Scripophily.com

Name

Scripophily.com

Legal name

Scripophily.com LLC

Website

https://scripophily.net

Company type

Private

Founded year

1996

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Collectible Stock and Bond Certificates (Scripophily)

NAICS

Libraries and Archives (51921)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYCRAFAGAE

Collectibles, Trading Cards & Memorabilia Marketplaces

Consumer Products & Retail/E-commerce & Marketplaces/Secondhand/Resale & Recommerce Platforms

SECONDARYCRAKAKAI

Authentication, Grading & Provenance Services

Consumer Products & Retail/Jewelry, Watches & Luxury Accessories/Pre-owned, Vintage & Resale Luxury

SECONDARYCRALAGAD

Graded Cards & Third-Party Authentication Retail

Consumer Products & Retail/Specialty Retail (Hobby, Books, Office, Pet, Toys)/Collectibles, Trading Cards & Memorabilia Retail

Keywords

• Collectible stock certificates
• Scripophily retail
• Old bond research
• Historical financial documents
• Antique securities

Headquarters

HQ city

Chantilly

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Stock and Bond Certificate Sales: E-commerce sales of collectible stock and bond certificates, government bonds, autographs, and related historical paper items. Products range from a few dollars to over $25,000 for rare items.
2. Old Company Stock Research Service: RM Smythe Old Company Research Service providing historical research on old stocks and bonds. Successor to archives from RM Smythe, Marvyn Scudders Manuals, Robert D. Fisher Manuals, and Herzog & Co. Services have been performed continuously since 1880.
3. Framing Services: Custom and ready-to-go framing services for certificates, including up to 2-week custom framing options.
4. High Resolution Digital Imaging: High resolution scanning service providing digital images from their unique inventory of historical documents.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Scripophily.com is an e-commerce retailer that buys and sells authentic collectible paper stock and bond certificates from historical and defunct companies, with a multi-million dollar inventory of over 17,500 selections. The core offering is supported by the RM Smythe Old Company Research Service (continuous since 1880), which evaluates whether old certificates have redeemable financial value or are purely collectible, plus add-on framing and high-resolution scanning services.

Product overview

Scripophily.com is an e-commerce platform specializing in collectible stock and bond certificates operating as a single unified product with supplementary services. The core offering is authentic paper stock and bond certificates from historical and defunct companies, supported by the RM Smythe Old Company Stock Research Service (since 1880) for determining value and historical background. Additional products include Autographed Certificates, Government Bonds, International Stocks and Bonds, Discount Packages, and Rare/Unique Specimens. Add-on services include Framing Services and High Resolution Scanning. The company also operates OldCompany.com (acquired brand) for old company research.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Stock Ledger Art (TM): Trademarked art featuring designs from historical stock and bond certificates.

Products and services

• Collectible Stock and Bond Certificates Authentic paper stock and bond certificates from historical and defunct companies across industries including railroads, mining, oil, banking, entertainment, and more, with prices ranging from a few dollars to over $25,000 for rare items. Targeted at individual collectors, investors, and serious scripophily hobbyists.
• RM Smythe Old Company Stock Research Service Research service for old stock and bond certificates that determines whether a certificate has redeemable financial value or is purely collectible. Successor to archives of RM Smythe, Marvyn Scudders Manuals, Robert D. Fisher Manuals, and Herzog & Co., with continuous operation since 1880. Targeted at old-stock holders, collectors, and corporate archives.
• Autographed Stock and Bond Certificates Collection of stock and bond certificates signed by notable figures including business leaders, entertainers, politicians, military figures, and sports personalities.
• Government Bonds Federal and government bonds, U.S. savings bonds, liberty loan bonds, war bonds, state bonds, municipal bonds, and defaulted bonds from various issuers.
• International Stocks and Bonds Certificates from international markets including Africa, Australia, Canada, China, Japan, Asia, Eastern Europe, Mexico, Latin America, Cuba, Middle East, United Kingdom, and Western Europe.
• Framing Services Professional framing services for stock certificates including ready-to-go framed selections and custom framing options with up to 2-week delivery.
• High Resolution Scanning Service High-resolution digital scans from the company's inventory, providing digital images of certificates and historical documents for collectors and researchers.
• Discount Packages Pre-packaged collections including decade packages, mining and oil packages, miscellaneous packages, modern stocks and scandal packages, old paper money packages, and planes, trains and automobile packages, marketed for party favors, education, and promotion use.
• Rare and Unique Specimens Specimen stocks, bonds, documents, rare and scarce items, stock ledger art, and reference books for collectors and serious investors.
• OldCompany.com Research Service Old company stock research service website providing information on defunct companies and obsolete securities, successor to the RM Smythe research service.

Quantifiable outcome

• Featured in major media outlets including CNBC, USA Today, Associated Press, Reuters, Nightline, Today Show, Baltimore Sun, and Washington Post

Named customers5 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Smithsonian's Museum of Financial HistoryminorOthersScripophily.com has had items on loan for display in the Smithsonian's Museum of Financial History in New York
• Museum of American FinancecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnered with the Museum of American Finance on stock giveaways for New York area teachers and students. Also collaborated on the 2013 Historic Wall Street Stock Certificate Calendar.
• International Bond and Share SocietycoreGTM or Marketing PartnerBob Kerstein is a member. The society sponsors the Annual International Stock & Bond Certificate, Paper Money and Autograph Show. Special membership discounts offered (20% with code 'Vets').
• Professional Scripophily Traders Association (PSTA)coreOthersBob Kerstein serves as President. PSTA promotes professionalism and scholastic integrity in historical finance and scripophily hobby.

Scale indicators7 records

Broad incumbents

• Bonhams: Bonhams is a global auction house with a dedicated banknotes and historical financial documents department. It competes with Scripophily.com at the high end of the scripophily market and serves overlapping institutional and serious collector clients on a global basis.
• Heritage Auctions: Heritage Auctions is the largest U.S. collectibles auction house, covering coins, currency, comics, sports, and historical documents including stocks and bonds. It competes with Scripophily.com for high-end scripophily consignments and collector mind share, but at a much broader scale and with auction rather than fixed-price distribution.
• Sotheby's: Sotheby's is one of the world's largest auction houses and occasionally consigns rare historical stocks and bonds. While not a scripophily specialist, it competes for the rarest items and influential collectors in the same overall category.

Emerging players

• Goldin: Goldin is a leading online auction marketplace for trading cards and collectibles, focusing on digital cataloging, photography, and high-touch collector experience. While focused on sports cards, it represents the modern digitally native collectibles marketplace model that Scripophily.com could evolve toward.

Direct peers

• Stack's Bowers Galleries: Stack's Bowers is a major numismatic and collectibles auction house that has expanded into currency and historic financial documents. It overlaps with Scripophily.com on collectible paper financial instruments and shares the same collector base, with auction-driven rather than fixed-price sales.
• WorthPoint: WorthPoint is a subscription-based collectibles price research and marketplace platform. It overlaps with Scripophily.com as the primary online reference for collectors assessing the value of old stock and bond certificates, and competes for the same collector's time and subscription dollars.
• Spink & Son: Spink & Son is a long-established British auction house covering stamps, coins, banknotes, and historical financial documents. It is a direct peer for high-end scripophily sales and serves an overlapping international collector base.
• RR Auction: RR Auction is a U.S. auction house specializing in autographs, manuscripts, and historical documents, including stock and bond certificates. It is a direct competitor for autographed stock certificates and signed memorabilia that Scripophily.com sells in its autographs category.
• Collector Universe (PSA / PCGS parent): Collector Universe operates PSA and PCGS, the leading third-party authentication and grading services for trading cards and coins. It is a comparable business model for authentication and provenance services that drive liquidity in collectibles markets, and is analogous to the RM Smythe research service Scripophily.com offers.

Others

• International Bond and Share Society: The IBSS is the global industry association for scripophily collectors and dealers, of which Bob Kerstein is a member. It is an ecosystem enabler for the niche rather than a commercial competitor, hosting the annual show that is a key distribution channel for Scripophily.com.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/scripophily
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• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/scripophily-com---stock-certificates

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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