Re: but, $10 for the watch????

Posted by Michaelson from em12-686.utsi.edu on November 30, 1999 at 11:10:59:

In Reply to: but, $10 for the watch???? posted by Big Poppa Francis on November 29, 1999 at 05:14:16:

: what about $10 for that piece of junk watch? If I were in Egypt
: today, I wouldn't pay $10 for that (you can get a fake Rolex in DC
: for $15). So with inflation, isn't belloq talking about just paying
: some street person about $800 for a stinking pocket watch? Prices
: are exaggerated for us in Raiders.

You caught that too? I wheel and deal in pocket watches myself, and that was indeed a pretty good price for a pocket watch in that time period. You could buy a 23 jewel railroad watch in a 14K gold case for less that $70 then, so he planned to bury a pretty nice watch dress type watch out there, didn't he? I guess it's those little things that get away from the script folks that make this all interesting. Regards. Michaelson

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