Those were the days

Jumijo

Member since
January 2005
From: New England
6,241 posts

Posted by Jumijo on Friday, January 26, 2007 8:48 AM

That's great! And it compares to what a new set would sell for today.

Jim

Modeling the Baltimore waterfront in HO scale

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Bob Keller

Member since
July 2003
From: Wisconsin
2,877 posts

Posted by Bob Keller on Friday, January 26, 2007 8:44 AM

FWIW using the Federal Reserve Bank's monetary calculator, $39.95 in 1954 equals $299.55 in 2006 (the last full year they have data for).

Below is the URL for your own past-present calulating:

http://woodrow.mpls.frb.fed.us/research/data/us/calc/

Bob Keller

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johnandjulie13

Member since
February 2006
From: Clarendon Hills, Illinois
1,058 posts

Posted by johnandjulie13 on Friday, January 26, 2007 8:44 AM

Wow. And the ad included "Easy Terms." I wonder what those were?

John O

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cnw1995

Member since
July 2003
From: Crystal Lake, IL
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Posted by cnw1995 on Friday, January 26, 2007 8:41 AM

How cool. And a great userid too - thanks for posting!

Doug Murphy 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...' Henry V.

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Anonymous

Member since
April 2003
305,205 posts

Those were the days

Posted by Anonymous on Friday, January 26, 2007 8:30 AM

Buffalo, NY in 1954 got you this deal for Christmas:

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