Stanley Gibbons Share Discussion Threads

[grantlands] 12/6/2007 08:42

confirmation of the final amount raised..

[jtcod] 11/6/2007 22:27

Thanks for that feedback tom.

This is so news worthy giving priceless exposure for the Stanley Gibbons brand and further promotes rare stamp investment as a serious alternative investment category.

The icing on the cake is that it further promotes our exposure in the US a critical area for growth.

[tom.muir] 11/6/2007 21:26

The auction was on the net and made fascinating listening. The estimated take was circa $5m. In the event they made just over $9m. Many of the lots were sold to internet, mail and phone buyers but I'm sure SGI made some good purchases in the room. But this should set a new benchmark for prices which must be to our advantage. Tom

[tom.muir] 11/6/2007 17:16

The reason for todays action is a big auction in progress in USA.

[jtcod] 11/6/2007 15:32

To be honest, the liquidity in this stock is just laughable for such a quality business. The management really should be considering a Full Listing now.

[capimus] 11/6/2007 15:25

Defying gravity - a full-blooded re-rating going on ?

[chester] 11/6/2007 15:16

SGI bus going from strength to strength...

[jtcod] 11/6/2007 14:33

I'd like to know how the management are progressing the US division. Will they make a purchase? I'd like to see that.

[its the oxman] 11/6/2007 14:10

onwards and upwards - 300p next stop for those on the sgi bus

[capimus] 06/6/2007 16:10

Cheers Chester
The more of this stuff we can all dig up the better.
For traders, must be nearly time to sell/go short after this vertical rise - unless there's something cryptic going on - but it'll only be a pause before it's on the march again.

[chester] 06/6/2007 09:30

Stanley Gibbons, the famous dealer in collectibles, has acquired an
historically important archive of letters written by Albert Einstein. The
archive is a fascinating and important insight into the period when Einstein
was challenging the foundations of Quantum Theory. The archive is available
from Fraser's Autographs in London, England. Fraser's is the autograph
trading division of Stanley Gibbons.



The archive contains extraordinary collection of letters written by
Albert Einstein to Nathan Rosen - his collaborator and assistant at The
Institute for Advanced Studies of Princeton University, USA. It was with
Rosen and Boris Podolsky that Einstein wrote the famous EPR paper
(Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen) "Can Quantum-Mechanical Description of Physical
Reality Be Considered Complete?" The paper was published in The Physical
Review in 1935 and challenged the very foundations of Quantum Theory. It
remains a seminal paper on the subject.



The letters, spanning the period between 1934 and 1941, discuss several
theories of Quantum Mechanics and include references to Einstein's famous
general theory of relativity, as well as his anger at the leak of the EPR
paper to the New York Times in 1935, an event which ended his collaboration
with Boris Podolsky.



Prof. Rosen later became the founder of the Institute of Physics at the
world famous Technion University in Israel and is commemorated by a lecture
series named after him there.



The letters (in German) are accompanied by full translations and
technical explanations. The collection of sixteen items includes nine typed
letters, six handwritten letters and one unsigned handwritten note. Thirteen
are signed 'A. Einstein' and two 'A.E.' It is priced at GBP175,000.



In 1999 Einstein was named 'Person of the Century' by Time Magazine.

The archive can also be viewed at www.frasersautographs.com along with
many other fascinating items.



Fraser's Autographs is a trading division of Stanley Gibbons. It is
Europe's leading autograph and memorabilia dealer with over 60,000 signatures
in stock

[gregory0106] 06/6/2007 09:18

Increased my holding by 30% yesterday - of course now it falls back a bit, but par for the course and happy that long term up-trend will hold good.

[capimus] 06/6/2007 07:39

cashing in my chips for me and taking future profits.

[capimus] 06/6/2007 07:38

I traded in and out for a few years from 70p until I saw it weather the Spanish stamp-ede! Time to sit back and enjoy the ride as all the evidence points one way at present. Like most here I would not want a bid as someone else would be ca

[robsy2] 05/6/2007 16:44

JTCod/Bletherer
Agreed.This is a cracker of a share.Those of us who have been around a while appreciate its merits so I won't preach to the converted.Prior to buying sgi I spent a while looking around for exposure to the booming art/ alternative investment market and went for SGI evne though I am not totally convinced about stamps. I suppose i'm just not a stamp nerd. I missed out of Noble , (thought it was too small, damn!) and have recenty been buying ARTnet , a german company that serves the art industry. It is not as cheap as SGI , doesnt pay divis but it has it's attractions.If you are interested my totally unsucessful attempt to create a thread can be viewed on AYD. I am a holder and so far its behaving itself rather well.
Please don't take the above as anything other than a friendly suggestion.
Robsy

[jtcod] 05/6/2007 10:41

Like you bletherer, I know of no better company in the market that has such a strong brand and yet is valued (net of cash and stock investments) on a fwd PE of just 15. What makes it truly unique though is that it has yet to roll it's snowball down one rather large hill.

It just makes you sleep well at night with that comforting thought.;-)

[bletherer] 05/6/2007 10:16

Personally I do not want to see a bid for a company this good - let them bid for the dogs in my portfolio instead! I reckon I would have difficulty investing the money I received from a bid in a way that would match the likely growth of SGI if it remains an independent company.

[its the oxman] 05/6/2007 10:01

yep, looking set to break 250p as we develop more of a quality rating (not always deserved but in sgi's case i think it has a good argument for one) and move up toward 300p hopefully, come the interims in july - anyway for what its worth thats how i see it - a bid - always possible but sceptical, and we certainly don't need one to keep moving ahead regardless - infact a lot of people would probably be a bit disappointed given sgi's potential return over the long term.

[gregory0106] 05/6/2007 08:48

Market is looking short on supply. Selftrade will buy 25,000 shares from me at 247p (if only I had them!!) but will only sell me 5,000 at 250p.

[ygor705] 05/6/2007 08:13

The share price is certainly running at the moment.................it does make you wonder if there is something brewing.

[capimus] 04/6/2007 19:07

Yep DJ
As an Aim stock of such solidity it should command a premium over its peers which share the tax advantages but often little else . No pull back since the results and one has to wonder why? Is it others realising what we have known for some time - its a beaut - or are bigger forces gradually at work- as ZP points out it's a fragmented market.........

[orange1] 04/6/2007 18:33

17700 bought half an hour before the close at 250p, a 4p premium to the then offer price.
Looking good for further progress.

[diogenesj] 04/6/2007 14:22

Yes, wish I'd bought more too. :-)

[gregory0106] 04/6/2007 14:12

£3 would be most welcome - just a shame its my smallest holding!

[diogenesj] 04/6/2007 14:04

No real sign of that: not enough volume. A number of brokers are selling 'IHT portfolios' (based on the fact that Aim stocks held for two years are not liable to inheritance tax). I suspect that this is just the sort of reliable and good value share they might go for. I see somewhere around 300p as a fair price short term.