Dancing clown: Own me and 143 of my friends for just $6.

According to an ad in the March 6, 1948 issue of Billboard magazine, the following are the prices for items that were sold by the Harris Novelty Company of Philadelphia. The advertsiement was included in the section known as “Pipes for Pitchmen,” which focused on the loose collection of itinerant street peddlers who traveled around the country looking for good places to sell.   

• Monkeys with sticks…$21 per gross
• Dancing clowns…$6 per gross
• Robin Hood hats with feather…$7 per gross
• Long lash whips…$11 per gross
• Baby shoes with roller skates…$2 per dozen
• Inflatable rubber squeaky crying dolls…$2.75 dozen
• Chinese snakes…$8 per gross
• Water squirt rings…$21 per gross
• Metal running mice…$12 per gross
• Medium cat balloons…$4 per gross
• Cop callers for autos…$2 per dozen
• Rabbit feet with keychain…$4 per hundred
• Electric bow ties, with batteries…$7.50 per dozen