The Art of the Market: Two Centuries of American Business As Seen Through Its Stock Certificates [VINTAGE 1999] [FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING]

Tamarkin, Bob; Krantz, Les

Published by Stewart, Tabori & Chang, New York, 1999

About this Item

As new condition dark green cloth boards with gold front cover and spine lettering contained in a fine condition non price-clipped color illustrated dust jacket. Includes Acknowledgments; Introduction; Afterword; Epilogue; Sources; Selected Bibliography; Selected Publications and Index. Profusely illustrated with color photographs and drawings. A one inch repaired closed tear at the inner front lower jacket flap corner. All pages are in as new condition and the spine/binding is in as new unread condition. (see photographs). A transparent sticker stating: Franklin Templeton Investments is neatly affixed to the upper right corner of the jacket front. "Here is the book that opens the vault on two centuries of American corporate image. Elaborately decorated and now highly collectible, stock certificates illustrate the emergence of American business from the great railroads to the rising industrials to today's media giants. The Art of the Market provides a fascinating view of the financial world that will appeal to art lover and investor alike." - from the rear outer jacket cover. "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. From the bold engravings of the massive locomotives that once crisscrossed the country to allegorical figures that depict American business in all its mythic proportions, these symbolic renderings - along with highly decorative typography and kaleidoscopic borders - that decorate the face of a stock certificate, represent the highest level of the engraver's art. The Art of the Market presents artwork from more than 150 certificates that collectively render America's social and economic history as it progressed through wars and peace, panics and prosperity. From the very first stock certificates issued in the American colonies to the full-color extravaganza of a Ringling Bros.-Barnum & Baily Circus share, an astonishing range of work is included, coupled with an extraordinarily informative, entertaining, and highly readable text. While the great financiers of the times past may have held stacks of stock certificates in their vaults, the contemporary investor usually measures ownership via a confirmation blip on the computer screen. The Art of the Market takes pause to appreciate a unique and vanishing art form." - from the inner front jacket flap.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Art of the Market: Two Centuries of American Business As Seen Through Its Stock Certificates [VINTAGE 1999] [FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING]
• Publisher: Stewart, Tabori & Chang, New York
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Smith, Galen (book design); Yeamans, Lynne (book design)
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: As New
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine