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 405. Eliphalet Remington
(1793–1861) Inventor, fire arms
manufacturer. In 1828 Remington built a
large arms factory at Ilion, New York.
In 1847 he supplied the United States
Navy with its first breech-loading
rifle. 8” x 4” check signed, Ilion Bank,
May 9, 1853, payable to S. S. Mirry. The
cancellations do not affect the
signature.
$150 to $250
 406. Eliphalet Remington III
(1828–1924) and Samuel
Remington (1819–1892) Gun
manufacturers. In 1856 the three sons,
Philo, Samuel and Eliphalet III, became
partners with their father forming the
firm of E. Remington and Sons.
 They
manufactured small arms for the United
States government during the War between
the States and World Wars I and II. Two
7" x 2 ½” checks, Cashier of Ilion
Bank. The first is dated June 27, 1853,
written and signed “E. Remington &
Sons” by Eliphalet Remington, III,
and the second is dated May, 185,
written and signed “S. Remington”
by Samuel Remington.
$100 to $200
 407. Charles Goodyear
(1800-1860) Inventor. Goodyear developed
the vulcanization process that permitted
the commercial use of rubber. He
patented it in 1844 but had to fight
numerous patent infringements in the
United States and Europe. He never
profited from his discovery, and he died
in debt. 6 ¼” x 2 ¼” check signed, Bank
of the Metropolis, June 7, 1860, payable
to Francis Lamb. The cancellation cut is
discrete and is away from the
signature.
$400 to $700
 408. Samuel Colt
(1814-1862) Inventor, industrialist.
Colt was the founder of the Colt's
Patent Fire-Arms Manufacturing Company
and is widely credited with popularizing
the revolver. 5 ½” x 5 ½” cut signature
“Yours truly Saml Colt.”
$400 to $700
 409. John D. Rockefeller
(1839–1937) Oil tycoon. Rockefeller was
one of the founders of Standard Oil. He
later became a philanthropist whose
wealth bankrolled the Rockefeller
Foundation. 5 ¾” x 7 ¾” typed letter
signed, personal stationery, July 13,
1917, to H. C. Ditmar. “…I am very
sorry to hear of the serious operation
and long illness of Mrs. Dutmar…I want
you to accept in the same spirit in
which I send it a little check which
will reach you in a day or two….”
$1,000
to $2,000
 410. William Rockefeller
(1841-1922) Financier. William was the
brother of John D. Rockefeller. He was a
successful stock market manipulator and
was the New York representative of the
Rockefeller interests until the Standard
Oil Company of New Jersey was dissolved
by the Supreme Court. He was associated
with copper interests, railways, and
public-utility corporations. With his
vast resources
 he built up the National
City Bank of New York. 16 ½” x 8” stock
certificate for one hundred shares of
Northern Pacific Railroad Company stock
issued to Rockefeller on December 27,
1884 and signed by him on the reverse at
the time of transfer on December 27,
1884.
$500 to $800
 411. Henry Ford
(1863-1947) Automobile manufacturer.
Ford was the
founder and president of Ford Motor Co.
A natural mechanic, Ford introduced
standardization and mass
production techniques in creating his
masterpiece, the Model T. He
revolutionized manufacturing
with
conveyer belt assembly lines. His book,
McGuffey’s New First Eclectic Reader,
4 ½”
x 6 ½”, by William H.
 McGuffey, reprinted by Henry Ford, American Book Company,
1925.
pictorial hardcover, black cloth spine,
marbled edges, signed “Henry Ford” on
the front free
endpaper. Slight overall wear.
$1,200 to $2000
 412. Henry E. Huntington
(1850-1927) Financier. Huntington
was prominent in railroad and other
enterprises. His estate at San Marino,
California, with botanical and other
gardens, art collections, and library,
together with a large endowment, was
placed in the hands of trustees who were
to maintain it for the public after his
death. 8 ½” x 7” financial document,
Pacific Electric Railway Company,
February 14, 1903. The document is an
accounts payable voucher that has been
endorsed on the reverse by Huntington
for payment. Cancellation holes affect
the signature.
$100 to $200
 413. Henry Wells
(1805-1878) and William G. Fargo
(1818-1881) Founders of American
Express. Fargo became a partner with
Wells in Wells & Company and, in 1850,
they joined with two other express
companies to form the American Express
Company which covered the eastern sector
of the United States; Wells, Fargo &
Company, formed in 1852, covered the
western sector. 12” x 8” stock
certificate for nine shares of stock in
American Express Company, June 11, 1863
signed by Henry Wells, as
president and William G. Fargo,
as secretary.
$750 to $1,400
 414. James C. Fargo
(1829–1915) President American Express.
Fargo was the younger brother of William
Fargo, founder of American Express and
Wells, Fargo & Co., and became the third
president of American Express after
William’s death in 1881. 8 ½” x 11”
typed legal document signed, The Estate
of Wm. G. Fargo, December 5, 1894, to
James D. Taylor. “…please transfer,
in one certificate, to James C. Fargo,
Attorney, and return to me….”
$250 to $400
 415. James Fargo.
4” x 2 ½” original artists proof of a
card designed for American Express,
“This Company Will Transport Free of
Charge Over Its Lines During the Year
The Personal Packages of….” The card
has a rendering of the “American
Express” logo has been signed at the
lower right by Fargo. The card is
mounted to a 6 ½” x 5” board.
$900 to $1,600
 416. Jay Cooke
(1821-1905) Financier. Cooke founded Jay
Cooke & Company, which marketed the huge
Civil War loans of the federal
government. 16” x 7 ¾” stock certificate
for ten shares of common stock issued to
Cooke in the Northern Pacific Railroad
Company, signed as trustee on the
reverse, March 26, 1877.
$500
to $800
 417. Jay Gould
(1836–1892) Financier.
Gould began his rise by gaining control
of a small Vermont railroad in 1860 at
the age of 24. Over the next 15 years,
he made a fortune by buying and selling
railroads and manipulating their stock.
Gould went on to become “the most hated
man in America” when his attempt to
corner the gold market caused a panic
termed “Black Friday” in September 1869.
11 ½” x 8” stock certificate for one
hundred shares of stock in the Missouri,
Kansas and Texas Railway Company, April
10, 1880, signed as president.
Cancellation holes touch the signature.
$350
to $600
 418. John Pierpont Morgan
(1837-1913) Financier, banker and
philanthropist. Morgan headed J. P.
Morgan and Company, the most important
force in American finance in the quarter
century before World War I. He helped
build a credit bridge between Europe and
America and financially rescued the
United States government twice. 13 ½” x
9 ½” $1,000 bond issued by the New
Jersey Junction Railroad Company, June
30, 1886, signed on the reverse as a
trustee.
 The bond is in pristine
condition, only the first of one
hundred, ninety-three coupons has been
clipped.
$500
to $900
 419. Cyrus W. Field
(1819–1892) Financier. Field led the
Atlantic Telegraph Company, the company
that successfully laid the first
telegraph cable across the Atlantic
Ocean in 1858. 6 ¾” x 8 ¼” autograph
letter signed, Hudson, September 2, 1854
on mourning stationery, to his father,
the Reverend David Field. “…Two weeks
since we were hoping and praying for the
recovery of our darling little Arthur;
but now that he has gone, how changed
all of our plans, and what a blank in
our happy family circle. He cannot come
to us, and I hope that we shall all be
fully prepared to go to him….” The
letter shows minor surface soiling.
$300 to $500
 420. Cyrus W. Field.
4 ½” x 2 ½” signature cut from the
conclusion of a letter signed.
$75
to $150
 421. Russell Sage
(1816–1906) Financier. Sage invested
successfully in the La Crosse Railroad
in Wisconsin, and he eventually acquired
an interest in more than forty
railroads, serving as director or
president of twenty. He helped organize
the Atlantic & Pacific Telegraph Co. 8”
x 10” autograph letter signed, House of
Representatives, January 27, 1854, to
“Ward.” “…I am pleased with the doings
of the Parole Board, so far as my
constitutes are concerned….”
$100 to $200
 422. Charles E. Duryea
(1861-1938) Automaker.
Duryea and his brother Frank tested the
first gasoline-powered automobile model
in 1893, and in 1896 established a
company, the Duryea Motor Wagon Company,
to build the Duryea model automobile,
the first auto ever commercially
manufactured. Eleven signatures all cut
from checks.
$300 to $500
 423. Thomas Lipton
(1850-1931) British merchant. Lipton
built the Lipton tea empire. 4 ½” x 3”
card signed, “Yrs faithfully Thomas
J. Lipton.”
$100 to $200
 424. Edward L. Doheny
(1856-1935) Oil tycoon, inspiration for
the character, Daniel Plainview in the
award winning film, There Will Be
Blood. Doheny
drilled the first successful well in the
Los Angeles City oil field, setting off
the petroleum boom in southern
California. During the administration of
President Warren G. Harding, Doheny was
implicated in the Teapot Dome Scandal
and was accused of offering a $100,000
bribe to Secretary of the Interior
Albert Fall in order to secure drilling
rights without competitive bidding to
the Elk Hills Naval Petroleum Reserve in
central California. 13 ½” x 8 ½” stock
certificate for stock in the Petroleum
Development Company, March 15, 1900,
issued to J. J. Miley and signed by
Doheny as President. There are
cancellations but none touch the
signature.
$500 to $900
 425. George Huntington Hartford
(1833-1917) Founder of the Atlantic and
Pacific Tea Company. Hartford,
together with George Gilman founded The
Great American Tea Co. By 1864, the two
partners had a few stores in operation
in New York City. In 1869, the Great
Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company was
chosen as the new name. Upon Gilman’s
retirement in 1878, Hartford headed the
company alone, creating the largest
grocery chain in the industry, with over
15,000 stores at its peak. 16 ¼” x 9 ½”
stock certificate for eight shares of
stock in the Great Atlantic and Pacific
Tea Company, June 18, 1912, signed as
president. There are two small
cancellation holes through his
signature.
$150 to $250
 426. Frederick Billings
(1823-1890) Financier. Billings Montana
was named after him. Billings became a
lawyer and in 1849, the year gold was
found in California, he went west to
make his fortune. He made it quickly,
soon becoming a successful lawyer and
real estate developer in San Francisco
and one of the
 richest men in
California.12 ¼” x 8” stock certificate
for one hundred shares of Northern
Pacific Railroad Company stock issued to
Billings on September 10, 1878 and
signed by him on the reverse at the time
of transfer on January 19, 1885.
$150 to $250
 427. Otto Kahn
(1867-1934) Financier, arts patron. Kahn
was closely associated with E. H.
Harriman in the reorganization of the
Union Pacific and other railroads and
had a part in numerous international
finance organizations. Among the many
theatrical and musical groups he helped
underwrite were the Russian ballet and
the Paris Conservatory orchestra in
their American appearances. From 1903 he
was active on the board of the
Metropolitan Opera Company. 8 ½” x 3 ½”
legal document signed, January 8, 1923.
The document is a proxy agreement. There
is a cancelled revenue stamp in the
lower right corner.
$100 to $200
 428. Powell Crosley, Jr.
(1886-1961) Industrialist. Crosley was
the builder of the Crosley automobile.
He was the owner of the Cincinnati Reds
major league baseball team for many
years. Crosley Field, a stadium in
Cincinnati, was named for him. 11 ¼” x
8” stock certificate for one hundred
shares of Pan American Airways stock
issued to Crosley on October 21, 1937
and signed by him on the reverse at the
time of transfer on October 29, 1942.
$150 to $250
 429. Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel
(1883-1971) French fashion designer.
Chanel’s
modernist philosophy, menswear-inspired
fashions, and pursuit of expensive
simplicity made her arguably the most
important figure in the history of 20th
century fashion. 8 ½” x 11” sheet of
Chanel Couture stationery signed,
November 20th 1957 from
Mademoiselle Chanel with best wishes.”
Also a 3” x 2” card signed and an
unsigned 6 ¼” x 7 ¾” unsigned matte
finish photograph.
$100 to $200
 430. Conrad Hilton
(1887-1979) Hotelier.
Hilton founded the international chain
of business hotels which bear his name.
He bought his first hotel in 1919, and
founded the first so-named Hilton Hotel
in 1925 in Dallas, Texas.
7 ¼” x 10 ½” typed letter signed,
personal stationery, May 8, 1959, to
Bernard Baker. “…Here is my
signature….”
$100
to $200
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