Buying Gallery

The Emperor Stradivarius violin

The famous Emperor Stradivarius violin, dating from 1715. It was bought by the violinist and composer Jan Kubelik in 1910 for 10, 000 -- the highest price paid for a violin to that date. "

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Colourful designs for sale along Jolly Beach, Antigua, Leeward Islands

Colourful designs for sale along Jolly Beach, Antigua, Leeward Islands, West Indies, Caribbean, Central America

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New York Stock Exchange trading, 1980s C016/2381

New York Stock Exchange trading. Banners and computer workstations on the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). Hundreds of traders operate here, buying and selling shares from brokers dealing in stock in the listed companies. The workstations were computerised in 1981. Photographed in the 1980s

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