^Lot 269 Collis P. Huntington

One among scores of gold-seeking “forty-niners,” Huntington eventually became a member of the “Big Four” who organized the Central Pacific Railroad in 1861. Newport News and Mississippi Valley Company stock certificate, No. B413, 11.5 x 15.25, granting 100 shares to Huntington at $50,000,000 capital, signed at the conclusion as president, “C. P. Huntington.” Bottom half of the certificate bears a complete sheet of 20, 100 shares. In fine condition, with a few punch holes to the bottom right corner of the certificate, and some trivial bleeding to the middle initial of the signature.