Feb 26, 2009 - Sale 2171

Sale 2171 - Lot 235

Price Realized: $ 1,800
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
GARVEY, MARCUS. Black Star Line Stock Certificate. Printed certificate, accomplished by hand for 10 shares of Black Star Line stock. New York, 1920

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stock certificate signed by george tobias, treasurer and one of the top officials of the United Negro Improvement Association. Tobias was arrested, indicted, tried and found guilty of mail fraud together with Garvey and others when the FBI brought its case against the noted black leader.