SCOTT J. WINSLOW ASSOCIATES INC.
actively handles a wide variety of historical American collectibles specializing in autographs, manuscripts, stocks and bonds, paper money and a wide variety of historical americana. Since 1985, we have successfully served an extensive client base, including museums, libraries, universities, and private collectors. We have paid many millions of dollars for documents, ranging from one piece to major collections involving thousands of items.
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We are a member of numerous major trade organizations including the Manuscript Society and the prestigious Professional Autograph Dealers Association. Mr. Winslow has been involved in the paper collectibles business for over thirty years and has given numerous talks to various groups on paper collectibles. Additionally, he has been consulted in the identification of forged securities and historical documents and is a co-founder of PASS-CO, L.L.C., an authentication and grading firm.
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Broadside Offering Angry Testimonies From American Express Stockholders In Response To An 1867 Statement From Wells And Fargo Regarding “Complete And Lasting Victory” Over The Competition Printed Broadside. One page,6 1/4” x 13 1/2” No place. 1867. The broadside is composed of a reprint of statements made by Henry Wells and James C. Fargo in 1867concerning the American Express Company as well as shareholder responses to these statements. Wells and Fargo writes, in part: “ … to those who hold the stock of this company as an investment, to caution them against parting with it at present market price … competing Express Companies cannot long continue to operate upon the same lines, and it is clearly the policy of this company to expend every dollar of the current surplus earning, and if necessary to assess its stockholders, to ensure COMPLETE AND LASTING VICTORY …” The two stockholder responses that follow read, in part: “ … you created alarm throughout every commercial community, exciting intelligent thought, and series inquiry as to what would be the consequence to shippers … you tell us you mean to pursue this reckless course to the last … you will please take notice, that when you come to the threatened assessment, one stockholder, at least, proposes to try the questions, as to whether this fight is, in any sense, a ‘prosecution of the legitimate business’ of our Company …” and “ … My stock … has already fallen in the market from $1.30 to less than sixty cents … and I am now requested to still hold it until the officers have spent ‘every dollar’ trying to do what they must see will only result in the destruction of the company … the American people have no sympathy with a Company that publically says they will destroy legitimate competition …. ” Toning. Some paper loss at upper left, left center and lower left edges. Overall Very Good.
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Great Early Broadside For The Providence And Southbridge Accommodation Stage Printed Broadside for “Providence and Southbridge, Accommodation Stage.” 15” x 22”. Wonderful images of a horse-drawn carriage and an early passenger steam engine. Ornate border. The broadside reads, in part: “ … Stage will leave the Manufacturers Hotel, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, at 11 o’clock, A.M. and arrive at Fishersville Depot in time to meet the Cars for Worcester and Norwich, passing the villages of Greenville, Chepachet, Thompson, Masonville, Fishersville, and from thence to New-Boston and Southbridge. Returning, Will leave Southbridge Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, at 6 o’clock, A.M. and arrive at Fishersville Depot in time for the morning Cars for Worcester, and Norwich, and arrive at Providence at 1 o’clock, P.M., in time for the Boston, Taunton, and New Bedford Cars, and the Woonsocket, Pawtucket, Bristol, Warwick, and Coventry Stages. Passengers, For Killingly, Pomfret, Woodstock, Dudley, Webster, Oxford, Charlton, Sturbridge, Brimfield, Munson, and Palmer, can be accommodated by this Line, cheaper than by any other Line. Passengers wishing to go to any of the above named places, will find it to their advantage to call on the subscriber at the Manufacturers Hotel, Providence … ” While it was far below the standards of England and France, New England’s highway system remained the best in the U.S. into the 1840s. In spite of its rather low standing in relation to other transportation systems, this period of the 19th Century remained a transformative one for American transportation; it was during this period that the railroad overtake the slower coach and ferry systems that had been operating throughout eastern U.S. This broadside, bearing both a horse-drawn stage coach and a steam-engine, undoubtedly comes from this important period of American transportation history. Mounted to another sheet. Some very slight soiling and wrinkling, not affecting overall appearance. Overall Extremely Fine.
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