Stocks / Shares
Honor-title, or the Curtain before the Theatre of Stock-Tableaus, depicted with the Brokerage of Green and Barren Times, or Mirror of the Paper-World
001 Ere-titel
Eere-Titel, of Gordyn voor het SCHOUBURG der ACTIE-Tafereelen, beschilderd met de ACTIE WlNKEL des Groenen en Dorren TYDS Of SPIEGEL des PAPIEREN WAERELDS.
[Title (page) of Honour, or Curtain before the Theatre of the Action Plays, representing the Action Shop of the Green and Barren Times; or Mirror of the Paper World.]
"Gryn Chagrin", or Grizzled Regret, holds a mirror before the face of a youth, the "Young Coward" or speculator, who doesn’t want to look. Before the youth is a great globe, the"Geactioneerde Waereld" (World of Shares, or Stock); he points to a place on which is "ik zie alles verkeerd" (I see everything wrong); faces of men in distress are engraved on the globe, which is encircled by a serpent with its tail in its mouth, to which the inscription refers:
"De Windverkooper imiteerd / Dit dier het geen zig zelf verteerd".
[The Wind-seller (Share-dealer) imitates this animal, which itself consumes.]
On the globe is engraved, near the sun’s place:
"De Zon ging vrolyk op / Maar drukt in’t Westen menigs hop".
[The sun rose with much zest / but crushed the hopes of many in the West.]
The background is an Actie-winkel (a shares-shop) displaying "Actien in Blanco" (Shares not yet in stock); a poster announces "Dese Winkel word uit verkost / ‘t Huis te huur terstond in te vaaren." (This Shop is selling out. This House for rent, ready to move in anytime.)
Below this group is a tomb, inscribed CRYPT OF THE UNFORTUNATE STOCK-JOBBER; likewise with the legend "MORS ACTIONVM ULTRIX” (Death revenges Stock)
A “Wreath of Honor” surrounds the picture. It is decorated with objects, some representing either the coats of arms or the principal industries of the cities associated with stock-jobbery or companies set up during the bubble. Thus the title:
"Een schoone Lofkrans deese onse Actie Winkel cierd
Met planten, meubilen en veelerly gediert"
[A lovely Laurel our Stock Shop features, adorned with Plants, Furniture, and diverse Creatures.]
Details are below, followed by a description in verse, and finally list of shares in fictitious commodities, many being puns (again) of "notorious" cities.
At the top of the "wreath", or frame, is a young bull’s head, thus referred to:
"Ik ben de Hopman van de dommen
Doch won daar door van Vossen groote sommen".
[Edam] [I am the Captain of the Dummies,
but from the Foxes I won loadsa Money]
Next, on our left, is the head of a crane devouring a frog, with:
"Ik gryp vast aas, dock ik voorspel / Een onbeHaagelyk gequel
[The Hague][I seize my prey, but I’ve an intimation,
of a disagreeable sensation.]
On our right of the bull’s head is a crane’s head devouring a snake, with:
"De adder die me is aanbevoolen
Maakt nog zo wat caprioolen" .
[The Hague again] [The snake comes with recommendations
yet continues to make gyrations.]
In the upper corner, on our left, three swallows are flying away, with the following remark,
"Met ‘t Lot te vreen zyn we in de vrye lucht."
[We are contented with our fate in the open air.]
On our right, in the upper corner, are three more swallows, with:
"Lichte voglen schraal van veeren
Konden ‘t lichtst actioneeren"
[Light birds, with few feathers, could most easily trade in Shares.]
Below the bull’s head is the head of a monk blowing vigorously, with:
"Al blaas ik nog zo sterk
Ik doe maar munniks werk"
[Monnickendam] [However strongly I blow, I only do monks' work (pointless work)]
On our left of the frame, at the side, hangs a bird in a cage, with:
"Bedrieglyk lok-aas brengt me in de ysre vlucht"
(A deceitful bait brought me to the iron cage.]
Below the bird a pair of spectacles hang, with:
"De Actien der Brillen
Zyn voor al de oude lien te nut om te bedillen".
[The spectacles' Actions (Shares) to elders are too useful to belittle.]
Below the spectacles is a cheese, with a knife stuck in it; to this refers:
"Men snyd de kaas te dik / Elk keeft er voor een schrik"
[Alkmaar][They cut the cheese too thick. Every one was afraid of it.]
(BWAHAHAHAHAAAA!!!!!!)
Several herrings hang next below the cheese, with:
"Pan haring om een stuiver"
[Enkhuizen] Pan-herrings, fifty for a penny.]
Below the herrings is a drum, with:
"’t Kalfsvel van de Actie trom / Maakte meer als kaar burgers dom",
[The calf's-skin of the Actions-drum made more than all the burghers dumb.]
A fisherman stands below the drum, holding a net, saying:
"Het zy ik vis of niet / ‘t Blyft alles int verdriet ".
[Whether I fish or not, everything is full of grief.]
The fisherman is sweeping his net along the bottom of the sea and missing several coins:
"’t Geld van de grond weer op te vissen
‘t Zonk te diep, het zal my missen".
[The Money on the bottom I try to fish, but it’s sunk too deep, and so I miss.]
Below the fisherman, three pigs’ tails and a pack of cards are referred to thus:
"Henne kaart, en zwyne staart, zyn eve vermaart".
[Hens' cards, and pigs’ tails are equally famous.]
By the fisherman’s feet are insects like gnats buzzing among a group of rushes labelled "Barre-biesjes" [Barren Rushes.]
In the middle, at the bottom of the frame, is a tub full of crayfish, "Bubbel Kreeften" [Bubble Crayfish – Louisiana crawdads?] whose motto is "De Kreefte gang is al ‘t belang" [The crayfish’s gait is its only interest.] One is worked into the design "LL" : "Cyfer van Law" [[John] Law of Lauriston]
Below Law’s cypher and at the foot of the whole design are three eggs styled " Engelse Kaekjes met Cassia (English Eggs, with Cassia, i. e. English chickens, or foul eggs, cooked with cassia, which is very bitter (?). Or “English biscuits with cinnamon.” No idea what that means, though.
A nearby rat runs towards a piece of paper (a stock share?) marked "Rotte kost" (Rotten fare) [could also refer to Rotterdam]
Near this, on the frame, is a piece of foliage, with "Dorre Lof werk" (Dry branch work.) [Dordrecht?]
At the top of the side of the frame, on our right, hangs an empty bird-cage, entwined with fir-branches, or rue (?), at the top, and, at the bottom, with "Lauwrier" (Laurel, a pun on the name of John Law); on a label near the cage is
"Week is de vogel en maakt goede cier met zyn Laurier"
[Gone is the bird, and makes a nice ornament with his Law-rel; another pun on the name of Law, who had fled from Paris to avoid jail.]
Below this hangs a horn[Hoorn], with "Je zelt’ er van" [you get it—wind—from this].
Next to the horn is a roll of tobacco, described as "Oprecht Amisfoorts" [Upright Amisfoorts, a type of tobacco and obviously a sarcastic reference to Amersfoort]
Three tobacco-pipes hang next below the tobacco, with "onse winst is Rook" [Our profit is smoke]
Next to these is a bunch of withered carrots (symbolizing Hoorn’s major industry), with a label, inscribed:
"Het moet de wortel van ‘t quaad uitroejen
Of men zou de heele kraam verknoejen".
[Evil must at the root be gotten, lest the whole stall end up rotten.]
At the foot of the design on this side stands a man with a shovel, saying
"Kabouter mannen moeten ‘t maaken
Of men zal nooit ten einde raaken".
[Garden gnomes must do it; otherwise there’s no end to it i.e. the Bubble troubles.]
Near the spade is:
"Ik schey uit graven / Aan vaart en haven".
[I stop my digging in canals and harbours.] (public works abandoned for bubble-fever)
Below this figure hangs a bunch of grapes, with the inscription:
"De druiven zyn zuur / By Fransje buur".
[The grapes of our French neighbours are sour.]
The verses below the engraving explain it pretty much as I described at the top: the "Young Coward" will not look in the mirror, for it shows how the end rewards both good and evil actions. The old man’s name is "Gryn Chagrin (Greybeard of Regret)." Entombed are the remains of those who committed suicide with ropes, swords or pistols and others who died their souls unshriven. The "Blancos" hanging on the wall are nothing but blanks in a lottery, but that also set one free (from delusions ?) [Blanco meant shares traded but not owned by the seller]. There is likewise "A List of the names of shares to be had at the Shop," including
"Goude Mislyke" (False Gold),
"—– Ofirse" (Gold of Ophir, like King Solomon’s Mines)
"Bladzilvere" (Leaf Silver),
"Koper." (Copper) (also purchaser?),
"Staale." (Steel),
"Quikzilvere." (Mercury – god of commerce and thievery),
"Klad-papier." (Blotting-paper; i.e., worthless paper),
"Windse poortlosse." (Windy door-less?)
"Waterzuchtige." (Dropsy),
"Graaflyk aardige." (Nobly nice),
"Vierige." (Fiery),
"VerRotte." (Rotten / and pun on Rotterdam; more puns to come),
"Gaapende." (Yawning),
"Rookerige." (Smoky),
"OnbeHaaglyke, (Unpleasant / Den Haag / The Hague)
"Kikker-koninglyke." (like a frog king)
"Kalvarise" (??? – or Kalverstraat, in Amsterdam; shares traded in coffeehouses)
"Aarde Porcelyne " (Earthenware porcelain (?) / Delft!)
"Uitgerekte" (Extended / Uitgeest?)
"Mopoige" (or Moppige – Miserable)
"VerDorde" (Withered / Dordrecht)
"Schielyke stroppige," (Hastily slowly / Schiedam)
"Naare" (Foolish / Naarden)
"Kortjakkise" (?)
"Geërf van ouwe Muyen (Inherited from old Aunts / Muiden)
"Drabbige." (Drab)
"Koolige." (Cabbagey)
Van ‘t Hoofd van 7 onder Malkaar." (From the head of 7 among them? / Alkmaar)
"4123567." (??? A cipher? 18th-c 733t-speak? Related to above?)
"Gehorende." (Within earshot / Hoorn)
"Met-blik betaalbare." (Payable with Pewter / Medemblik)
"Pure Meereminse." (Purely Mermanlike? / Purmerend)
"VerBuysde" (Surprised / Bussum?)
"Eet hamse." (Eat hamlike? / Edam)
"Munnike Werklyke" (Monk’s worklike / Monnickendam)
"Schoon Hoofse. (Well courtly / Schoonhoven)"
"Van die met de Vles singen." (From those singing with the bottle / Vlissingen)
"Tot middle om geburgen te worden." (Middelburg? Woerden?)
"Lichte als Veere." (Light as a feather / Veere)
"geSwolle." (Swollen / Zwolle)
"Kampioense." (Champions – Kampen)
"Hassebassige." (Helter-skelter, chaotic / Hasselt)
"Vervloge Geldeloose." (Fled moneyless / Gelderland)
"Harige Linkse." (Hairy leftish / Harlingen)
"A. in ‘t hEmd." (A. in the shirt / Emden)
"Van Paris op Venus." (Judgment of Paris, fuelled by lust?)
"Staartmanse" (English – insult from Anglo-Dutch wars; Englishmen were “men with tails,”; i.e., half-devil))
"En meer andere welke zyn verschimmeld,
en zoo overvloedig dat het grimmeld,
die voet-stoots by heele lasten in ‘t Pakhuis
en in de Hel zullen gevuld worden."
(From Paris to Venus, &c., and "heaps more moldy junk, creeping in a mighty swell, by kicks fill up the warehouse and then all of Hell.)
Verses:
De jeugd juichte om de Blyde Tyd,
Geknoltuind in haar Actie-winkel,
Met uitgelaaten vreugd-gerinkel:
De bladgoude eeuw gaf wis profyt;
Doch is hervormd in zilver, koper,
Ja yzer en onvatbaar quik,
Dat in de lucht, tot veeler schrik,
Vervloog, dies menig kakhiel-looper
Noch voor de Winter schroomd den dag,
En schuild, men weet niet in wat holen,
Tot dat, na Noorder kaprioolen,
Hy weer in ‘t Zuid praald als hy plag,
Nu spiegeld zig de jong lafaard,
Ziet alles hier geheel verkeerd,
Wie zyn papier waereld leerd.
Hoe dolle windschat is zyn straf waard,
Van de oude Gryn chagryn verzeld,
Die met hem pruild; met Fenixvleugelen
Ontkomen willende en beteugelen,
Die hem ten val te veel bekneld.
Hy schrickt den spiegel zelfs te aanschouwen,
Waar in hy actieus ons toond,
Hoe ‘t end zo ‘t quaad, als ‘t goed werk loond.
Zie voorts het praalschrift uitgehouwen
In ‘t keldergraft steen; daar de dood
In herbergd veele, die door schaade,
Uit koppigheid, of ook door nood
Verrukt tot de allerdolste daaden,
Haar zelven gaven slechts de rest;
Het zy door strop, pistool of degen,
Niet eens om hunne ziel verleegen,
Ter duistere eeuwigheid geprest.
De tyd zal de uitkomst haast ontdekken,
Die zyn gordyn opschuiven kon;
De prys licht aller Actien won;
Daar nu de wyze en stapel gekken
Beide even mislaan, yders hand
Kan slechts de lyst der spiegels vatten
Als ‘t buyten werk de onzichtb[a]re schatten
Des voorschriks kluisteren lieten
Die Actie-arenden in waan,
Wien ‘t als de Uilen is vergaan.
(Schoon schootvry) deugd schatze als b…-dieten.
Zie eindelyk in dit figuur
Blanke Actien aan de wand gehangen;
Maar zegt gy, wie zou die verlangen?
Ontblood van naam, van tyd en uur.
‘t Zyn Nieten, als Loteryen,
Die meenig springhans noch doen staan,
En Weêr op vrye voeten gaan;
‘t Papier geld meer als sotternyen,
‘t Is beter wit, als vals beklad;
Want zulks Foruin en Faam doet yzen;
Die staag van huis zyn, en bewyzen
Dat geen van beide een vaste stad
Ter woon houd, wyl ze onrustig zweeven.
Zwyg Musa! Wilt dit spel kamp geeven.
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Article by David Patullo
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Stocks / Shares question by Chindeep: How do I find information on stocks shares purchased in the 70′s?
Hi Everyone
My grampa passed recently, I found some paper work of his stating he has purchased some stocks shares in the 70′s..How do I find some information on these stocks… ??
thanks
Stocks / Shares best answer:
Answer by Dave W
I’m not sure what information you are wanting to find out. My guess is that you are wondering if he still owned the stock and therefore whether you or someone in your family is entitled to it as an inheritance.
In the 70s, he would have received stock certificates for any shares he bought. Maybe he kept those, maybe he sold them, or maybe he deposited the shares in a brokerage account in which case the certificates would be gone. If his paperwork includes certificate numbers for the stock and the company is still in business as a public company, you should be able to go to that company’s web site and find the “transfer agent” for the company’s stock. You can contact the transfer agent with the certificate numbers and they can tell you whether the certificates are still valid or if they have been cashed in. If they are still valid and you can’t find them, the transfer agent can reissue them for you. You’ll likely have to provide a death certificate and some proof of who legally inherited the shares and you will have to pay a reissue fee, which is probably something like $ 20 per certificate.