- Automobile PIONEER David D. Buick SIGNED Document -- 1913 BUICK OIL COMPANY Stock Certificate (500 shares) - VERY SCARCE “Buick Oil Company” stock certificate SIGNED / AUTOGRAPHED by Automobile PIONEER David Dunbar Buick. Stock certificate is UNCANCELLED and dated March 18th 1913 for 500 SHARES of stock. There is an engraved vignette of oil derricks along the very top and an embossed corporate seal at lower left, indicating the company was incorporated in March of 1910 in Los Angeles, California. This is a very affordable example of a highly desirable signature from one of America’s early automotive giants.
DAVID DUNBAR BUICK (1854 - 1929) originally formed the Buick Motor Car Company in 1903 but accepted a severance package in 1906 and left the company he founded. Buick President William C. Durant purchased David Buick’s remaining share of stock for $100,000 and Buick’s original company would become a premier division in the General Motors Empire. Thereafter, Buick was involved in unsuccessful ventures in California Oil and Florida land. He also attempted to manufacture carburetors with his son and dabbled in the automotive business again in 1921, as President of the short-lived Lorraine Motors.
CONDITION: stock certificate is completely authentic and original (NOT a copy). It measures about 8 ¼ x 11 inches in size and is in EXCELLENT overall condition. There are two vertical folds and one horizontal fold, but NO rips or tears (see SCANS).
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signature / autograph of David Dunbar Buick is guaranteed authentic.
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