1. Taking Stock.
- Author
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Phalon, Richard
- Subjects
BUSINESS enterprises ,AESTHETICS ,STOCK prices ,SIGNATURES (Writing) ,STOCK certificates ,PAPER ,HISTORY ,COLLECTORS & collecting - Abstract
The article focuses on collecting stock certificates of defunct companies as a hobby. Topics discussed include the alleged aesthetic value that stocks possess, the prices of various stock in the past, and the historical significance that stock certificates carry, according to the author. Signatures on certificates by people like U.S. businessmen John D. Rockefeller, Thomas Edison and Henry Ford, as well as the paper they are made of are reviewed as well.
- Published
- 1989