PSTA.com is a ScripophilyTrade Association of Professional Dealers

Home - About Us - Members - Articles - News - Shows - Links - Fraud Tips - Stock Research Service - Site Map
 

Professional Stock Traders Association

Buyers and Sellers of Old Stock Certificates
and Providers of Old Company Stock Research Services

PSTA .Com
703-787-3552
Professional Stock Traders Association


Old Stock Exchange
Visit the Old Stock Exchange for Collectible Stock and Bond Certificates



Scripophily Press Releases
 

See Stock Certificate Expert Bob Kerstein, CEO Scripophily.com
discuss Stock Certificates in Bloomberg ,
the Associated Press ,
on CNBC with Jane Wells discussing the Facebook IPO ,
and Inside Edition and the Today Show

WASHINGTON, DC - Scripophily.com has acquired the Old Stock & Bond Research Archives (Formally RM Smythe Research) from Herzog & Co., Inc. The asset purchase includes all archives, publishing rights and copyrights on obsolete research reference material published by the Marvyn Scudders Manuals, the Robert D. Fisher Manuals, and the Herzog & Co., Inc. obsolete research services, which have been performed continuously since 1880.

“We are extremely excited to add this extensive collection of old company research material to our existing library of company histories adding to our leadership position in researching old companies,” said Bob Kerstein, CPA Founder of Scripophily.com and OldCompany.com. “Marvyn Scudder, Robert D. Fisher, and John Herzog were pioneers in the stock and bond research service and we are extremely honored to become the successor to this reference material,” Kerstein added. Scripophily.com offers its Old Stock Research Service at OldCompany.com which began its website presence in 1996.

John Herzog, President of Herzog & Co., Inc. said, “My wife, Diana, and I are very pleased with this transfer to Scripophily.com, and know that Bob will continue his excellent work and spearhead the digitizing and reorganizing of this classic American research that we were always proud to have taken part in continuing.”

John Herzog is the Founder and Chairman Emeritus of the Museum of American Finance and currently Chairman Emeritus of Spink/Smythe, an auction house specializing in antique stocks and bonds, banknotes, coins, autographs and photographs. Formerly he was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Herzog Heine Geduld, Inc. He is a member of the Board of Overseers at the Leonard N. Stern School of Business.

The Old Company Research Service will generate a report for individuals, banks, attorneys, estates and trusts detailing the company's history regarding name changes, mergers, bankruptcies, and predecessor and successor companies. If the company did survive, OldCompany.com will provide contact information so a determination can be made as to whether the securities have any market value.

Scripophily.com - The Gift of History is the internet’s leading buyer and seller of collectible stock and bond certificates, and old stock research at OldCompany.com. The company has had items on display in the Museum of American Finance in New York, an affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution. Scripophily.com has been featured on CNBC, USA Today, Baltimore Sun, and Washington Post and in many other media publications.. Our online store has over 17,500 selections including categories such as Frauds, Scandals, Bankruptcies, Dot Coms, as well as the traditional American industries. Scripophily.com is not owned by nor have any ownership rights in Spink Auctioneers or any affiliated companies.

Scripophily.com and OldCompany.com was founded by Bob Kerstein, a Certified Public Accountant and Chartered Global Management Accountant and has more than 36 years of senior management experience in the Cellular, Cable TV, Satellite, Internet, Professional Sports and Entertainment Industries. Bob is also the President of the Professional Scripophily Traders Association (PSTA).

For more information on Scripophily.com®, visit http://www.scripophily.com/, http://www.oldcompany.com and http://www.bob.com or call 1-703-787-3552.

 

Scripophily December Article

Friends of Financial History October 1988
 


Historic Greek Bond - 1898 with statues of Aphrodite, Apollo, Athena and Hypocrites
Guaranteed by France, England and Russia

 

Scripophily on Facebook
Join the Facebook Scripophily - Collecting Stock and Bond Certificates Group

Join the Scripophily Twitter Updates - http://twitter.com/scripophily

Read about Bob Kerstein, PSTA Founder and President in the
Journal of Accountancy Interview - September 2009


 

 


Buyers of Santa Anna Bonds
United States First Mortgage Bond signed by Mexican General Santa Anna


Buyers of the Bond of the Republic of Mexico Signed by General Ocha

PRE 1949 CHINESE FOREIGN DEBT LAWSUIT

The bonds have exotic names like Imperial Chinese Government Hukuang Railways Gold Loan, French Boxer Indemnity and 1913 Reorganization Gold Loan and they are all in default.

Holders of Chinese bonds issued from 1895-1942 which are all in default since 1949 are taking on the former masters of Nationalist China – the Kuomintang. The bondholder plaintiffs which include two American bond holding corporations and the Taiwan Civil Rights Litigation Organization are suing the Kuomintang’s business management committee for an accounting and redemption of 120,000 separate bonds some over 110 years old and backed by gold.

The name of the case filed in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California is Taiwan Civil Rights Litigation Organization et al v. Kuomintang Business Management Committee – Case No. C10-362JL.

Prior to the 2000 election of Chen Shui-bian to the presidency of the Republic of China on Taiwan, the Kuomintang of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek ruled Taiwan with an iron fist and expropriated billions of dollars in assets including gold and collateral, some earmarked to redeem defaulted bonds.

In 2000, the Kuomintang lost its grip on Taiwan but unlike the Communist Party of the former Soviet Union, the Kuomintang did not return the billions of dollars in cash and assets it had looted from Taiwan and removed from mainland China in 1949. Today the Kuomintang holds a portfolio estimated to be worth at least $6 billion US dollars.

Bondholders who paid value for their bonds have had a rough time. Lawsuits against the Peoples Republic of China have been dismissed. However until recently bondholders had overlooked that at least in regards to the Republic of China on Taiwan, the original issuer of many of the bonds, the existence of the defaulted bonds had been reaffirmed by presidential decree in 2003.

The plaintiffs are seeking an accounting, redemption, and interest on the defaulted bonds from the Kuomintang.

A copy of the lawsuit is available here
 

 Latest Product Additions to the Scripophily.com Website

Subscribe to our RSS feed in a reader

Subscribe to Scripophily New Product Additions by Email



When Buying Scripophily (Stock and Bond Certificates) look for the
PSTA Members Seal of Quality and the link back to PSTA.co



Jacob Little - The Original Wall Street Bear


PSTA.COM
An Association Committed to
Quality and Customer Service
in the Hobby of Scripophily (Collecting Stock and Bond Certificates)

VISIT US AT THE ANNUAL
NORTHERN VIRGINIA / Washington DC Area

Scripophily Show in
JANUARY  2016 and
The Wall Street Bourse in New York on October 22-24, 2015
at the Museum of American Finance

 

Ask TheStreet: All About Scripophily

By Gregg Greenberg
TheStreet.com Staff Reporter


Bob Kerstein, President PSTA with Jane Wells - CNBC Interview
 

Articles

The PSTA is a premier professional association committed to help promote the hobby of Scripophily, the collecting of Stock and Bond Certificates.  This association is committed to customer service and education as well as providing the highest quality products, services and support possible.

 


For information about the PSTA TM please send us an email

Look for the PSTA Seal of Quality next time you buy Scripophily
The Seal of Quality
 

PSTA .com - All rights Reserved 2015