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Short selling (Securities)

Practice of selling securities or other financial instruments that are not currently owned

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Images referencing Short selling (Securities)

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  • A dwarf reading. Engraving, 1720.
  • An autopsy on an investor in the Dutch speculation boom of 1720 reveals that he had died of an excess of air, representing lack of value in the shares. Etching, 1720.
  • Six men appear puzzled and have their hands raised to their faces. Woodcut and letterpress.
  • An autopsy on an investor in the Dutch speculation boom of 1720 reveals that he had died of an excess of air, representing lack of value in the shares. Etching, 1720.

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    Six men appear puzzled and have their hands raised to their faces. Woodcut and letterpress.

    | Date: [1720?] | Reference: 31516i
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    The performance of a play representing the Dutch share price boom of 1720: Bombario blows bubbles before Princess Quinquenpoix. Etching, 1720.

    | Date: [1720?] | Reference: 812285i
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    Death as an allegory of the Dutch financial crisis of 1720-1721. Etching, 1720.

    | Date: [1720] | Reference: 816096i
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    The English coffee house in Amsterdam, with people trading shares; with vignettes showing the rise and fall of the share price boom of 1720. Etching, ca. 1720.

    | Date: [1720?] | Reference: 812076i
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    Investors in the Dutch share boom of 1720 are incited by Jupiter, judged by Apollo, punished by Hercules, and deported to Hades. Etching, 1720.

    | Date: [1720?] | Reference: 812445i

Related topics

Financial crises
Stocks
Stockholders
Netherlands
Stock exchanges
Speculation
Amsterdam
Bankruptcy
Coffeehouses
Paris

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