$5000 for the headpiece to the Staff of Ra?

Posted by Big Poppa Francis from PTOHideB.uspto.gov on November 27, 1999 at 12:14:28:

Sorry to disrupt the computer game discussion, but I was thinking about how Marion was offered $5000 for that headpiece, and almost certainly even more from the Germans. Wasn't that in 1936 or something? In 1999 dollars, with inflation, isn't that about a million dollars? Remember, movies used to cost a nickel back then (ask your grandmom) and now we pay $8.25. So, what's wrong with Marion for not taking all that cash? OR, was this purposely made into a realistic value that a present day audience would appreciate, rather than Indy saying, "300 bucks..." If so, it's a little insulting to the audience, dumbing it down like that.

Follow Ups:

• but, $10 for the watch???? Big Poppa Francis 05:14:16 11/29/99 (1)
  • Re: but, $10 for the watch???? Michaelson 11:10:59 11/30/99 (0)
• Re: $5000 for the headpiece to the Staff of Ra? Sean Dodge 15:07:01 11/27/99 (3)
  • Re: $5000 for the headpiece to the Staff of Ra? Toht 10:14:23 11/29/99 (0)
  • The poker... ROB T. 01:29:50 11/28/99 (1)
    • And yet... Michaelson 15:11:29 11/28/99 (0)

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