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"He'll sell us the car for six hundred dollars, but he wants twelve hundred dollars for the furniture."
"He'll sell us the car for six hundred dollars, but he wants twelve hundred dollars for the furniture."

"He'll sell us the car for six hundred dollars, but he wants twelve hundred dollars for the furniture."

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1946
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumcrayon ink
DimensionsObject: 10 × 12 3/8 in. (25.4 × 31.4 cm) Sheet: 10 × 12 3/8 in. (25.4 × 31.4 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.1008
"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
"That barely comes to six dollars, sir and fifteen percent of six dollars is a lousy ninety cents."
"That barely comes to six dollars, sir and fifteen percent of six dollars is a lousy ninety cents."
Charles E. Martin
1966
"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
"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
"Tell me, exactly how much is one million dollars in real money?"
"Tell me, exactly how much is one million dollars in real money?"
Alan Dunn
1969
"If I promise not to let it go any further, tell me, how much is one million dollars in real money?"
"If I promise not to let it go any further, tell me, how much is one million dollars in real money?"
Alan Dunn
1969
"It must be definitive - it's five dollars."
"It must be definitive - it's five dollars."
Alan Dunn
1944
"If they overhaul the world's monetary system, what happens to my eighty-two dollars and fifty seven cents?"
"If they overhaul the world's monetary system, what happens to my eighty-two dollars and fifty seven cents?"
Alan Dunn
1972
"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
"Now can you visualize a billion dollars?"
"Now can you visualize a billion dollars?"
Alan Dunn
1941
"Best think tank in the country, and their conclusion after two years, thousands of dollars, and millions of words is "God only knows!"
"Best think tank in the country, and their conclusion after two years, thousands of dollars, and millions of words is "God only knows!"
Alan Dunn
1968
"The guerilla activities near Nestoria have been suppressed with thirty million dollars in Greek aid, including tractors, other farm machinery, and a large shipment of road building equipment. The Communist inspired agitation in central Italy is being countered vigorously by the distribution of machine tools and twenty thousand long tons of cereals, mostly wheat. In Germany, we are bringing up foodstuffs..."
"The guerilla activities near Nestoria have been suppressed with thirty million dollars in Greek aid, including tractors, other farm machinery, and a large shipment of road building equipment. The Communist inspired agitation in central Italy is being countered vigorously by the distribution of machine tools and twenty thousand long tons of cereals, mostly wheat. In Germany, we are bringing up foodstuffs..."
Alan Dunn
1948