Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/09/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]OK you mathematicians out there -- average US CPI for 1924 was 17.2 referenced to 1983-84 being 100, and today we are at 172.7. (US Bureau of Labor Statistics). (Ain't the internet great!) Does that mean today's Leica 0 is $250 in 1924 US dollars??? What did Leica 0, or first production Leica cost?? (If Leica 0 was a prototype, it wouldn't have a 1924 price.) Also, wasn't Germany having some nasty post WWI inflation then, worse than US?? Tom Procrastinating on a Sunday afternoon. - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ken Iisaka" <ken@iisaka.org> > I wonder what the camera cost back in 20's in today's Marks. I am willing > to bet that these replicas are less expensive than the originals. >