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Topic: Dobro Stainless bullet bar by Valco |
Michael Hogan
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Posted 26 Mar 2015 1:30 am |
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Anyone have any idea of the age of this Dobro by Valco Manufacturing Co. bullet bar? I had not seen one before I found two on Ebay recently.
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Noah Miller
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Rocky Hill, CT
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Posted 26 Mar 2015 2:46 am
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| The first reference I can find is in the 1948 Supro catalog, where it's listed for $1. The last reference I can find is in the 1964 National catalog, which list it at $25 for a dozen. It's not listed in catalogs after that year, but I'm willing to bet they kept making them until Valco went bankrupt in 1968. |
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Dustin Rhodes
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Owasso OK
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Posted 26 Mar 2015 5:36 am
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| Noah Miller wrote: |
| The first reference I can find is in the 1948 Supro catalog, where it's listed for $1. The last reference I can find is in the 1964 National catalog, which list it at $25 for a dozen. It's not listed in catalogs after that year, but I'm willing to bet they kept making them until Valco went bankrupt in 1968. |
So given depreciation I should offer the OP what, about $.75 a piece for them?  |
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Mark Eaton
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Sonoma County in The Great State Of Northern California
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Posted 26 Mar 2015 8:38 am
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| Dustin Rhodes wrote: |
| Noah Miller wrote: |
| The first reference I can find is in the 1948 Supro catalog, where it's listed for $1. The last reference I can find is in the 1964 National catalog, which list it at $25 for a dozen. It's not listed in catalogs after that year, but I'm willing to bet they kept making them until Valco went bankrupt in 1968. |
So given depreciation I should offer the OP what, about $.75 a piece for them? |
Except according to the Bureau of Labor inflation calculator, $25 per dozen or $2.09 each in 1964 translates to $15.82 each in 2015. 
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