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"I must say it'll be good to get back to Gramercy Park, where one has one's own key."
"I must say it'll be good to get back to Gramercy Park, where one has one's own key."

"I must say it'll be good to get back to Gramercy Park, where one has one's own key."

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1963
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumcrayon ink
DimensionsObject: 12 3/8 × 9 7/16 in. (31.5 × 24 cm) Sheet: 12 3/8 × 9 7/16 in. (31.5 × 24 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.1543
"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
"This one's thirty cents more, it has more "up"."
"This one's thirty cents more, it has more "up"."
Alan Dunn
1939
"One belief is that every person is inhabited by a spirit, or ko, which goes travelling while the human body is asleep. If a man should be awakened suddenly - so the belief is- the Ko might not have time to get back into its body and would get even by going around causing trouble. So the people believe a man should be allowed to sleep until he wakes up of his own accord." U.S. Army Pocket Guide to New Caledonia.
"One belief is that every person is inhabited by a spirit, or ko, which goes travelling while the human body is asleep. If a man should be awakened suddenly - so the belief is- the Ko might not have time to get back into its body and would get even by going around causing trouble. So the people believe a man should be allowed to sleep until he wakes up of his own accord." U.S. Army Pocket Guide to New Caledonia.
Alan Dunn
1943
"They say it's all right -- one's European arms aid, the other's Korea."
"They say it's all right -- one's European arms aid, the other's Korea."
Alan Dunn
1950
"A lady's voice, sir, and she has the wrong number, but she says she must talk to someone."
"A lady's voice, sir, and she has the wrong number, but she says she must talk to someone."
Alan Dunn
1937
"Good morning, Colonel. While you overslept, you were ousted in a palace coup, and I must say your breakfast was delicious."
"Good morning, Colonel. While you overslept, you were ousted in a palace coup, and I must say your breakfast was delicious."
Alan Dunn
1971
"More bad news, gentlemen. The Sheik of El Quisaiba has turned in one of his Cadillacs for a Zis."
"More bad news, gentlemen. The Sheik of El Quisaiba has turned in one of his Cadillacs for a Zis."
Alan Dunn
1957
"Siena, elevation 1,050 feet, 52,652 inhabitants, situated on three hills between the Arbia and the Elsa is after Florence, the Tuscan town most rich in works of art and the one which, of all Italian towns, has best conserved the spirit and appearance of the Middle Ages. Siena was first an Etruscan..."
"Siena, elevation 1,050 feet, 52,652 inhabitants, situated on three hills between the Arbia and the Elsa is after Florence, the Tuscan town most rich in works of art and the one which, of all Italian towns, has best conserved the spirit and appearance of the Middle Ages. Siena was first an Etruscan..."
Alan Dunn
1959
"We give him a key to the city, and he goes and has a duplicate made for a Miss Pomeroy."
"We give him a key to the city, and he goes and has a duplicate made for a Miss Pomeroy."
Alan Dunn
1936
"Its a nice little retreat in the Adirondacks where the local power company has kilowatts running out of its ears."
"Its a nice little retreat in the Adirondacks where the local power company has kilowatts running out of its ears."
Alan Dunn
1973
"There must be some Supreme Intelligence - you and me couldn't just 'happen'.", " And sometimes it is my mood to crush something frail and lovely.", "20 to 1 and no lemon peel.", "-she came from a good family and never went back."
"There must be some Supreme Intelligence - you and me couldn't just 'happen'.", " And sometimes it is my mood to crush something frail and lovely.", "20 to 1 and no lemon peel.", "-she came from a good family and never went back."
Alan Dunn
1960
"Exactly! Two children by his fourth wife - one caesarian and one by elective induction - she had to make a train. I always say, if it wasn't for people like Carl there wouldn't be any exploding population."
"Exactly! Two children by his fourth wife - one caesarian and one by elective induction - she had to make a train. I always say, if it wasn't for people like Carl there wouldn't be any exploding population."
Alan Dunn
1960