P3D Re: Realist historical prices

["Dr. George A. Themelis" <DrT-3d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I combined Greg Erker's posted prices from 1978 with one
of my price lists from 1978 and some current values and 
came up with this 20 year increment table:

                          1958    1978    1998   
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- Macro Realist             -     $539   >$3,000
- Realist 3.5             $130     ???    $125
- Realist f2.8            $160    $300    $400
- Realist red button      $ 20    $ 35    $120
- Realist green button    $ 25    $ 45    $150
- Deep-Vue Like Life         -    $ 16    $100
- Duplex Stereo 120          -    $120    $600

Also I used the inflation calculator at: 
http://www.westegg.com/inflation/
as suggested by Dick Wood, can came up with this
    
               1947    1997
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Realist 3.5    $160   $1285
Red button     $ 80   $ 160

I used 1947 which is the year that both camera and viewer were
introduced.  

George Themelis


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