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Unread 07-06-2015, 03:25 PM   #1
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That Purdy was 45% of an annual salary of $1900
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That Purdy was 45% of an annual salary of $1900
if you consider the Purdey purchaser an average sort of guy
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if you consider the Purdey purchaser an average sort of guy
While I hesitate to concede that I'm average, I am, nonetheless, a Purdey owner. Still, mine wasn't cheap.


The price of the one quoted here can be given some perspective from the Historical Currency Conversions site:

"850 dollars in 1939 had the same buying power as 14,533.67 current dollars."

Today, a new Purdey will set you back about ten times that.

Nothing, it appears, is linear.
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