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Archives & Historical Documents
Original records and documents from the history of financial markets.
BloombergSubscription required to readAn Afterlife for Dot Com Shares
Bloomberg
Bloomberg on how worthless dot-com share certificates found a second life as collectible souvenirs of the bubble.
Bonds and Shares Designed in the Art Deco Style
Art Deco Collection
A richly illustrated feature on Jürgen Weritz's archive of interwar bonds and share certificates designed in the Art Deco idiom — exploring typography, geometric borders, industrial motifs and regional variations across Europe and beyond.
The New York TimesSubscription required to readCollectors Seek Out Old – and Scandalous – Paper
The New York Times / International Herald Tribune
Judith Rehak's classic 2000 IHT feature on scripophily — record-setting Rockefeller and Carnegie certificates at R.M. Smythe, collector themes from Confederate bonds to Poyais frauds, and advice from dealers like Keith Hollender, Jorg Benecke and Richard Urmston.
Financial History
The companies, crises and people that shaped financial markets.
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Complacency and Collusion
Keith J. Butterick · 2015 · Pluto Books
A critical look at financial and business journalism and how it has suffered a loss of independence and agency due to corporate pressure. Cuts through the misreporting that has occurred since the financial crisis.
The Default Line
Faisal Islam · 2013 · Bloomsbury
The inside story of people, banks and entire nations on the edge — a frontline account of the post-2008 financial crisis and the eurozone meltdown by the economics editor of Channel 4 News.
Worth the Detour
Wider perspectives on economics, markets and the world around them.
