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[Prices Slashed!]

[Prices Slashed!]

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1939
ClassificationsCartoon
MediumCrayon
DimensionsSheet: 13 5/8 x 10 1/2 in. (34.6 x 26.7 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.0694
"Look here! Holding the line on prices for structural steel isn't the same thing as twenty cents for cup custard."
"Look here! Holding the line on prices for structural steel isn't the same thing as twenty cents for cup custard."
Alan Dunn
circa 1966
[Sign in supermarket window: "All Merchandise Marked Down To Last Week's Prices"]
[Sign in supermarket window: "All Merchandise Marked Down To Last Week's Prices"]
Alan Dunn
1969
["Buy Now! Last Chance to Buy at Low Prices Before the Recession is Finally Over!"]
["Buy Now! Last Chance to Buy at Low Prices Before the Recession is Finally Over!"]
Alan Dunn
1961
72. The Store of “Fair Prices”. With our fair prices/ We never cheat you—/ But my clerks are astute,/ And know a trick or two.
72. The Store of “Fair Prices”. With our fair prices/ We never cheat you—/ But my clerks are astute,/ And know a trick or two.
José Guadalupe Posada
1947
"A wage boost followed by a price hike, followed by a wage boost followed by a price hike, followed by a...."
"A wage boost followed by a price hike, followed by a wage boost followed by a price hike, followed by a...."
Alan Dunn
1968
40. High Cost of Living. Prices rise higher and higher;/ My salary no longer stretches,/ To play the market is one thing—/ Marketing, quite another.
40. High Cost of Living. Prices rise higher and higher;/ My salary no longer stretches,/ To play the market is one thing—/ Marketing, quite another.
José Guadalupe Posada
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
"Why my goodness, I used to get two fenders fixed for that price!"
"Why my goodness, I used to get two fenders fixed for that price!"
Alan Dunn
1951
"Price support money - soil bank payments for what I don't plant - power-line lease - oil and gas pipeline right-of-way fees - Best damn farm in the country."
"Price support money - soil bank payments for what I don't plant - power-line lease - oil and gas pipeline right-of-way fees - Best damn farm in the country."
Alan Dunn
1960
"Of course at that price we can only sell one to a customer."
"Of course at that price we can only sell one to a customer."
Alan Dunn
1933
"One of McAuliffe's boys - He wants his loan to start a nut shop."
"One of McAuliffe's boys - He wants his loan to start a nut shop."
Alan Dunn
1945
"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