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05-27-2016 03:01 PM
# ADS
Circuit advertisement
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"....If you want to compare the value of a $20.00 Income or Wealth , in 1953 there are five choices. In 2015 the relative:
historic standard of living value of that income or wealth is $177.00
contemporary standard of living value of that income or wealth is $252.00
labor earnings of that commodity is $256.00 (using the unskilled wage) or $315.00 (using production worker compensation)
economic status value of that income or wealth is $457.00
economic power value of that income or wealth is $921.00..."
Today money has no value, and the market for this regalia has undergone a profound transformation.
I shall not imbibe of the berserk cultural pessimism on this topic that is otherwise the norm.
Nostalgia is always a misleading thing.
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There was a dealer in militaria in Calif. named S.W. Holmers in the mid fifties.
I currently have in my collection an Alg. SS visor which has a personal knowledge of where/when it has been till I acquired it 30 years ago.
Holmers sold it to a collector in Gatesville Texas for $7.50. It went to Gatesville to Waco to Atlanta to Austin.
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Bravo, dear friend, you are a pillar of our community.
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A phenomenal piece of ephemera. Thank you for sharing this F-B. It's perfect. The crude illustrations, the courier font. Take me there.
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Thanks for the kind words. Your friendly sentiments are not shared by all.
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I'd rather be A "RaD Man than a Mad Man "
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