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[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"]

[Sign in supermarket window: "All Merchandise Marked Down To Last Week's Prices"]

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1969
ClassificationsCartoon
MediumCrayon and ink
DimensionsSheet: 8 7/16 x 10 5/8 in. (21.4 x 27 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.1633
["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
"Just think of it - the specialist said he has a mental age of ten weeks and he's only a month."
"Just think of it - the specialist said he has a mental age of ten weeks and he's only a month."
Alan Dunn
1928
"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
"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
[Prices Slashed!]
[Prices Slashed!]
Alan Dunn
1939
"We're filling one window with merchandise just as an experiment."
"We're filling one window with merchandise just as an experiment."
Alan Dunn
1938
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
"Everything all right in South East Asia? Last night I saw a light in Burma's window - "
"Everything all right in South East Asia? Last night I saw a light in Burma's window - "
Alan Dunn
1960
This is a common sight from any elevated train - the weeks...
This is a common sight from any elevated train - the weeks...
Boris Artzybasheff
1919
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
"I'm all right if I don't look down." "They wouldn't be any better if we went clockwise." "Where's the elevator? I'm all turned round." "Hi, Alice." "Stop thinking of it as a third of a mile! " "Let's come again and really look at the pictures." "This is going to be hard to tear down."
"I'm all right if I don't look down." "They wouldn't be any better if we went clockwise." "Where's the elevator? I'm all turned round." "Hi, Alice." "Stop thinking of it as a third of a mile! " "Let's come again and really look at the pictures." "This is going to be hard to tear down."
Alan Dunn
1959
"Somewhere in France." (two pieces marked, B1 and B2)
"Somewhere in France." (two pieces marked, B1 and B2)
Alan Dunn
1944