On March 13, the Antwerp Crowne Plaza Hotel will be the venue of our 44th auction of historic shares and bonds from around the world. As in past years, this will be the No. 1 meeting place for scripophily collectors from all over Europe and beyond.
1443 different lots originating from no less than 98 different countries will come under the hammer. Auction highlights include a collection of the famous French Compagnie des Indes, with a previously unseen share certificate from 1720, issued under the rule of the famous John Law and a scarce 1770 share in unparalleled condition. Furthermore, we offer a Swedish share issued to Alfred Nobel; it is the only scripophily we know, issued to this most famous inventor and businessman of ‘Nobel Prize’ fame. Another great name is Count Ferdinand de Lesseps. He personally signed a printer proof bond of his Suez Canal Company. Other highlights include several 18th century shares from Belgium, France, Great Britain, the Netherlands, Spain and the United States. We’ll also be offering several collections, for instance ‘Cuban Sugar’, ‘Monaco Casino’ and ‘Cockerill’. More details about these and other auction highlight pieces are listed separately in ‘auction top pieces’ (see left menu).
Our usual clients will have seen by now that we have carried out a considerable facelift of our auction website. From now on, it is even easier to browse in the catalogue (an increased number of search possibilities) and to participate in the auction. Indeed, once registered (click "register" in upper right corner or at the end of the left menu),
you can send your absentee bids immediately through this website. It also remains possible, of course, to use the
bid form, or to attend the auction in person. See ‘how to participate’ for more detail and the bid form in pdf format. If you have any suggestions, remarks or questions about this site, I would very much welcome your feedback – simply email me directly:
mario.boone@skynet.be.
Finally, I would like to draw your attention to the fact that our auction is only part of the bigger scripophily event that we organize in the weekend of March 13-14, 2010. There will be a joint evening dinner on Saturday evening, the International Bond & Share Society breakfast meeting on Sunday morning with Norwegian guest speakers, Europe’s biggest scripophily bourse on Sunday 14 March with dealers from at least 10 different countries, and much more. Contact us if you want to join the dinner, IBSS breakfast, or book tables at the bourse. From 10am Sunday morning onwards, entry to the bourse is free to all visitors. We hope you’ll come in as great a number as you did last year. See you soon…
Yours sincerely,
Mario Boone
managing director
The Scripophily Center.