- Paperback: 710 pages
- Publisher: KP Books; illustrated edition edition (1 Feb 2003)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0873493567
- ISBN-13: 978-0873493567
- Product Dimensions: 27.9 x 21.5 x 3.8 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,378,022 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Scripophily, collecting old stock certificates, is the fastest growing hobby in America. It touches elements of many different collectible areas including numismatics, paper, and advertising. This comprehensive pictorial price guide for world stocks and bonds has a heavy U.S. focus and provides more than 6,500 listings with prices and detailed descriptions, and more than 2,500 illustrations of certificates. Discover the history of stocks and bonds and how to get started in the hobby.
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OK for beginners and online shoppers. Others should avoid., 21 April 2002
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Standard Catalog of Stocks and Bonds (Standard Catalog of Stocks & Bonds) (Paperback)
This book provides a decent overview of inexpensive stocks and bonds from around the world. About 60%-70% of the items listed are from the United States. A large number of photos are provided and the type is very large. The authors clearly focused on the low end of the hobby. That's not bad, just not very helpful for mid level or high-end collectors. The quality of the photos is mediocre at best. They are black and white except for the covers and an eight-page insert. Even in this section, common material dominates, with only 9 of the 61 color photos shown being valued at more than ten dollars. Of those, only two are valued more than one hundred dollars. Many of the photos are fuzzy, taken at angles, or trimmed, giving the appearance that they've been lifted from online auctions. The values given seemed way off in my opinion. The authors note that the values were generally derived by reviewing online auctions and not by reviewing dealer price lists. I have to wonder if this approach makes sense since it doesn't consider shipping charges and the discount the buyers apply for the additional risk of buying an item in an online auction. Comparing my collection with the listed items left me with a feeling of incompleteness. Less than 10% of my collection was listed. In general, the book may provide a good overview of material available to the novice collector but advanced collectors should avoid it.
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It is a good start, 3 Nov 2003
By "ctaxa" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Standard Catalog of Stocks and Bonds (Standard Catalog of Stocks & Bonds) (Paperback)
This is the most complete catalog of scripophily items I have found. (It is the only one I have been able to locate.) The book is organized well, and is fairly complete. I find at least two thirds of the issues I have been looking for in it. As for the listed pricing, the prices seem to be fair compared with what I have encounterd in the market. There are plenty of photographs, though most are blabk and white.The book would be improved if they added details on how to adjust pricing for the condition of the document. In addition, if they added more general information on the field it would be helpful. Of course for later additions, I hope that they will add more items to it.
In general though, it is a good book.
4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
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Junk Stocks, 29 April 2004
By Peter C Worden - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Standard Catalog of Stocks and Bonds (Standard Catalog of Stocks & Bonds) (Paperback)
This book contains many stocks and bonds that no one would collect. I sold many of these to the author for $1.00. There are many good references out there. Try George LaBarre's Books. They're out of Print but can be found on here and Ebay. The Author should stick with his other subject matter we writes about and Shame on Krause Publishers. They should have used a established dealer or the IBSS.
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