Everyone has heard of Bernie Madoff's ~$60B ponzi scheme. Long before he started his eponymous ponzi, Madoff was a penny stock trader and broker (aka shitcoin pumper).
This is a stock certificate issued to Bernard Madoff and has a notarized autograph on the back. I think this is a piece of financial history and in fact a similar Bernard Madoff certificate is on display in the Museum of American Finance in NYC.
Front:
Rear:
It looks a lot flatter once it's framed!
I bought these stock certficates at a U.S. Marshal's auction and while I thought I was buying only 1 signed certificate and about a dozen unsigned ones, it turns out there was a second autographed certificate so now I want to get sell my duplicate.
I'm hoping to get somewhere in the range of 0.05-0.1 BTC for it which is quite a bit less than I see people asking for similar items online (and less than I thought I was paying for one). I wanted to gauge interest to make sure I'm not completely out of line. I'm also not sure if this forum is the best place to sell it, but I figured at least some of you are interested in finance and financial crimes.
I realize I'm a new user and would be happy to do escrow or local pickup in the SF Bay Area and will provide buyer with a scanned copy of the U.S. Marshal auction invoice and a cryptographically-signed message associated with my PGP key and/or my ENS domain name so you can prove provenance should you wish to resell it in the future.
As I mentioned, I also have about a dozen unsigned ones. They look identical aside from the serial number and they aren't autographed on the back. I'm not sure what to let them go for -- I was thinking about $30-$40 each based on what I've seen other Madoff memorabilia goes for.
Thanks!
edit: I'm trying to answer questions via DMs but unfortunately because I have a new account I'm limited to sending 2 DMs per day. I am on the Coin Council slack now though and can also talk via e-mail.
edit 2:
sold so locking this thread. Once this transaction is complete I'll start selling the unautographed ones.