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9781556709388

The Art of the Market

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  • ISBN13:

    9781556709388

  • ISBN10:

    1556709382

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 1999-10-01
  • Publisher: Harry N. Abrams

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Summary

For two centuries, stock certificates have visually charted the evolution of American industry. In the days before advertising and annual reports, stock certificates projected the corporate image to the world through artwork and embellishments that epitomized the times. Now highly collectible, stock certificates are the ultimate melding of art and commerce. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Bob Tamarkin is an award-winning journalist who has been an investigative reporter and foreign correspondent for the Chicago Daily News, a reporter for The Wall Street Journal, and Senior Editor and Midwest Bureau Chief for Forbes. Les Krantz has served as editor and publisher of numerous critically acclaimed art books George H. LaBarre is president of George H. LaBarre Galleries, Inc., which deals in all aspects of Americana and carries the world's largest inventory of collectible stocks and bonds. A member of the Bond and Share Society, Society of Paper Money Collectors, and American Numismatic Association

Table of Contents

Introduction 8(12)
The Birth of the Share
20(16)
An Industrial Nation
36(20)
Westward Ho
56(28)
Broken Trust
84(32)
Postwar Prosperity
116(18)
A Setting Economy in Unsettling Times
134(14)
The New Conglomerates
148(18)
Afterword 166(4)
Sources, Bibliography 170(2)
Index 172

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