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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Taupou, post: 97548, member: 45&quot;]As to basket prices in the 1800s, I can tell you that a Louisa Keyser (Dat-So-La-Lee) Washoe Indian basket was purchased from her by Abe Cohn for $25.&nbsp; He sold it for $50, and evidently thought it was a bargain, because he soon arranged to buy all she could make, for the rest of her life.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>He carefully documented every one, including the sales price. (As he did for all the Indian baskets he sold.)&nbsp; Undoubtedly the documentation and his promotion of her work contributed to the subsequent prices her baskets went for, but she also is usually recognized as the having been the best basket maker in the world.&nbsp;&nbsp; Her baskets today are valued at over $300,000 each.</p><p><br /></p><p>True, it&#039;s a unique case, and a unique weaver.&nbsp; But if you are asking about Indian baskets, that&#039;s the gold standard.&nbsp; And you could have bought one in the 1800s for $25 (which was a pretty hefty price, considering U.S. workers&#039; annual income then averaged less than $200.)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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