SAMUEL "ROXY" ROTHAFEL - STOCK CERTIFICATE SIGNED 11/09/1926 - HFSID 252214
Sale Price $765.00
Reg. $900.00
SAMUEL ROTHAFEL
He signs a certificate for 15 shares of preferred stock in his Roxy Theatres Corp., issued in 1926.
Stock Certificate signed: "Samuel Rothafel" as President and Vice President of the Corporation, 11½x8. Stock certificate #A7115 for fifteen shares of common stock in the Roxy Theaters Corporation, incorporated in New York, issued on November 9, 1926. Also signed by the company's Secretary/Treasurer and by representatives of Chatham Phenix National Bank and Trust Co and of the Irving Bank & Trust Co. The names of purchaser Walter P. Gavit added by an unknown hand. Ink notations (unknown hand) in upper margin. American theater magnate Samuel Rothafel (1881-1936), usually called Roxy, gave his name to the theater chain and also indirectly the Rockettes of his Radio City Music Hall, who were initially called the Roxyettes. The son of an immigrant shoemaker, Rothafel was a self-made man, like many of the founders of the film industry. Fold creases not near signature. Pencil notes (unknown hand) at upper margin. Scattered pin holes. Otherwise, fine condition.
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