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Old 10-02-2009, 09:54 AM
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There was no interest in color TV in the late 50's and early 60's because a color TV then cost about $600.
You could buy a brand new buick station wagon for that at that time..
With ignition damage, from the guy who just stole it?
By the time color TV came around, a station wagon from Buick (a mid-priced brand) would have set you back close to $2,000, if not over it.


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Brand new houses were $18,000.
TRUE.

Which helps explain how real estate prices could take such a huge crash in recent years
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