Inflation amount figured via the website, The Inflation Calculator, http://www.westegg.com/inflation/.
The consumer price statistics used for the conversion site were gathered from the Historical Statistics of the United States (USGPO, 1975).]
List of Duplicate Meteorite Specimens For Sale From the Nininger Collection
1. Abernathy No. 473.3 End Piece, Wt. 525.5 gr. @ 15 cents...... ................$78.82 ($525.25 or $1.00 a gram)
2. Akron No. 462.3 Fragment, Wt. 193.5 gr. @ 60 cents..............................116.10 ($773.66 or $4.00 a gram)
3. Bishopville No. 212a Fragment, Wt. 25 gr. @5.00.....................................125.00 ($832.97 or $33.32 a gram)
4. Briscoe County No.477.1 End Piece. Wt. 25 gr. @5.00............................ 116.00 ($773.00 or $33.32 a gram)
5. Canyon Diablo #2 No.371.1 End Piece. Wt. 347 gr. @ 10 cents...................34.70 ($231.23 or $0.66 a gram)
6. Chamberlain No. 474.4 Individual. Wt. 426.5 gr. @ 10 cents.........................128.64 ($857.23 or $0.66 a gram)
7. Clark County No.181.6 Slice. Wt. 426.5 gr. @ 10 cents...............................42.65 ($284.21 or $0.66 a gram)
8 Coldwater (Stone) No.24.11 Fragment. Wt. 86.5 gr. @ 11 cents.....................9.51 ($63.37 or $0.73 a gram)
9. Cooperstown No.37a Slice. Wt. 46.5 gr. @ 1.00............................................46.50 ($309.87 or $6.66 a gram)
10. Ergheo No. 45b Slice. Wt. 183 gr. @ 16 cents...........................................29.28 ($195.12 or $1.07 a gram)
11. Ferguson Switch No.513.2 Individual. Wt. 418 gr. @ 20 cents......................83.60 ($557.09 or $1.33 a gram)
12. Fleming No.461.4 End Piece. Wt. 210 gr. @ 20 cents.................................42.00 ($279.88 or $1.33 a gram)
13. Garnett No. 428.1 Main Mass. Wt.1,672 gr. @ 20 cents.............................234.00 ($1559.32 or $1.33 a gram)
14. Goodland No. 425.1 End Piece. Wt. 729.7 gr. @ 15 cents..........................109.46 ($729.42 or $1.00 a gram)
15. Gruver No.241.7 Fragment. Wt. 445 gr. @ 10 cents.....................................44.50 ($296.54 or $0.66 a gram)
16. Holly No.386.4 Individual. Wt. 92.1 gr. @ 80 cents.......................................55.26 ($368.24 or $5.33 a gram)
17. Horace No.448.9 End Piece. Wt. 1,108 gr. @ 7 cents..................................77.56 ($516.84 or $0.47 a gram)
18. Indianola No.435.2 End Piece. Wt. 282 gr. @ 15 cents.................................42.30 ($281.88 or $1.00 a gram)
19. Leeds No.69.4 Slice. Wt. 60 gr. @ 1.00.......................................................60.00 ($399.83 or $6.66 a gram)
23. Lubbock No. 41.4 End Piece. Wt. 390.5 gr. @ 50 cents...............................195.25 ($1301.10 or $3.33 a gram)
24. Monahans No.256.13 End Piece. Wt. 3,624 gr. @ 7 cents............................253.68 ($1690.47 or $0.47 a gram)
25. Morito No. 375.3 End Piece. Wt. 496 gr. @ 20 cents......................................99.20 ($661.05 or $1.33 a gram)
26. New Almalo No. 144h Individual. Wt. 1,130 gr. @ 8 cents................................90.40 ($602.41 or $ or $0.53 a gram)
27. Norfork No.296.3 End Piece, Wt. 95 gr...........................................................95.00 ($633.06 or $6.66 a gram)
28. Pacula No. 96b Fragment. Wt. 62.76 gr. @ 2.00............................................125.50 ($836.30 or $13.33 a gram)
29. Petersburg No.334.1 Fragment. Wt. 8.3 gr. @ 8.00..........................................66.40 ($442.48 or $53.31 a gram)
30. Roy No.234b Fragment. Wt. 7,238 gr. @ 4 cents............................................287.52 ($1915.97 or $0.27 a gram)
31. St. Francois No.173a End Piece. Wt. 117 gr. @ 30 cents..................................35.10 ($233.90 or $2.00 a gram)
32. St. Michel No. 104b Fragment. Wt. 97.5 gr. @ 35 cents.....................................34.13 ($227.43 or $2.33 a gram)
33. Santa Luzia No.110.2 End Piece. Wt. 106 gr. @ 25 cents...................................26.50 ($176.59 or $1.67 a gram)
34. Shallowater No. 318.9 Slice. Wt. 205 gr. @ 1.00...............................................205.00 ($1366.07 or $6.66 a gram)
35. Springwater No.379.13 End Piece. Wt. 106 gr. @ 25 cents..................................62.04 ($413.42 or $1.67 a gram)
36. Taiban No.541.4 End Piece. Wt. 398 gr. @ 10 cents............................................39.80 ($265.22 or $0.66 a gram)
37. Township 8 No.377.1 Individual. Wt. 382.5 gr. @10 cents......................................38.25 ($254.89 or $0.66 a gram)
38. Tryon No.229d Fragment. Wt. 1,444 gr. @ 3 cents................................................43.32 ($288.67 or $.20 a gram)
39. Ulysses No.279b Slice. Wt. 249 gr. @ 15 cents....................................................37.35 ($248.89 or $1.00 a gram)
40. Whitman No.418.5 Slice. Wt. 16.9 gr. @ 4.00.......................................................67.60 ($450.47 or $26.66 a gram)
41. Wilburton No.463.2 End Piece. Wt. 81 gr. @ 1.00..................................................81.00 ($539.77 or $6.66 a gram)
42. Xiquipilco No.1288 Hammer Stone. Wt. 1100 gr. @ 5 cents.....................................55.00 ($366.51 or $0.33 a gram)
(end)
It seems prices went up quite a bit from 1952 to 1964, the early Space Age years.
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