Harper’s Bazaar May 1951 Page 61

Arthur Godfrey, Steve Hannagan, Morton Downey and Sherman Billingsley 

These 4 sales aces (now also in the Perfumes business) say.  “All the lovely women we know wear Sortilege the parfum preferred at the Stork Club" 

Sortilege, the dram $3.50, 1/3 oz. $9.50, 1/2 oz. $14.00, 1 oz. $25.00, 2 oz. $42.00. Essence de Sortilege 2 oz. $2.50. 

Special Stork Club Gifts . . . Stork figure with Sortilege, $8.00, Club Combination with Sortilege and Lipstick in leather case $7.50, Single Sortilege Purse Packet $6.00, Gold Flaconette with Sortilege $5.00, Lipstick $1.00, Men’s Cologne 2 oz. $2.50 **. At the Better Stores Everywhere. All Parfumes are made, bottled, packaged, and sealed in Paris, France. Other fragrances: Jasmin, Gardenia, Brumes.  

Cigogne, Inc., Importers, Stork Club Bldg., New York 22, N. Y.

* Sortiege" means sorcery - bewitching It’s expensive... but worth it!

**Plus Tax

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The average price of a new home then was $9000 about 2.56 times the yearly average wage of $3510.  Which was about 2.34 times the price of a new car $1500. Today?