Our Small and Mighty Bull is very popular. This hand size bull looks like the bull on Wall Street. When it’s on a base, you have a choice of copper or pewter. Without a base, it has only been available in copper. Now it is available in pewter too!

Are you having a cocktail party for customers or staff? One brokerage firm had a great idea. They purchased tumblers and wine glasses from us. They used them at their cocktail party and each guest took home their glass as a party favor. Each glass is etched with a bull and bear on it.

If you’d like to have a wine tasting at home, you could get the wine glasses and also purchase the Wine Tasting Game. Great combo.

Happy Holidays!

These globes are very special. No two are exactly alike. Each is a work of art created by the most skilled artisans in the world. Each globe includes over 20 different gemstones and takes well over 1,000 hours to complete. Each country is a gorgeous gem, polished and hand-cut by master craftsmen into brilliantly detailed geographic shapes. Each gemstone represents a continent or country, and is indigenous to that region of the world whenever possible.

The inlaid gemstones create a stunning patchwork of contrasting color and texture/ Rich blue lapis, black onyx, red jasper, or howlite is used for the oceans. The globe is then finished with latitude and longitude lines of gold ribbon, and polished to a brilliant sheen. The result is an exclusive, unique globe that showcases each gemstone’s natural beauty. A certificate of Authority is included with each globe.

These globes are truely works of art. Click here to go to the gemstone globe paperweight.

We were sold out of the Almighty Bull for so long – but it is now in stock. Many military groups purchase the Almighty Bull in addition to the Wall Street crowd. If you purchase the Almighty Bull AND the Almighty Bear you get a special discount.

The Story of Wall Street and It’s BullBowling Green is North America’s oldest park. It is located on Manhattan in the Financial District. It was used initially as a cattle market. It gets its name because the first Dutch settlers used it for lawn bowling. The park is a pleasant place with a small patch of green. benches, flowers and a round fountain. You can sit, have a sandwich and rest your feet. Just north of Bowling Green Park you’ll see a massive bronze statue of a bull.

The bronze bull that stands in Bowling Green poised to charge up Broadway first appeared in front of the New York Stock Exchange December 15, 1989. It was created by Italian-born Soho artist Arturo DeModica who deposited the 7,000-pound bull in front of the Exchange in the middle of the night without permission. The next morning Financial District workers were confronted by a sleek, 16-foot-long bronze bull, head down, nostrils flaring. In a flyer distributed that day, the artist stated that the stock market crash of 1987 was his inspiration. He created the bull as a symbol of “strength, power and hope of the American people for the future.”

However, the New York Police Department was not pleased. NYPD said it obstructed traffic and had no permit. The New York Stock Exchange hired a truck to have it hauled away that afternoon. It was penned in a police impound lot.

Even though the bull had been seen for less than 8 hours, the public wanted it! After a few days in its “pen”, New York City Parks Department Commissioner Henry J. Stern arranged for the Bull to be given a temporary stomping ground at the north end of Bowling Green Park. It remains there today as an icon embodying the bullish strength and determination of Wall Street.

In 2003 the artist tried to get the city to pay $300,000 for the huge bull. They refused. A Las Vegas hotel decided they’d buy it. Henry Stern, who was no longer a Parks Commissioner, led the campaign to keep it in New York. It is still there on a temporary basis – as a “gift” from the artist.

Today the “Charging Bull” is an accepted NYC landmark and is a favorite stop for tourists. Those seeking to make their fortune in the stock market will rub the bull for luck.

This bull has 3 names:

• Bowling Green Bull
• Charging Bull
• Good Luck Bull
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The Bull and Bear depicted on an ivory-type material. This material was inpiried by days long ago on Nantucket when ivory was king. The bull has his head down and is pawing the ground ready to charge. The Bear has its front feet off the ground, pawing the air. Conflict is happening! The two are in front of a facade of a famous building on Wall Street – right across the street from the New York Stock Exchange. It makes you think Wall Street – especially for those that have walked that hallowed ground.

The background of the creator is interesting. While a history student at Brown University, Steve Barlow was intrigued with the rich lore of New England seaports and the whale man’s art of scrimshaw. On a visit to Nantucket Island, he was introduced to the technique of engraving. By developing this interest, he earned an international reputation as a premier ivory engraver. However, Steve’s deep convictions about the importance of wildlife led him  to seek a safer medium for the replication of his engravings. Steve has been able to perpetuate the legacy of a truly indigenous American art form while protecting our precious natural resources. His original works are exhibited in museums and are held in both private and corporate collections.

Wall Street Gifts is proud to carry these contemporary items which bring back memories of the past.

The artist has been making jewelry since she was a child. All of her grandparents made jewelry too so, “it’s in her henes” She studied silversmithing at the Woodstock Guild in Woodstock, NY.

To  make these coin pieces, first the face is sanded off on one side of the coin. The, using traditional hammering and forging techniques, the shape is formed, the designs are implanted, and the peice is domed with a block and punches. Due to the substantial weight of the coins, there is much labor involved.

The piece is then polished by hand and cast, using the lost wax method. The pieces are soldered where necessary, immersed is a blackening solution, connected to other pieces and polished again.

The finished piece of jewelry is cleaned and ready to be worn.

The handcrafted jewelry is crafted from vintage American coins.