Sold for:
$2,370
$2,370
Large Group of Potomska Mills Stock Certificates, New Bedford, Massachusetts, late 19th to early 20th century, the Potomska Mill, organized in 1871, was the second largest cotton mill built there and produced fine lawns, sateens, print cloths, cretonnes, and jeans; the lot comprising four binders containing numerous 100-dollar stock certificates organized alphabetically by the names of the shareholders, among the notable names are Coggeshall, Hetty H.R. Green (nicknamed "the Witch of Wall Street"), Howland, Pitman, and Tripp.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2012-08-11
