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"Then his father paid me ten thousand dollars never to see him again. It sort of gives you back your faith in men, don't it?"
"Then his father paid me ten thousand dollars never to see him again. It sort of gives you back your faith in men, don't it?"

"Then his father paid me ten thousand dollars never to see him again. It sort of gives you back your faith in men, don't it?"

Artist (American, 1899 - 1976)
Date1931
ClassificationsDrawing
Mediumcrayon ink
DimensionsObject: 14 3/16 × 12 5/8 in. (36 × 32 cm) Sheet: 14 15/16 × 13 in. (37.9 × 33 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.2285
"A few years ago a contribution of a hundred thousand dollars would have been a cinch ...How's that for inflation?"
"A few years ago a contribution of a hundred thousand dollars would have been a cinch ...How's that for inflation?"
Mary Petty
1944
"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
"You see, Daddy, this set equals all the dollars you earned; your expenses are a sub-set within it. A sub-set of that is your deductions."
"You see, Daddy, this set equals all the dollars you earned; your expenses are a sub-set within it. A sub-set of that is your deductions."
Alan Dunn
c 1965
"The alternative? I understand it's a ten-thousand-dollar fine and five years in prison. We'd get out around 1949."
"The alternative? I understand it's a ten-thousand-dollar fine and five years in prison. We'd get out around 1949."
Mary Petty
1944
"It's Sonny again, and he's in desparate need of certitude. He says ten dollars would help."
"It's Sonny again, and he's in desparate need of certitude. He says ten dollars would help."
Alan Dunn
1968
"I'd like to marry you, Miss Ella. Do you think your father would be willing to talk turkey with me sometime?"
"I'd like to marry you, Miss Ella. Do you think your father would be willing to talk turkey with me sometime?"
Mary Petty
1933
"Don't go. I may never be like this again."
"Don't go. I may never be like this again."
Mary Petty
1934
"The Indians had him completely at bay. He saved his last shot for your Great-Great-Great Aunt Fanny."
"The Indians had him completely at bay. He saved his last shot for your Great-Great-Great Aunt Fanny."
Mary Petty
1940
"That only leaves me ten dollars for the permanent, so hadn't I better take the step-ins?"
"That only leaves me ten dollars for the permanent, so hadn't I better take the step-ins?"
Alan Dunn
1928
"You see, Dad, Professor McLuhan says the environment that man creates becomes his medium for defining his role in it. The invention of type created linear or sequential thought, separating thought from action. Now, with TV and folk singing, thought and action are closer and social involvement is greater. We again live in a village. Get it?"
"You see, Dad, Professor McLuhan says the environment that man creates becomes his medium for defining his role in it. The invention of type created linear or sequential thought, separating thought from action. Now, with TV and folk singing, thought and action are closer and social involvement is greater. We again live in a village. Get it?"
Alan Dunn
1966
"Rubbish! Lots of children are unwanted-your father and I didn't want you."
"Rubbish! Lots of children are unwanted-your father and I didn't want you."
Mary Petty
1936
"Remind me to give you my emergency telephone number."
"Remind me to give you my emergency telephone number."
Mary Petty
1932