it shows two vignettes of early oil derricks. The company was incorporated in Venango County, Pennsylvania where the biggest oilboom sparked only a few years earlier. €100</li><li style="text-align: justify;"><i>Confederate States of America</i>, 8% $100 bond from 1862, large vignette of the city of Richmond and portrait of C. G. Memminger, L1378, €300</li><li style="text-align: justify;">€380 may buy you a <i>Laramie, Hahns Peak and Pacific Railway Company</i> 100 common shares certificate issued in 1912. The company was incorporated in Wyoming. The shares of this company are illustrated with 3 vignettes of a locomotive, lumberjacks and miners at work, Cox cat nr LAR-083-S-51. L1430</li></ul></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCR7-i3WAVOqA7fOrRiuy09c3hf-YDfrcpND1MB6M7YQL_lssCyJTW4kdQFcEsGqm5rHa7jxikbUKrTF6nttRz7NBhzbjNzMr-CgYoYqwI0R7kDXNid1iPym8X_iEIAWjAH5e_Unb32S_poRgxcEXDMmfSKHzNLPo2qBwr8kjdrfgoCoFOMnjRk5iGkw/s1200/L0102_Bacardi_50PctRed.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1067" data-original-width="1200" height="356" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCR7-i3WAVOqA7fOrRiuy09c3hf-YDfrcpND1MB6M7YQL_lssCyJTW4kdQFcEsGqm5rHa7jxikbUKrTF6nttRz7NBhzbjNzMr-CgYoYqwI0R7kDXNid1iPym8X_iEIAWjAH5e_Unb32S_poRgxcEXDMmfSKHzNLPo2qBwr8kjdrfgoCoFOMnjRk5iGkw/w400-h356/L0102_Bacardi_50PctRed.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;">This share from the <i>Compañia Ron Bacardi</i> can be found in the sale's <i>Ausland</i> section (foreign countries). The company was founded in 1862 in Cuba and became worldwide known for its white rum and derived cocktails such as the Cuba Libre and the Daiquiri. The share depicts bats, the company logo, a bottle of Bacardi rum and many of its prize medals won at contests. It is issued to <i>Emilio Bacardi y Rossell</i>, great grandchild of Facundo Bacardi Massó, founder of Bacardi, and grandchild of Emilio Bacardi Lay, mayor of Santiago de Cuba. Note that the certificate was issued in 1955 during the Cuban Revolution. The Bacardi family left the country in 1960 after the government confiscated the company's assets in 1960. L102 starts at €150. </span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div>There is a lot more to discover in the sale, so here are the details :</div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Date : 8 October, 2022</li><li>Location : Wolfenbüttel </li><li>Further info, see <a href="https://www.fhw-online.de/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>; PDF catalog see <a href="https://www.fhw-online.de/katalog122/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">there</a>; live bidding is possible through <a href="https://connect.invaluable.com/dwa/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://connect.invaluable.com/dwa/</a> </li></ul></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>F.L.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><i>PS : Did you like this post ? Thank you for sharing it on you favorite social media channel !</i></div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>F. L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16216038899330180005noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6220802956079250100.post-73079779345180690742022-09-05T21:38:00.002+02:002023-03-02T19:13:04.316+01:00 Puzzling scripophily - No. 7<div style="text-align: justify;">Unleash your detective skills !</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Puzzle No. 7 is about a remarkable person. The correct solution reveals this person's first and last name.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The following three visual clues may help you solve the puzzle. These are images of antique stock certificates.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><ul><li><i>How to take part ?</i> Submit your reply in the comments section of this post, or in any other way.</li><li><i>What's in it for you ?</i> The first correct answer yields eternal fame.</li><li><i>When will the solution be revealed ?</i> Check <a href="https://leeuwerck.blogspot.com/2023/03/scripophily-puzzle-no-7-solution.html" target="_blank">this particular blog post</a>.</li></ul></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg48FudKuxunio9IQDIRJO3Jiow_wnzM44RLklEmbtLqXLJZ3V7SBWHiV0fnUM3Pi__f-0Jz9W6qy2XtZqyXf2QNwmx7P27FeOH55IgVAO70L7VYE0v14RS3yOLP_LAWBFdYsrp6BTQ-kFPZoxq2qK62fRBQY8IUAmkiVF0GFNVHxHpTT2_1qOyWX32nA/s1106/WashingtonPost.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="744" data-original-width="1106" height="269" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg48FudKuxunio9IQDIRJO3Jiow_wnzM44RLklEmbtLqXLJZ3V7SBWHiV0fnUM3Pi__f-0Jz9W6qy2XtZqyXf2QNwmx7P27FeOH55IgVAO70L7VYE0v14RS3yOLP_LAWBFdYsrp6BTQ-kFPZoxq2qK62fRBQY8IUAmkiVF0GFNVHxHpTT2_1qOyWX32nA/w400-h269/WashingtonPost.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitmAzLRo5AzLl7Lq-ESQMGPM330A2SrSiZ5OLxT0EwgtmRH2_WCjaDRGkTlWqYWOoNdOKB3e70b07G2nOcsTm7gVWGPBG0eFsQAl7iGd0bV4rWjxvCA5aJyci0KGBsTCfF3sesG-_KVYKbnN6mpof5wRgJgBh2XBnrD6oNJoXIBcZuCa_YNl-PWeHAJQ/s932/BerkshireHathaway_Buffett_signature.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="932" height="344" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitmAzLRo5AzLl7Lq-ESQMGPM330A2SrSiZ5OLxT0EwgtmRH2_WCjaDRGkTlWqYWOoNdOKB3e70b07G2nOcsTm7gVWGPBG0eFsQAl7iGd0bV4rWjxvCA5aJyci0KGBsTCfF3sesG-_KVYKbnN6mpof5wRgJgBh2XBnrD6oNJoXIBcZuCa_YNl-PWeHAJQ/w400-h344/BerkshireHathaway_Buffett_signature.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-size: x-small;">image courtesy <a href="https://www.hwph.de/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">HWPH</a> </span></div><div><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIzCLHdCzMyEct4jYQ4wJOpgvSpU0UtpQYcaV-NtrjpZdhZNDebbceMNhFtsyoS5roVGiksTRQahiOxebXQo_kvL2qNhDexiR7angGid8Ji1wH7rPGDAUglCGkKQJXTdg2ggz9QNb7SHAAk_6mCv0Em-PyLmbzyCfnCp3D7hcfYCsaxve5_Q40tkAqfA/s1110/TwentiethCenturyFoxFilm.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="748" data-original-width="1110" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIzCLHdCzMyEct4jYQ4wJOpgvSpU0UtpQYcaV-NtrjpZdhZNDebbceMNhFtsyoS5roVGiksTRQahiOxebXQo_kvL2qNhDexiR7angGid8Ji1wH7rPGDAUglCGkKQJXTdg2ggz9QNb7SHAAk_6mCv0Em-PyLmbzyCfnCp3D7hcfYCsaxve5_Q40tkAqfA/w400-h270/TwentiethCenturyFoxFilm.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Good luck and have fun !</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">F.L.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Previous posts</div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="https://leeuwerck.blogspot.com/2022/07/gigantic-moodys-industrial-manual.html" target="_blank">Gigantic : Moody's Industrial Manual</a> </li><li><a href="https://leeuwerck.blogspot.com/2022/05/collecting-antique-stock-certificates.html" target="_blank">Collecting antique stock certificates ? 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