WASHINGTON (Business Wire) -- Scripophily.com(R), the Internet's largest buyer and seller of collectible stock and bond certificates, has achieved another record breaking year with a 17.5% increase in year to year sales with November 2004 being our best yet. Historic stock and bond certificates continue to gain in popularity as demonstrated by a 29% year to year increase in page views. Scripophily.com offers over 10,000 quality selections covering a wide range of companies and government securities printed from over 150 years ago to the present day.
Scripophily.com offers certificates signed by the founders of American Express, Abercrombie & Fitch, Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Company, J.P. Morgan, Delorean Automobiles to name a few. These signatures include famous notables like Henry Wells, William Fargo, Samual Prescott Bush (Great Grandfather of President Bush), Brigham Young, Ezra Fitch , John Delorean, J.P. Morgan, Leland Stanford, Truman Capote, and many others. "We are very happy with our results over the past several years particularly with our high customer satisfaction rating" said Scripophily.com's founder and CEO, Bob Kerstein. "Stock and Bond certificates preserve the history of many bygone companies and we are proud to be a part of this wonderful hobby." Kerstein added.
Scripophily (scrip-ah-fil-ly) is the hobby's name of collecting old stock and bond certificates. Historical certificates which otherwise have no value as financial claims are bought for their artistic and historical value. Values range from a few dollars to more than $100,000 for the rarest. Due to electronic trading, a very small percentage of modern stock purchases issue a paper certificate due to the high costs of printing and distribution. Furthermore, many stock exchanges worldwide no longer require companies to issued physical stock certificates. Tens of thousands of Scripophily collectors worldwide include individuals from all types of industries and occupations. Certificates can be used for decorating offices and many times are given as gifts.
Scripophily.com - The Gift of History is a leading provider of collectible stock and bond certificates and other old paper items from frauds, scandals, bankruptcies, dot coms, as well as the more traditional areas of railroads, telephone and telegraph, entertainment, sports, manufacturing, mining, utilities, oil and gas, retail, tobacco, foods, banks, insurance, health and others.
We frequently loan items for display in the Smithsonian's Museum of Financial History in New York. The company also offers an old stock research service at OldCompany.com. Scripophily.com was founded by Bob Kerstein, President and CEO who has more than 25 years of senior management experience in the cellular, cable TV, satellite, internet, and professional sports and entertainment Industries as a Certified Public Accountant. Bob is also the President of the Professional Scripophily Trade Association.
For more information on Scripophily.com(R), visit www.scripophily.com, or call 1-703-579-4209.
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