Auction: 1004 - Bonds & Shares of The World
Lot: 606
John Bell & Croyden Ltd., a group of certificates comprising 1 shilling ordinary shares, 192(3), no.76, ornate border, blue; £1 preference shares, 192(1), no.74, ornate border, red; First Mortgage Debenture stock for £(150), 1922, no.221, black, 4 pages, and 7% bond for £100, (1925), no.278, black, with coupons, generally very fine. (4) Estimate £ 80 The company are retail pharmasists with their Head Office in Wigmore Street, London. First incorprated in 1908. Re-registered in 1923 on the acquisition of leading surgical intrument and hospital furniture manufacturer, Arnold & Son and the ordinary share certificate is signed by an Arnold family member. Acquired by Savory & Moore in 1928 which is now Lloyds Pharmacy group but it has continued to trade under its own name until today.
Sold for
£40