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1 | VALUE IN 1969 | VALUE TODAY | PAGE # | ITEM(S) | REFERENCE(S) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2 | $0.05 | $0.34 | pg. 74 | The boxed bet Holloway makes on his lucky number | "Give me a dime on nine sixty-eight. Box it for a nickel." - Holloway, pg 74 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
3 | $0.07 | $0.48 | pg. 23 | Sterling’s luck | “I was born with seven cents.” - Sterling, pg 23 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
4 | $0.10 | $0.69 | pg. 74 | The straight bet Holloway makes on his lucky number | "Hey Wolf, give me a dime on nine sixty-eight." - Holloway, pg 74 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | $0.25 | $1.71 | pg. 46 | The quarter Sterling finds on the fourth step of his house and then bets on | "I found a quarter on the fourth step of my house and played four twenty-five." - Sterling, pg 46 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | $0.65 | $4.45 | pg. 61 | Price of beans | “That’s sixty-five cent.” - Memphis, pg 61 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | $0.69 | $4.72 | pg. 60 | Gas price for white people (per gallon) | “Bean charge seventy-two cents a gallon. He charge three cent more than the white man.” - Sterling, pg 60 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | $0.72 | $4.93 | pg. 60 | Gas price for black people (per gallon) | “Bean charge seventy-two cents a gallon. He charge three cent more than the white man.” - Sterling, pg 60 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | $0.75 | $5.13 | pg. 14 | Record cost to the owner of the jukebox | “He pay seventy-five cents for the record.” - Memphis, pg 14 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | $1.00 | $6.84 | Standard bet on the numbers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | $1.25 | $8.55 | pg. 33 | Hourly rate for construction work | “Who wanna haul bricks on a construction site for a dollar and a quarter an hour?” - Holloway, pg 33 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | $2.00 | $13.68 | pg. 62 | Money Sterling puts on playing the numbers | “Let me spend my last two dollars.” - Sterling, pg 62 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | $2.00 | $13.68 | pg. 60 | 5 gallons of gas Sterling sells | “Let you have it for two dollars.” - Sterling, pg 60 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | $2.35 | $16.12 | pg. 7 | Menu price of meatloaf with two sides | "Meatloaf with 2 sides" - Stage directions, pg. 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | $2.45 | $16.80 | pg. 7 | Menu price of chicken with two sides | "Chicken w/2 sides $2.45" - Stage directions, pg 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | $3.00 | $20.53 | Amount Risa takes (and later returns) for her hair grease | “You ain’t counting the three dollars you got the other day to buy some hair grease.” - Memphis, | |||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | $3.00 | $20.53 | pg. 22 | Price Sterling tries to sell his watch for | “I’ll let you have it for three dollars.” - Sterling, pg 22 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | $3.00 | $20.53 | pg. 33 | Holloway's references to Sterling not wanting to work for $10 per day | “His granddaddy used to work for three dollars a day.” - Memphis, pg 33 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | $3.60 | $24.63 | pg. 60 | Price of 5 gallons of gas at full price (when purchased from Bean) | “Bean charge seventy-two cents a gallon. He charge three cent more than the white man.” - Sterling, pg 60 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | $5.00 | $34.21 | pg. 8 | The amount Milt bet on his superstitious numbers | “Milt hit for five dollars both times.” - Wolf, pg 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | $10.00 | $64.42 | pg. 33 | The daily rate for construction work | "What's he gonna do with ten dollars a day?" - Holloway, pg 33 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | $12.00 | $82.11 | pg. 22 | The weekly rate Sterling says he pays for his rent | “She told me if I didn’t give her twelve dollars by Friday I could wait on the street.” - Sterling, pg 22 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | $12.63 | $86.62 | pg. 55 | The amount of money Memphis had when he was forced to move away from Jackson | "I got twelve dollars and sixty-three cents." -Memphis, pg 55 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
24 | $20 | $136.84 | pg. 62 | Cost of Sterling's illegal firearm | "Tony Jackson say he want twenty dollars for it." - Wolf, pg 62 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
25 | $20 | $136.84 | pg. 23 | Amount Sterling heard someone found outside of Prophet Samuel's viewing | “One man found twenty dollars on the sidewalk on his way out.” - Sterling, pg 23 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
26 | $20 | $136.84 | Recurrently, Aunt Ester’s price for her assistance | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
27 | $35 | $239.48 | pg. 67 | Amount of money Sterling is proposing he be compensated if he took over washing West’s cars | “But if I could wash them seven at a time every day for about five dollars apiece...” - Sterling, pg 67 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
28 | $46 | $314.74 | pg. 79 | Amount of money Memphis offers Risa when he believes she took $3 more than she actually did (for her hair grease) | “I owe you forty-six dollars with the ten you took” - Memphis, pg 79 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
29 | $49 | $335.27 | pg. 60 | Actual amount Memphis pays Risa when he realizes she returned the $3 | “Bean charge seventy-two cents a gallon. He charge three cent more than the white man.” - Sterling, pg 60 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
30 | $50 | $342.11 | pg. 26 | The fine Prophet Samuel paid to preach in white areas | “He go on and pay his fifty-dollar fine for preaching without a permit and go on back out here.” - Holloway, pg 26 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
31 | $56 | $384.08 | Presumably Risa’s weekly income, based on the fact that Memphis pays her $49 after she took $7 before | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
32 | $100.00 | $684.20 | pg. 16 | West’s price for the insurance on leak-proof caskets | “For an extra hundred dollars he give you a twenty-year guarantee that the casket ain’t gonna leak...” - Memphis, pg 16 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
33 | $100.00 | $684.20 | pg. 11 | The bills Prophet Samuel had in the casket | “They say he got hundred-dollar bills in the casket with him.” - Wolf, pg 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
34 | $200 | $1,368.43 | pg. 14 | The amount the man who owns the jukebox pays per record. | “He pay seventy-five cents for the record and he make two hundred dollars off it.” - Memphis, pg 14 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
35 | $200 | $1,368.43 | pg. 35 | The full amount of cash Prophet Samuel is being buried with | “The man ain’t got nothing but a couple of rings, that gold cross he wear, and two hundred-dollar bills.” - West, pg 35 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
36 | $200 | $1,368.43 | pg. 73 | The amount of money Wolf evidently spent on a woman in Atlanta to make her think he was wealthy | "Spent two hundred of it on her. She think I got that kind of money all the time." - Wolf, pg 73 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
37 | $300 | $2,394.75 | pg. 82 | The cost of the pine casket, as per the basic government stipend issued | “The welfare don’t pay but three hundred and fifty dollars.” - West, pg 82 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
38 | $400 | $2,736.86 | pg. 16 | The amount Memphis says people are routinely swindled out of by West | “He done cheated them out of four or five hundred dollars…” - Memphis, pg 16 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
39 | $400 | $2,736.86 | pg. 14 | The amount the jukebox owner earns off of a standard record | “He pay seventy-five cents for the record and he make two hundred dollars off it.” - Memphis, pg 14 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
40 | $400 | $2,736.86 | pg. 13 | The lower end of how much Memphis would have on hand daily from his occupation previous to diner owner | “This is when I was walking around with four or five hundred dollars in my pocket every day.” - Memphis, pg 13 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
41 | $500 | $3,421.08 | pg. 16 | The amount Memphis says people are routinely swindled out of by West | “He done cheated them out of four or five hundred dollars…” - Memphis, pg 16 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
42 | $500 | $3,421.08 | pg. 13 | The higher end of how much Memphis would have on hand daily from his occupation previous to diner owner | “This is when I was walking around with four or five hundred dollars in my pocket every day.” - Memphis, pg 13 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
43 | $500 | $3,421.08 | pg. 26 | The donation sent to Samuel following the stock market crash and rebound | “He sent Prophet Samuel a five-hundred-dollar donation...” - Holloway, pg 26 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
44 | $562 | $3,845.29 | pg. 96 | How much Sterling has left of his cut numbers win | “That’s my money. All five hundred and sixty-two dollars of it.” - Sterling, pg 96 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
45 | $600 | $4,105.29 | pg. 85 | The amount Sterling wins from playing the numbers after it's cut in half | “They ain’t paying but six hundred dollars.” - Sterling, pg 85 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
46 | $700 | $4,789.51 | pg. 82 | The price difference between the pine and copper casket Risa asks West about for Hambone | “You talking about a seven-hundred-dollar difference.” - West, page 82 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
47 | $1,200 | $8,210.58 | pg. 86 | The amount Sterling was supposed to win when he played the numbers | “And I’m gonna start with you if you don’t give me my twelve hundred dollars.” - Sterling, pg 86 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
48 | $1,700 | $11,631.66 | The price difference between the lowest end casket and the gold one Risa says she wishes she could afford | Now you’re talking about a seventeen hundred dollar difference” - West | |||||||||||||||||||||||
49 | $2,000 | $13,717.28 | pg. 51/52 | The bond for Bubba Boy | "They got him on a two thousand dollar bond." - Wolf, pg 52 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
50 | $5,000 | $34,210.76 | pg. 16 | The cost for higher-end caskets at West's | “...walk out with a five-thousand-dollar silver, satin-lined casket, guaranteed to be leak-proof.” - Memphis, pg 16 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
51 | $5,000 | $34,210.76 | pg. 33 | “...you go out to Squirrel Hill, they walking around there with five thousand dollars in their pocket...” - Holloway, pg 33 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
52 | $5,500 | $37,631.84 | pg. 13 | The price Memphis paid for the restaurant | “I got it for fifty-five hundred dollars.” - Memphis, pg 13 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
53 | $8,000 | $54,737.22 | pg. 13 | West's original offer to Memphis to buy the diner right after Memphis bought it | “He walked in the next day and offered me eight thousand dollars for it.” - Memphis, pg 13 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
54 | $8,000 | $54,737.22 | pg. 49 | Salary of many white people / "white job" at the time, according to Sterling | "I wish I could get one of them white folks' job making eight or nine thousand dollars a year." - pg 49 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
55 | $9,000 | $61,727.74 | pg. 49 | Higher end of salary of many white people / "white job" at the time, according to Sterling | "I wish I could get one of them white folks' job making eight or nine thousand dollars a year." - pg 49 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
56 | $10,000 | $68,421.53 | pg. 37 | The least West tries to convince Memphis he will be able to sell the restaurant for | “They ain’t gonna give you but ten… eleven thousand. Twelve at the most.” - West, pg 37 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
57 | $11,000 | $75,263.68 | pg. 37 | The median amount West tries to convince Memphis he will be able to sell the restaurant for | “They ain’t gonna give you but ten… eleven thousand. Twelve at the most.” - West, pg 37 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
58 | $12,000 | $82,105.83 | pg. 37 | The most West tries to convince Memphis he will be able to sell the restaurant for | “They ain’t gonna give you but ten… eleven thousand. Twelve at the most.” - West, pg 37 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
59 | $15,000 | $102,632.29 | pg. 37 | West’s first offer to Memphis for the diner | “Now, I told you I’d give you fifteen thousand dollars for it. Cash money.” - West, pg 37 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
60 | $20,000 | $136,843.05 | pg. 65 | The second offer West makes to Memphos for the restaurant | “I’ll go ahead and give you twenty thousand for it” - West, pg 65 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
61 | $25,000 | $171,465.94 | pg. 15 | The minimum amount Memphis says he will accept for the diner | “I ain’t taking a penny less than twenty-five thousand.” - Memphis, pg 15 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
62 | $30,000 | $205,264.58 | pg. 38 | Memphis's wishful thinking about the amount he can get for the restaurant | “Might be able to get thirty.” - Memphis, pg 38 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
63 | $35,000 | $239,475.34 | pg. 97 | The amount Memphis actually gets for the property | “Thirty-five thousand dollars!” - Memphis, pg 97 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
64 | $200,000 | $1,368,430.52 | “Meyer’s gonna walk away with two hundred thousand dollars…” | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
65 | $500,000 | $3,421,076.29 | pg. 33 | Holloway discussing how hustlers try to multiply their earnings by 10 | "trying to figure out how to make it into five hundred thousand.” - Holloway, pg 33 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
66 | $1,000,000 | $6,842,152.59 | pg. 12 | The lowest end of West's estiamted net worth, according to Holloway | “West got a million dollars. Got it two or three times.” - Holloway, pg 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
67 | $2,000,000 | $13,684,305.18 | pg. 12 | The median guess of West's estiamted net worth, according to Holloway | “West got a million dollars. Got it two or three times.” - Holloway, pg 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
68 | $3,000,000 | $20,526,457.77 | pg. 12 | The highest end of West's estimated net worth, according to Holloway | “West got a million dollars. Got it two or three times.” - Holloway, pg 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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