Expert: Steven Taylor - 3/29/2011

Question
While I know my above shares have no longer any market value,is it possible (for anyone who got caught with similar shares), to still sell them, as "collectibles" ?
If such option exist, who would be interested in "past dead stocks"?
Thank you for your reply.

Answer
Yes, there are certainly a lot of stock certificate collectors out there. If a certificate has been cancelled or has been declared to have no value, it can be sold as art. The hobby is known as "Scripophily" or "scripophilia", but the values of old certificates vary widely. The most sought after are famous companies, old certificates, or those with the most interesting designs. Modern certificates, which tend to be more plain, and those from obscure or smaller companies, have little demand. You can search online for those terms or "collecting old stock certificates" or something similar and see what sites come up.