Wall Street Auction #XXI, Session 1

Central Cross Town Railroad Company of New York. 100 Shares. 1914. Blue. Aerial view of lower Manhattan in the 1880's. Kendall Bank Note. XF.

Columbus & Ninth Avenue Railroad Bond Pair. 1893. NY. First Mortgage Five Per Cent. Brown border and underprint. IBN. XF. IC. A scarcer NYC railroad. (2)

Eleven Piece Lot of Broadway Surface Railroad Bonds. 1885. NY. Green $1000. Large eagle, shield and flag. One has condition problems, but the rest are mostly VF+ with some minor edge roughness.

Lake Ontario, Auburn and New York Railroad Co. 1861, Stock Certificate New York, NY. 1861. 10 Shs. Issued and uncancelled (no secretarial signature, but vice-president and corporate seal present). Green seal. Certificate #92. Locomotive R-L around curve with lake in background. VF+ condition. Rare railroad stock with 4 found in an old estate 10 years ago.

Lionel Corporation 1961 Proof Stock Certificate. 1961. Odd shares. Proof stock certificate of vignette, title, text without border with signature of new president, John Medaris in black and new secretary, W.T.Watson. The Vignette proof is dated 10/30/61 on top. Approval form stapled to LL corner to start printing. Famous image of young boy with engineers hat playing with toy electric trains. XF condition with staple holes in left margin....

Manhattan Railway Company, 1881. ABN Proof Grouping. New York, 100 common shares, sailor and Indian flank New York City arms, dog below, red frame, India paper Proof mounted on card. VF+, although a fold split reaches just into the top right border. Also included is a red Proof on India paper of the frame and under print for 100 Second Preferred shares, a Proof on card of the black portions of the certificate, and an American Bank Note...

Mostly Brooklyn & New York City Railroad & Bus Bonds & Shares, Lot of Thirty+ 1880's to early 1950's. Broadway Surface Railroad 1884 $1,000 bond, horse drawn railway car, rough right edge, otherwise XF; 1928 City of NY $1,000 bond for the construction of the Rapid Transit Railroad, wonderful cross-section of street scene. Sea Beach Railway 1896. Avenue Coach; Hudson & Manhattan Railroad and others. Some unissued, some with...

New York & Coney Island Railroad. Fifty Shares. 1879. NY. S/N 7. Red seal. Steamboat and map of Coney Island. Issued to Andrew R. Culver, and signed by him as president of the railroad. Dividend payments guaranteed by the Long Island Railroad. A stunning, fully issued example of a stock certificate usually found unissued or in deplorable condition. XF with one small nick in the bottom margin.

New York Railways Stock Certificate Grouping. 30+ Pieces. 1920's and 1930's. All with streetcars. Many colors and varieties. ABN. Mostly VF+, but a few with minor problems. (30+)

Railroad Stocks and Bonds, Misc Assortment, Early to Mid 20th Century I/C, Etc., (9) Certificates. All Different. Michigan Central RR; NY & Harlem; NY Central; Pennsylvania RR; NY Central & Hudson; West Shore RR; Colorful and Historical. Average VF+. (9)

Stafford Meadow Coal Iron City Improvement Bonds, Lot of Seven 1858. PA. Horses flank shield. Five other vignettes. Some minor condition problems, but mostly VF+. Should be seen.

Thirty-Fourth Street Cross-Town Railway Bonds, Lot of Nine. 1896. NY. First Mortgage. Black border and underprint. Lovely allegorical lady holding a caduceus. IBN. XF. Most are very crisp, bright and attractive. (9)