David D. Buick – Attractive stock certificate for his ill-fated oil venture.
The famed automobile pioneer tried his hand at the oil business, leaving this relic of American Industrial history. The 11 x 18 stock certificate from the Buick Oil Company issued Robb Wagner 500 shares, at $1per share, on March 18, 1913. The certificate features an appealing engraving of oil derricks and a gold seal. He signs as president, “D.D. Buick.” His autographs are available but do not routinely appear in the market.
Condition. Excellent. Two flattened vertical folds, one running through the first “D” of Buick’s signature.
David Dunbar Buick, a Scottish born inventor, founded the Buick Manufacturing Company in 1902 which soon became the famed Buick Motor Car Company. In 1904, William Durant became president, propelling it in short order to the giant General Motors Company in 1908, one of the world’s largest car companies. Buick left the company he founded in 1906 and turned to other ventures, the most notable being Buick Oil Company, founded in 1910. Despite pioneering of one of America’s oldest auto companies and then getting into the oil business that cars depended on, Buick never found financial riches and died in poverty, worth less than the autographs on his signed stocks.
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David D. Buick – Attractive stock certificate for his ill-fated oil venture.
The famed automobile pioneer tried his hand at the oil business, leaving this relic of American Industrial history. The 11 x 18 stock certificate from the Buick Oil Company issued Robb Wagner 500 shares, at $1per share, on March 18, 1913. The certificate features an appealing engraving of oil derricks and a gold seal. He signs as president, “D.D. Buick.” His autographs are available but do not routinely appear in the market.
Condition. Excellent. Two flattened vertical folds, one running through the first “D” of Buick’s signature.
David Dunbar Buick, a Scottish born inventor, founded the Buick Manufacturing Company in 1902 which soon became the famed Buick Motor Car Company. In 1904, William Durant became president, propelling it in short order to the giant General Motors Company in 1908, one of the world’s largest car companies. Buick left the company he founded in 1906 and turned to other ventures, the most notable being Buick Oil Company, founded in 1910. Despite pioneering of one of America’s oldest auto companies and then getting into the oil business that cars depended on, Buick never found financial riches and died in poverty, worth less than the autographs on his signed stocks.
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