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“Here’s a good buy. It was returned by a customer who found he had nothing to say.”
“Here’s a good buy. It was returned by a customer who found he had nothing to say.”

“Here’s a good buy. It was returned by a customer who found he had nothing to say.”

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1954
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumink crayon
DimensionsObject: 7 1/2 × 9 5/16 in. (19 × 23.6 cm) Sheet: 7 1/2 × 9 5/16 in. (19 × 23.6 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.1965
"Here's the record Chief. He's a member of the Sons of Democracy, the American Friends of Worldwide Democracy, the Guardians of the American Heritage, the People's League for Good Citizenship, the Friends of Freedom, the Conference for the Furtherance of Costitutional Government, the League for the Preservation of American Freedom, the Sentinels of Democracy, the Golden Rule Association, the Society for the Support of the Constitution of the United States, the International Congress for the Furtherance of Democracy, the Conference for the Observance of the Ten Commandments and the Society for the Preservation of North American Wild Life. We think he's a Commie."
"Here's the record Chief. He's a member of the Sons of Democracy, the American Friends of Worldwide Democracy, the Guardians of the American Heritage, the People's League for Good Citizenship, the Friends of Freedom, the Conference for the Furtherance of Costitutional Government, the League for the Preservation of American Freedom, the Sentinels of Democracy, the Golden Rule Association, the Society for the Support of the Constitution of the United States, the International Congress for the Furtherance of Democracy, the Conference for the Observance of the Ten Commandments and the Society for the Preservation of North American Wild Life. We think he's a Commie."
Alan Dunn
1947
"Now look - International has a net quick of $15 per share. Its market price is $10, book is $36.65. Our net quick is $8; our book is$22, and at market we are selling for $25. So to start with we offer them one share of ours for two of theirs. That's five bucks premium. Can they turn it down? So they turn it down. Then we say, O.K., we'll buy the assets. We'll give you $1 million for your plant, which stands at $3,900,000 net. That wipes out all the water, gives them a fine tax carry-back. Then we give them 80 per cent of net inventory and accounts receivable - that's another $4 million. Another nice tax loss for them. So we pay 'em $5 million. There's nothing complicated about this except - say, where do we get the turn-around money"
"Now look - International has a net quick of $15 per share. Its market price is $10, book is $36.65. Our net quick is $8; our book is$22, and at market we are selling for $25. So to start with we offer them one share of ours for two of theirs. That's five bucks premium. Can they turn it down? So they turn it down. Then we say, O.K., we'll buy the assets. We'll give you $1 million for your plant, which stands at $3,900,000 net. That wipes out all the water, gives them a fine tax carry-back. Then we give them 80 per cent of net inventory and accounts receivable - that's another $4 million. Another nice tax loss for them. So we pay 'em $5 million. There's nothing complicated about this except - say, where do we get the turn-around money"
Alan Dunn
1954
"Here's the latest dope. I just had a call from R.B. We're to rewrite the script, placing the action in Siam. It seems we have some blocked ticals there."
"Here's the latest dope. I just had a call from R.B. We're to rewrite the script, placing the action in Siam. It seems we have some blocked ticals there."
Alan Dunn
1950
"I got it straight from my hairdresser who has a customer whose husband knows a man who works for the very company in Canada- "
"I got it straight from my hairdresser who has a customer whose husband knows a man who works for the very company in Canada- "
Alan Dunn
1956
"Remember the good old days, when all we had to do was say, "Fess up"?"
"Remember the good old days, when all we had to do was say, "Fess up"?"
Alan Dunn
1966
"He's a pretty f[s]ly customer, chief - no obvious tieups with any of the Communist front organizations - but we finally hung it on him. From November, 1944, until April, 1946, he was in the State Department."
"He's a pretty f[s]ly customer, chief - no obvious tieups with any of the Communist front organizations - but we finally hung it on him. From November, 1944, until April, 1946, he was in the State Department."
Alan Dunn
1950
“Here’s a bargain! It’s been run only 1200 hours by an elderly couple who didn’t know much about art.”
“Here’s a bargain! It’s been run only 1200 hours by an elderly couple who didn’t know much about art.”
Alan Dunn
1966
"...in those days they just chucked a bundle at you and whatever you found inside you had to put on as a uniform, even if it was just a slip cover off a piano."
"...in those days they just chucked a bundle at you and whatever you found inside you had to put on as a uniform, even if it was just a slip cover off a piano."
Alan Dunn
1941
"It seems he doesn't ever want to go back to Bali, says he's discovered a veritable island paradise here."
"It seems he doesn't ever want to go back to Bali, says he's discovered a veritable island paradise here."
Alan Dunn
1938
"Darling, the Prefab Homes man was just here and he wants us to turn this in for a 1937 model. He says he'll allow us $1200."
"Darling, the Prefab Homes man was just here and he wants us to turn this in for a 1937 model. He says he'll allow us $1200."
Alan Dunn
1937
"But I had to buy something, so I could get some change for the exact-fare bus."
"But I had to buy something, so I could get some change for the exact-fare bus."
Alan Dunn
1969
"Hold onto your hat! Here's where Nixon tightened the purse strings."
"Hold onto your hat! Here's where Nixon tightened the purse strings."
Alan Dunn
1968