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HIWEPA AG Press Releases

October 2023

HIWEPA AG once again entrusted with the auction of historical shares and bonds from the former Reichsbank treasury.

27.07.2020

Türkçe versiyon

HIWEPA AG mit der Versteigerung historischer Aktien und Anleihen aus dem Osmanischen Reich beauftragt. (German and Turkish)

13.10.2019

Auktionsbericht zur 37. Auktion (chinesische Wertpapiere) und 38. Auktion am 12.10.2019. (German only)

19.08.2019

HIWEPA versteigert chinesische Wertpapiere aus dem Bestand der Reichsbank.
(German only)

02.06.2019

Medienmitteilung zur Übergabe des Journalistenpreises «Historische Wertpapiere und Finanzgeschichte». (German only)

Collectors' Tips

Prospekt: «Einführung in das Sammelgebiet der Historischen Wertpapiere»

(German only)

Thoughts on the valuation of collections

HIWEPA-Portfolios (German only)

1. Die Finanzgeschichte der BLS Lötschbergbahn

2. Leland Stanford, les Borel und die San Francisco Cable Car

3. Die Finanzgeschichte des Regionalverkehr-Bern-Solothurn RBS

Nonvaleurs.de is the website of Hans-Georg Glasemann – specialist author and expert for historical securities.
In addition to current and interesting information on historical securities, you will find many exciting stories and a link to his blog.

(German only)

«Art on Historical Securities»

Art on shares is the focus of collector Jürgen Weritz from Bochum.

He has already compiled a lot of useful information on this subject:

Listing of artists who have designed securities.

Securities from the printing house «Imprimerie G. Richard, Paris».

List of abbreviations

If you own particularly artistically designed securities or have information about artists and graphic designers, please contact Mr. Weritz:

Jürgen Weritz

WERITZ WERBUNG
Klinikstraße 10a · D-44791 Bochum
contact by Email

Websites / Blogs about Historical Securities

Website worth to be read with a lot of history and stories about historical securities by the longtime collector Enrico Ghidelli.

G hidelli.net

Dieter Engel has compiled a lot of interesting information on the subject of "Maritime Historical Securities". A treasure trove for all sea dogs!

dieter-engel.com

Always a good read: Franky Leeuwerck's blog!

Franky's Scripophily BlogSpot

Historical Securities on Facebook

Facebook page for Collectors:

Rares für Bares

Facebook page with selected copies of the former HP-Magazin:

HP-Magazin für Historische Wertpapiere

Interesting facebook page relating to «Art on historical securities»

Nonvaluersartwork

Literature

ASSOCIATION FOR STUDIES IN ECONOMIC HISTORY
What would Switzerland be without its pioneers? The work of remarkable personalities from business, industry and technology has helped Switzerland to achieve success and prosperity. The association has made it its task to bring these pioneers to the attention of a broad public. The focus lies on their creative spirit and their willingness to take risks, but also on their entrepreneurial actions. More than 100 publications have already been issued since 1950.

(Website in German only)

Book

The Orell Füssli publishing house celebrated its 500th anniversary in 2019. The commemorative publication "500 Years of Printing" contains an interesting chapter on securities and security features with beautiful illustrations. The online version can be accessed here: Chapter Securities

The book with a more detailed text and many other exciting contributions can be ordered directly from Orell Füssli: Orell Füssli Publishers

(Book in German only)

Media

Manfred Rösch's column "Nonvaleur", which was awarded the Journalist Prize for Historical Securities and Financial History in 2019, appears in Finanz und Wirtschaft at irregular intervals. A list of the articles published so far can be found here.

(German only)

schweizeraktien.net was founded in 2014 as an independent platform for SMEs and investors with a focus on Swiss public limited companies.

The blog site www.schweizeraktien.net regularly publishes reports, interviews and commentaries on Swiss listed and non-listed companies. The platform also includes networking events such as industry talks and workshops for enterprises.

(German only)

Every month, the Nebenwerte Journal reports exclusively on small-cap stocks. The emphasis lies on fundamental analysis. The reporting spectrum even includes unlisted stocks. The focus of these analyses is on the shareholders of German small caps.

(German only)