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Post by cabby on Aug 16, 2024 18:57:53 GMT -5
Ads from 70s and 80s lapidary journal that caught my attention. Will add more as I find them! first up, yankee Cajun material? It’s not the name of the shop…  special number 3 includes 5 lbs of “sardonic agate”. I need some of that!  |
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python
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Post by python on Aug 16, 2024 23:27:00 GMT -5
$8.95 for 10lbs of rock?
Sign me up! 😂
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Post by python on Aug 16, 2024 23:29:59 GMT -5
$6.50 an ounce for Lapis?!? 😱
And here I thought that current day prices on it were high, wow!
That must be the Yankee Cajun prices 😂.
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tribeunited
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Post by tribeunited on Aug 17, 2024 11:49:40 GMT -5
OMG those old ads are fun. Keep them coming as you find them!
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Post by RWA3006 on Aug 17, 2024 12:30:29 GMT -5
Looking at old Rock and Gem magazines from the '70's and '80's are like going back in a time machine to the golden age of lapidary. I sure wish I would have gotten into this hobby as a teen.
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Post by cabby on Aug 17, 2024 12:51:41 GMT -5
I noticed that what I call charms were still called fetishes in these magazines, and I’ve seen ads for chokers. I am on the lookout for fetish chokers 🤣
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Post by cabby on Aug 17, 2024 12:55:15 GMT -5
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Post by cabby on Aug 17, 2024 13:23:21 GMT -5
this one kinda creeps me out…  |
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Post by cabby on Aug 17, 2024 13:28:43 GMT -5
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Post by cabby on Aug 17, 2024 13:38:45 GMT -5
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Post by Sabre52 on Aug 26, 2024 16:04:17 GMT -5
My God I am old! I remember when many of those prices were even way less than that. As a young enthusiast, a buck or two a pound was way out of my price range. African stuff was always kind of expensive but shoot, domestic and northern Mexico stuff of very high quality used to all be under a buck a pound. If I had purchased a few tons of the old crazy lace, or Chihuahua agates as a teen, it would have outperformed many of my stocks. But then again, if I had bought certain stocks when they first came out, I'd be typing this from my mansion on my 300,000 acre Brewster County ranch full of plume agate right now. Oh to have a time machine huh?
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Post by gemfeller on Aug 27, 2024 13:30:08 GMT -5
My God I am old! I remember when many of those prices were even way less than that. As a young enthusiast, a buck or two a pound was way out of my price range. African stuff was always kind of expensive but shoot, domestic and northern Mexico stuff of very high quality used to all be under a buck a pound. If I had purchased a few tons of the old crazy lace, or Chihuahua agates as a teen, it would have outperformed many of my stocks. But then again, if I had bought certain stocks when they first came out, I'd be typing this from my mansion on my 300,000 acre Brewster County ranch full of plume agate right now. Oh to have a time machine huh? I remember those ancient prices too. And I also remember my incredibly low wages (by today's standard) to match. My first job out of college paid $50 a week and I often had to work 60-70 hours to earn it. That was supposed to cover rent, food, and everything else. There wasn't very much left over to buy rocks even at a buck a pound. The devaluation of the dollar (i.e.. inflation) has pretty much kept pace through the years. That Jaguar sports car I lusted for back then is still as far out of reach now as it ever was. |
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Post by chris1956 on Aug 27, 2024 13:37:56 GMT -5
The rock and supply prices seem low but the cost of the equipment assuming that is a cabber or flat lap at $835 seems high. I am assuming that is because that cabber would last several life times whereas most of the ones made today will be lucky to make it through one partial lifetime.  |
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Post by gemfeller on Aug 27, 2024 17:37:30 GMT -5
The rock and supply prices seem low but the cost of the equipment assuming that is a cabber or flat lap at $835 seems high. I am assuming that is because that cabber would last several life times whereas most of the ones made today will be lucky to make it through one partial lifetime. It's a faceting machine. Same thing would cost much, much more now. |
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Post by cabby on Aug 27, 2024 17:39:22 GMT -5
gemfeller was pretty sure it was a faceting machine but didn’t want to say so until i located that ad again to verify. Glad you knew it!
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Post by tribeunited on Aug 28, 2024 13:47:58 GMT -5
I noticed that what I call charms were still called fetishes in these magazines, and I’ve seen ads for chokers. I am on the lookout for fetish chokers 🤣 Um..... i think you might try searching outside of lapidary journals for that kink.  |
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