Stocks and Bonds

This page represents only a small part of our collection of original Antique stocks and bonds. Please click on an image to see it in high-resolution, with details of the work itself.  For enquiries and purchases, please do contact us.

Economic chart detailing the ups and downs of the US economy from 1775 to 1944. Published by The Century Press in Toledo, Ohio on behalf of the Crystal Manufacturing Company who seek to reassure their customers that as soon as the war is over, business will be back to normal again.
Béklémichef Company: Belgium-Russian Society bond for 93 Roubles and 75 Kopecks. View of a factory at the top. Russian and French text.
Eighth Loan of the City of St. Petersburg: With interest at 4 1/2 %, redeemtion 1923-24. Russian, French, English and German text.
Compania Minera. Stock Certificate worth two hundred dollars. Spanish, English and French text.
Economic chart detailing American business activity from 1790 to 1935. Leonard Ayres, an economist and educator, began collecting economic statistics during the 1920s while working for the Cleveland Trust Co. His index, universally known as the Ayers Index, tracked economic conditions all the way back to 1790 and helped him gain a reputation for remarkably accurate opinions and predictions about the U.S. economy. The index is based on 10 indicators of economic health: pig iron consumption; railroad freight; cotton consumption; canal freight; coal production; railroad construction; blast furnace activity; rail production; locomotive production; and ship construction. A dashed line also tracks wholesale commodity prices.
Salonique-Constantinople Railway Bond. French and Arabic text.
Bond Certificate for the Turkish Republic. Turkish, French, English and German text.
Bond issued by the Provisional Government of the Republic of China. Chinese script with English on verso.