<div dir="ltr">I purchased that Empire 398 turntable in 1967, and the inflation calculator you used shows if it cost $500 in 2012, it would be about $73 in 1967... I recall a price over $100... This source indicates at least one version of this turntable selling for $175 in the 1960s:<br>
<div class="gmail_extra"><a href="http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=278075" target="_blank">http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=278075</a><br><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">The calculator show this equates to $1187 from 1967 to 2012.<br>
</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">The $500 price of that May 2013 Ebay listing for this turntable may be way under priced... Or maybe it needed refurbishing...<br>
<br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Consider this Ebay listing, that just ended July 15, 2013, with extensive information on the specifications of the turntable, where the winning bid was <span>US $1,525.00... The phono cartridge also needs to be considered in the price... </span><br>
<br><a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/Empire-Troubadour-398-Vintage-Turntable-w-888-SE-Cartridge-980-Tonearm-Gold-Tone-/161060648596?nma=true&si=RJoqRF%252Bwmo%252B09gVqjDZKhwz3Cmc%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557" target="_blank">http://www.ebay.com/itm/Empire-Troubadour-398-Vintage-Turntable-w-888-SE-Cartridge-980-Tonearm-Gold-Tone-/161060648596?nma=true&si=RJoqRF%252Bwmo%252B09gVqjDZKhwz3Cmc%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557</a><br>
</div><div class="gmail_extra">------------------------------------------<br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Vision2020 Post: Ted Moffett<br><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 7:16 PM, Kenneth Marcy <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kmmos1@frontier.com" target="_blank">kmmos1@frontier.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div>Well, no doubt the whole list is spell bound by this
subject, but I could not believe what I just found with a
quick search for "empire turntable cartridge 1960s" to see if
I could find a reference to the turntable I had while a
student at Moscow High in the 1960s...<br>
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This May 2013 Ebay listing, for 500 dollars, if you can believe
it, looks exactly like the turntable I had! I did not pay 500
dollars for it in the 1960s! Much less... Note belt riding on
the outside of the platter:<a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/1960s-Vintage-Empire-398-Turntable-w-h-Satin-Gold-Finish-Pickering-Cartridge-/130900234504?pt=Vintage_Electronics_R2&hash=item1e7a431108&nma=true&si=R53eSaQK9g4wGCXrwBUDYC8xzcQ%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557" target="_blank"></a><br>
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Considering only Consumer Price Index changes, $500.00 in 2012
dollars is the equivalent of $69.89 in 1965 dollars.<br>
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Would you like to do this or other calculations yourself? Here's
the URL: <a href="http://www.westegg.com/inflation/" target="_blank">http://www.westegg.com/inflation/</a> <br>
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Ken<br>
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