tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3586104591124883214.post6681493915030551602..comments2024-03-20T17:21:09.119-07:00Comments on Tattered and Lost EPHEMERA: CHRISTMESS GIFT IDEAS No. 4...5...6...Tattered and Losthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00208918251232477186noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3586104591124883214.post-51647476040564616802012-12-12T07:23:38.563-08:002012-12-12T07:23:38.563-08:00Oops. I goofed when using the Fed's calculato...Oops. I goofed when using the Fed's calculator. The plaque's 1957 cost of $5.95 would be about $49 [not only $45] in 2012 dollars. Most of the items in the ads above were pricey. For example, in today's dollars, a pair of the Yule Elves would be about $90 and the big motion Santa [with lighting unit] would be about $322.Felix09noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3586104591124883214.post-33880725477458447842012-12-12T03:38:17.114-08:002012-12-12T03:38:17.114-08:00My fourth grade teacher gave everyone in my class ...My fourth grade teacher gave everyone in my class a set of personalized pencils for Christmas. There were about 40 in the class then so the pencils cost her a nice piece of change 50-some years ago.<br /><br />A similar but much larger 1950's metal plaque of "The Last Suppper" still hangs in my dining room. The pictured plaque, though, would fit nicely into a space on one of my kitchen walls but it would no longer be $5.95. That $5.95 in 1957 would now be close to $45 in our 2012 dollars so that plaque was not a "cheapie gift." Felix09noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3586104591124883214.post-56808026679717925992012-12-11T18:26:51.791-08:002012-12-11T18:26:51.791-08:00Yeah! Those eyes!! I thought the monkey with the c...Yeah! Those eyes!! I thought the monkey with the cymbals that I had as a kid had weird eyes, but nothing like these!<br /><br />Thanks for the compliment.Tattered and Losthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00208918251232477186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3586104591124883214.post-81796730762693461672012-12-11T16:51:53.260-08:002012-12-11T16:51:53.260-08:00Talented Toy Dog hypnotizes you as he ROCKS!!
And...Talented Toy Dog hypnotizes you as he ROCKS!! <br />And those Yule Elves are MUST HAVE!!<br /><br />Super fun blog you have here!Mr. Karswellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15889717828895556186noreply@blogger.com