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[Sign in auto show room: "You Ought to Buy Now"]
[Sign in auto show room: "You Ought to Buy Now"]

[Sign in auto show room: "You Ought to Buy Now"]

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1958
ClassificationsCartoon
MediumCrayon and ink
DimensionsSheet: 9 1/4 x 11 3/4 in. (23.5 x 29.9 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.1301
Sign in store window "Buy now at the accepted 3.2% inflation rate the dollar won't buy anything at all by 1998".
Sign in store window "Buy now at the accepted 3.2% inflation rate the dollar won't buy anything at all by 1998".
Alan Dunn
circa 1966
"We really ought to diversify and buy George's company. George is a very fine fellow."
"We really ought to diversify and buy George's company. George is a very fine fellow."
Alan Dunn
1954
"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
[A tank at an auto show]
[A tank at an auto show]
Alan Dunn
1939
[1940 Auto Show fender bender]
[1940 Auto Show fender bender]
Alan Dunn
1940
["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
"You told her, Gus - Don't bore Sylvia and eat your potatoes! Naomi, I ought to warn you there's ice cream - wine, dear, Naomi and George have no wine - I must apologize about the plumbing - I do wish the neighbors wouldn't go to the john while I'm giving a dinner - more limas, dear? - Limas, Sylvia? - Gus, more limas? - Duffy, do go on about Perry and what were his rubbers doing in the ice box -."
"You told her, Gus - Don't bore Sylvia and eat your potatoes! Naomi, I ought to warn you there's ice cream - wine, dear, Naomi and George have no wine - I must apologize about the plumbing - I do wish the neighbors wouldn't go to the john while I'm giving a dinner - more limas, dear? - Limas, Sylvia? - Gus, more limas? - Duffy, do go on about Perry and what were his rubbers doing in the ice box -."
Alan Dunn
1948
"Tell me frankly, General, do you think I ought to..."
"Tell me frankly, General, do you think I ought to..."
Alan Dunn
1948
"I ought to warn you first. It's a novel you can't gulp."
"I ought to warn you first. It's a novel you can't gulp."
Alan Dunn
1936
"You have to buy two canaries, ma'am. It's Petrillo."
"You have to buy two canaries, ma'am. It's Petrillo."
Alan Dunn
1946
[Sign in funeral home: "Die Now, Pay Later"]
[Sign in funeral home: "Die Now, Pay Later"]
Alan Dunn
1960
[Sign in funeral home: "Die Now, Pay Later"]
[Sign in funeral home: "Die Now, Pay Later"]
Alan Dunn
1960