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Auction: 21144 - Bonds and Share Certificates of the World e-Auction
Lot: 149

France: Cap Martin Hotel Ltd., pair of certificates; £1000 4% mortgage debenture, [1897], #10 of only 25 issued, and £1000 5% second mortgage debenture, #3 of only 25 issued, [1905], both black. Large resort hotel in 200 acres between Monte Carlo and Mentone. Guests incuded the Empress Eugenie of Russia, Emperor Franz Joseph and the Prince and Princess of Wales. During WWI the hotel served as a hospital for British officers and reopened in 1919 but failed to attract its former rich clientele. It passed from this English company to new owners shortly afterwards. Converted to apartments in 1959. Both EF and rare (2)..

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