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Old Stock Certificate Search

Determining the value, if any, of your stock certificate may be difficult.  The logical starting point is a brokerage firm, but if that fails, there are other options.  You can check your local library for a copy of “The Robert D. Fisher Manual of Valuable and Worthless Securities,” “Directory of Obsolete Securities,” or “Directory of Active Stocks,” to see if the company is listed.  In addition, an Internet search of the company that issued the certificate may produce useful information.

The companies listed below research the value of old stock certificates.  We provide the names and contact information of these companies as a courtesy; we cannot attest to the quality of their service or the reasonableness of their prices.  You should be aware that some stock certificates, which have no trading or redemption value, may have value as “collectible paper.”  Most of the companies listed below buy and sell old certificates in addition to researching their value.

 

Paperchase International

P.O. Box 2220
Champlain, NY 12919-2220

Phone: 514-482-3609

Fax: 514-482-1686

E-mail: info@paperchaseintl.com

Website: http://www.paperchaseintl.com 

Spink Smythe

2 Rector St., 12th fl
New York, NY 10006

Phone: 212-943-1880

Toll Free: 800-622-1880

Fax: 212-312-6370

Website: http://www.smytheonline.com/research/stocks_bonds_research.php

Stock Search International

4761 W Waterbuck Dr.
Tucson, AZ 85742

Toll Free: 1-800-537-4523 (U.S. and Canada)

Fax: 520-579-5639

E-mail: ssi@stocksearchintl.com 

Website: www.stocksearchintl.com

 

OldCompany.com 

P.O. Box 223795
Chantilly, VA 20153

Toll Free: 1-888-786-2576

Fax: 703-579-4209

Website: www.oldcompany.com

E-mail: researchdept@oldcompany.com

 

America West Archives

Stock Research Services
P.O. Box 100
Cedar City, UT 84721

Phone: 435-586-9497

E-mail: info@americawestarchives.com

http://www.americawestarchives.com/default.htm

 

 

 

Last Updated: July 9, 2008