^Lot 424 William E. Boeing

American businessman (1881–1956) who founded the multibillion-dollar aircraft manufacturing company that still bears his name. Rare partly-printed DS, signed “W. E. Boeing,” one page, 14.25 x 8.25, December 26, 1925. Certificate, number seven, for 10 shares of stock in the Miller Logging Company issued to O. W. Tripper, signed at the conclusion by Boeing as the company’s president. Two vertical folds, one through a single letter of signature, red cancellation endorsement to front, some light toning, and marginal binding holes to left edge, otherwise fine condition. There are no Boeing signatures on Boeing stocks that have ever been discovered. There were a total of 12 certificates that had his signature, and only 6 where the signature was sharp and uncancelled like this one is—most are already well distributed into collections.