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$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
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$0.07$0.48
pg. 23
Sterling’s luck“I was born with seven cents.” - Sterling, pg 23
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$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
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$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
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$0.65$4.45
pg. 61
Price of beans“That’s sixty-five cent.” - Memphis, pg 61
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$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
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$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
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$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
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$1.00$6.84Standard bet on the numbers
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$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
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$2.00$13.68
pg. 62
Money Sterling puts on playing the numbers“Let me spend my last two dollars.” - Sterling, pg 62
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$2.00$13.68
pg. 60
5 gallons of gas Sterling sells
“Let you have it for two dollars.” - Sterling, pg 60
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$2.35$16.12
pg. 7
Menu price of meatloaf with two sides"Meatloaf with 2 sides" - Stage directions, pg. 7
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$2.45$16.80
pg. 7
Menu price of chicken with two sides"Chicken w/2 sides $2.45" - Stage directions, pg 7
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$3.00$20.53Amount 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,
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$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
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$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
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$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
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$5.00$34.21
pg. 8
The amount Milt bet on his superstitious numbers“Milt hit for five dollars both times.” - Wolf, pg 8
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$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
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$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
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$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
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$20$136.84
pg. 62
Cost of Sterling's illegal firearm"Tony Jackson say he want twenty dollars for it." - Wolf, pg 62
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$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
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$20$136.84Recurrently, Aunt Ester’s price for her assistance
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$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
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$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
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$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
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$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
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$56$384.08
Presumably Risa’s weekly income, based on the fact that Memphis pays her $49 after she took $7 before
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$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
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$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
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$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
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$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
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$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
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$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
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$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
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$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
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$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
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$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
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$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
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$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
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$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
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$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
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$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
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$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
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$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
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$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
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$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
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$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
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$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
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$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
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$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
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$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
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$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
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$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
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$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
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$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
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$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
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$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
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$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
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$35,000$239,475.34
pg. 97
The amount Memphis actually gets for the property“Thirty-five thousand dollars!” - Memphis, pg 97
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$200,000$1,368,430.52“Meyer’s gonna walk away with two hundred thousand dollars…”
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$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
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$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
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$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
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$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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