Foldable display stand with self erecting stabilizing base

A foldable stand for displaying merchandise, comprising

• a vertical planar board foldable along a plurality of horizontal fold lines to a collapsed condition,
• two mutually parallel vertical elongated easel panels located at a rear surface of said vertical planar board along two vertical joint lines therein and being operative to support said vertical planar board to rest in a substantially upright manner on a supporting surface, said easel panels being foldable along said joint lines to lie in a flat condition juxtaposed to said rear surface of said vertical planar board and then foldable along said horizontal fold lines together with vertical planar board,
• a stabilizing supporting base located at a bottom front surface portion of said vertical planar board, said supporting base having two side panels extending outward from said front surface portion of said vertical planar board wherein each side panel has a vertical middle fold line, and said side panels being foldable along said vertical middle fold line to a collapsed condition,
• elastic cord means connected to between said side panels of said supporting base and being in an elastic tension when said side panels of said supporting base are folded in said collapsed condition.