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Auction: 319 - Bonds and Share Certificates of the Americas
Lot: 3116

Liquid Air, Power and Automobile Company. (WV), certificate for $10 shares, Boston 1[899], #894, ornate border, vignette at top left depicting allegorical figure with American Eagle and flag, black with green underprint, green seal, printed by Thorp & Martin Co, GVF.

A well known scam, the company purporting to be able to propel a motor car using liquid air. The stock was widely sold but the company wa sin receivership in 1901.

Sold for
$65