Mar 15, 2012 - Sale 2273

Sale 2273 - Lot 299

Price Realized: $ 120
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 150 - $ 250
(RAILROADS.) Group of 3 documents relating to the Reading Company, each signed "JPMorgan & Co." Various sizes and conditions. New York, 1897

Additional Details

Two stock documents tipped to the detached front cover of the Reading Company "First Preferred Stock" ledger: Cancelled certificate of ownership issued to Morgan for 560,000 shares, signed "JPMorgan&Co" and by others, with signature crossed out in ink. Inked stamps, embossed seal, and perforated cancellations. 6 January 1897 Certificate of sale of 560,000 shares of stock from J.P. Morgan & Co. to various parties. 10 April 1897 Two-page letter from J.P. Morgan & Co. to J.S. Harris of Reading Railway. 28 April 1897.