^Lot 480 The Bear Sterns Companies, Inc. Unique Production

DE. 1987. 1). Odd shs, Preferred Stock Series A, green. Proof model or mockup for stock certificate. Unique. 2). Odd shs, Common, green. Proof of previous design on light brown paper. 3). Miscellaneous production and design correspondence relating to the design of this Stock (2). Bear Stearns Companies, Inc., was created on October 29, 1985, as the successor to Bear Stearns & Company and Subsidiaries, a partnership organized in 1957. That partnership was the successor to a company founded in 1923 by Joseph Bear, Robert Stearns, and Harold Mayer as an equity-trading house. Headquartered in New York, Bear Stearns today is a full service brokerage and investment banking firm. SC-USBNC. Choice group.