Posted 9 years ago
LaloRosa
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I acquired this toy at an estate sale in Fredericksburg Texas for $150.00 Dollars. I think it was a good buy. I later learned that this model was issued with cast iron wheels at the beginning of 1926 because it was to complicated and expensive to make. This particular toy was sold for $15.00 Dollars in 1926 which is equivalent to $200.00 Dollars in todays money. I look at old catalogs and cant believe how inexpensive toys cost back then but It would take the average person working 40 hours a week at minimum wage , two months salary to buy this toy back in 1926! I will be posting more of my finds later. Thanks for watching, Edward.
Very Nice! That is a hard one to find.
Not sure about the math though, If I figured correctly that's about 5 cents an hour. I don't know if they even had "minimum" wager back then but I would guess the average was around 50-60 cents an hour.
Never the less $15.00 was a lot of money then.
Very Nice! That is a hard one to find.
Not sure about the math though, If I figured correctly that's about 5 cents an hour. I don't know if they even had "minimum" wager back then but I would guess the average was around 50-60 cents an hour.
Never the less $15.00 was a lot of money then.
That looks just like a Kelmet 1926 Erector set fire truck.
Thanks AzTom, you're probably right on the salary. I really wouldn't know. I was born in 1965. But after looking at several websites on the net and several salary payscales, it shows that the average yearly salary back in 1926 was approximately $1,300 dollars per year which equals to a little over $100 dollars a month. Either way you're right, $15.00 to buy a toy back then was alot of dough.