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The January 2013 Collector’s Series Sale<br />
Superb Uncut Sheet of Four Blue<br />
Ringling Brothers Certificates<br />
291<br />
291 Phillip Best Brewing Co (WI), 9 $1000 shs, Milwaukee,<br />
1884, #328, signed by Fred(erick) Pabst as<br />
president, and issued to his son, Charles Best, Jr., vignettes<br />
of the Empire Brewery and South Side Brewery<br />
buildings, black, Milwaukee, Litho, folds, else VF+.<br />
Also signed by Emil Schandein as Vice President and<br />
Charles Best, Jr. on the reverse. The Phillip Best Brewing<br />
Company is the forerunner of today’s Pabst Brewing<br />
Co. With Pabst at the helm of the company, the<br />
company changed its name to the Pabst Brewing co. and<br />
became the largest brewery in the world by the turn of<br />
the century. (photo) Est. 150-250<br />
292 Phillip Best Brewing (WI), 1874. One share. Breweries.<br />
Issued to Frederick Pabst and signed by him<br />
twice, on the back. IU. VF+. Est. 150-250<br />
293 Phillip Best Brewing Co (WI), 50 $1000 shs, Milwaukee,<br />
1884, #530, issued to and signed on verso<br />
by Frederick Pabst; also signed by Charles Best, Jr. as<br />
secretary, Empire and South Side Breweries, black<br />
and green, uncanceled, light glue residue along left<br />
edge, else about VF+. Est. 75-150<br />
294 Prof. Wm Emanuel’s School of Chiropody (treatment<br />
of feet) Grouping. Qualification certificates,<br />
Chicago, ca 1890s, halftone portrait of Emanuel in<br />
top hat, green underprint, one with light stain, otherwise<br />
good VF+. [6] Est. 60-90<br />
297<br />
297 Ringling Bros.- Barnum & Bailey Combined<br />
Shows, Inc. (DE). ND (1969). Uncut sheet of four.<br />
Shares. Blue engraved frame (issued for purchases of<br />
1,000 shares). Multicolored circus art lithographed<br />
design elements. Unissued remainder sheet. Almost<br />
Uncirculated.<br />
The owners of the circus wanted to create spectacular<br />
certificates, but the practical cost of producing circus<br />
art on a multicolored engraved certificate was extravagant.<br />
A compromise was reached. American Bank<br />
Note Company supplied the engraved frames, and the<br />
circus provided the lithographed artwork. The resulting<br />
certificates were so attractive that when the company<br />
was sold to Mattel, many shareholders refused<br />
to give up their circus certificates.<br />
Uncut sheets of ABN certificates of any kind are rarely<br />
encountered. The fact that this sheet consists of four<br />
blue Ringling Brothers share certificates makes it even<br />
more compelling. (photo) Est. 500-1,000<br />
298 Ringling Bros.-Barnum & Bailey Combined<br />
Shows (DE), Specimen. Multi-colored characters.<br />
Green frame. Circus animals, clowns, performers, circus<br />
wagons. SPECIMEN printed in red, green tents<br />
and elephants underprinted in the central portion.<br />
ABN. EF. Est. 75-150<br />
295 A Second Prof. Wm Emanuel’s School of Chiropody<br />
Grouping. Qualification certificates,<br />
Chicago, ca 1890s, halftone portrait of Emanuel in<br />
top hat, green underprint, VF+. [5] Est. 60-90<br />
296 Rex Manufacturing Company (DE), $10 shares<br />
Capital stock, 1911, Serial No.1, allegorical female<br />
with various machinery and tools, green and black,<br />
good VF. Est. 20-30<br />
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