{"product_id":"john-d-rockefeller-signed-standard-oil-founder-stock-autograph-psa-flagler","title":"JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER Signed STANDARD OIL Founder Stock Autograph * PSA FLAGLER","description":"\u003cpre data-hook=\"description\" class=\"skK8UF\" style=\"border: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word; text-overflow: ellipsis;\"\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: left; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cb style=\"font-family: Tahoma;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"caret-color: rgb(56, 56, 56); white-space: normal;\"\u003e\u003cfont size=\"5\" color=\"#0039f3\"\u003eIMPORTANT STANDARD OIL TRUST STOCK CERTIFICATE SIGNED BY ALL 3 CO-FOUNDERS – FOR A FOUNDING PARTNER'S OWN SHARES!\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: left; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cb style=\"font-family: Tahoma;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"caret-color: rgb(56, 56, 56); white-space: normal;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: left; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cb style=\"font-family: Tahoma;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"caret-color: rgb(56, 56, 56); white-space: normal;\"\u003e\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eBillionaire businessmen, investor, philanthropists and Standard Oil Co-Founders JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER and American Industrialist HENRY M. FLAGLER important autographed Standard Oil Trust Stock Certificate for 500 shares to Standard Oil Co-Founder JABEZ A. BOSTWICK. \u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb style=\"font-family: Tahoma;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"caret-color: rgb(56, 56, 56); white-space: normal;\"\u003e\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe certificate, issued in April 1882, is signed by all three with heavy cancellation marks through the founders' signatures, as shown. \u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb style=\"font-family: Tahoma;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"caret-color: rgb(56, 56, 56); white-space: normal;\"\u003e\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eBostwick's shares were subsequently cancelled by transfer the following year in December 1883, as annotated in red.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: left; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cb style=\"font-family: Tahoma;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"caret-color: rgb(56, 56, 56); white-space: normal;\"\u003e\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: left; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003e\u003cb style=\"font-family: Tahoma;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"caret-color: rgb(56, 56, 56); white-space: normal;\"\u003eIn mint condition, these rare certificates can fetch up to $5000 – don't miss your chance to acquire a true founding partner's shares at a fraction of the price of a perfect certificate. It is estimated that \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb style=\"font-family: Tahoma;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"caret-color: rgb(56, 56, 56); white-space: normal;\"\u003e\u003cfont color=\"#0039f3\"\u003e500 shares from 1882 would be worth tens of millions of dollars today, potentially exceeding $50 to $100 million+\u003c\/font\u003e when \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Tahoma; caret-color: rgb(56, 56, 56); white-space: normal;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eaccounting for over a century of stock splits, mergers and dividend reinvestment!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: left; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cb style=\"font-family: Tahoma;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"caret-color: rgb(56, 56, 56); white-space: normal;\"\u003e\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: left; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003e\u003cfont face=\"Tahoma\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"caret-color: rgb(56, 56, 56); white-space: normal;\"\u003eRockefeller, Flagler, and Bostwick, who served as Treasurer, were key architects of the Standard Oil Trust, utilizing aggressive refining consolidation, logistical efficiency and railroad rebates to monopolize the U.S. Oil industry. Their partnership combined corporate planning, capital and marketing to build a massive integrated \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cfont face=\"Tahoma\" size=\"5\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"caret-color: rgb(56, 56, 56); white-space: normal;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eempire. Rockefeller's Standard Oil empire made him the wealthiest man in America, as well as the world's first billionaire.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: left; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: left; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cfont face=\"Tahoma\" size=\"5\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"caret-color: rgb(56, 56, 56); white-space: normal;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cpre data-hook=\"description\" class=\"skK8UF\" style=\"border: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word; text-overflow: ellipsis;\"\u003e\u003cp style=\"border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; font-width: inherit; line-height: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cfont face=\"Tahoma\" size=\"5\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"caret-color: rgb(56, 56, 56); white-space: normal;\"\u003eA stock certificate is a physical document certifying that an individual or entity – in this case, Bostwick – owns a specific number of shares in a corporation. It serves as legal, tangible proof of ownership, and is traditionally signed by authorized the company's officers. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cb style=\"font-family: Tahoma;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"caret-color: rgb(56, 56, 56); white-space: normal;\"\u003e\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eSlashing, punching or cancelling signatures on stock certificates were done to formally invalidate the document once the shares were transferred, redeemed, or retired. \u003cfont color=\"#0039f3\"\u003eThe cancellation slashes have been archivally mended to stabilize the cancellations and prevent further paper loss. \u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/pre\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: left; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cfont face=\"Tahoma\" size=\"5\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"caret-color: rgb(56, 56, 56); white-space: normal;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Tahoma; font-size: x-large; font-weight: bold; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2;\"\u003eThe ROCKEFELLER, FLAGLER and BOSTWICK autographed stock certificate has been thoroughly reviewed and CERTIFIED AUTHENTIC BY PSA\/DNA EXPERT EXAMINATION and encapsulated using PSA\/DNAs proprietary sonically-sealed technology – your assurance of absolute authenticity. GUARANTEED GENUINE. An investment-quality acquisition for any collection.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cfont face=\"Tahoma\" size=\"5\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"caret-color: rgb(56, 56, 56); white-space: normal;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003e\u003cfont face=\"Tahoma\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"caret-color: rgb(56, 56, 56); font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; white-space: normal;\"\u003eCondition is as shown with typical toning, slight wrinkles, folds and cancellation marks consistent with age, use and handling. Certificate has been trimmed at edges. 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