Art and Scarcity of Old Stock and Bond Certificates from Scripophily.com Make Unique Gifts for the Holiday Season.Delaware Law and Stock Exchange Rules Add to Collector Supply Shortage WASHINGTON -- Scripophily Scripophily The hobby of collecting antique bonds, stocks, and other financial instruments based upon their esthetics and prominence in the financial world. Notes: Very similar to collecting coins or stamps, but instead collectors buy old stock certificates. .com ([R]), the Internet's largest buyer and seller of collectible stock and bond certificates, has seen a 31% increase in sales during the past 12 months ending October 31, 2006 compared the prior year. The increase in activity is primarily due to interest in the historical significance and beauty of stock and bond certificates as well as their relative scarcity according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Scripophily.com's CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. and Founder, Bob Kerstein. "Physical stock and bond certificates are a permanent history of capitalism The history of capitalism dates back to early forms of merchant capitalism practiced in the Middle East and Western Europe during the Middle Ages,[] though many economic historians consider the Netherlands as the first thoroughly capitalist country. representing a cross section of the financial markets we know today. Stock certificates are becoming an artifact of the past as the world becomes more digitized." Certificates are collected and given as gifts because of their historical significance, beauty and artwork, autographs, notoriety, as well as many other factors. Certificates signed by John D. Rockefeller, J.P. Morgan and George Bush's Great Grandfather Noun 1. great grandfather - a father of your grandparent great grandparent - a parent of your grandparent , Samuel Prescott Bush are especially popular this year. The supply of new certificates reaching the collector market has been substantially reduced due to recent changes in State Laws and Stock Exchanges Rules. Many companies are no longer required to issue physical stock and bond certificates. Scripophily (scrip-ah-fil-ly) is the hobby's name of collecting old stock and bond certificates. Values range from a few dollars to more than $100,000 for the rarest. Tens of thousands of Scripophily buyers worldwide include casual collectors, corporate archives, museums and serious collectors. Scripophily.com - The Gift of History is the Internet's leading buyer and seller of collectible stock and bond certificates and has had items on loan for display in the Smithsonian's Museum of Financial History in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , been featured on CNBC CNBC Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition (artificial intelligence) CNBC Consumer News and Business Channel CNBC Congress of National Black Churches, Inc. , USA Today, Baltimore Sun, Washington Post and in many other media publications. The company also offers an old stock research service at OldCompany.com and also offers high resolution scans for publications. Scripophily.com has over 12,000 different selections including categories such as Frauds, Scandals, Bankruptcies, Dot Coms, as well as the more traditional areas such as Railroads, Telephone, Entertainment, Sports, Manufacturing, Mining, Utilities, Oil and Gas, Retail, Tobacco, Food, Banks, Insurance and others. Scripophily.com was founded by Bob Kerstein who has more than 25 years of senior management experience in the Cellular, Cable TV, Satellite, Internet, Professional Sports and Entertainment Industries. Bob is also the President of the Professional Scripophily Traders Association (PSTA PSTA Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority (Florida, USA) PSTA Pennsylvania Science Teachers Association PSTA Professional Surfing Tour of America PSTA Pennsylvania State Troopers Association ). For more information on Scripophily.com[R], visit www.scripophily.com, http://www.bob.com or call 1-703-579-4209. |
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