However, when the price of silver rose, the East India Company began to manufacture a product that was desired by the Chinese as much as tea was by the British: opium.

In 1483, the price of bowstaves rose from two to eight pounds per hundred, and in 1510 the Venetians obtained sixteen pounds per hundred.

In 1907, the cover price rose to 15 cents and 30 pages were added to each issue ; along with establishing a stable of authors for each magazine, this change proved successful and circulation began to approach that of Argosy.

In 1980, the silver price rose to a peak for modern times of US $ 49. 45 per troy ounce ( ozt ) due to market manipulation of Nelson Bunker Hunt and Herbert Hunt.

The market price of vanilla rose dramatically in the late 1970s after a tropical cyclone ravaged key croplands.

But inflation adjusted nominal GDP rose only 42 %, according to IMF constant price growth rates.

During 2003, the price rose above $ 30, reached $ 60 by August 11, 2005, and peaked at $ 147. 30 in July 2008.

The price of food rose sharply during epidemic years, then began to fall very rapidly as there were fewer mouths to feed.

EDS went public in 1968 and the stock price rose from $ 16 a share to $ 160 within days.

1 would reduce quantity demanded of a good smoothly as price rose relatively for that good.

During Chevron's absence, its split-adjusted price per share went from forty-four dollars to eighty-five, while the price of petroleum rose from twenty-four dollars to a hundred.

Although price rises had also been high under Frei ( 27 % a year between 1967 and 1970 ), a basic basket of consumer goods rose by 120 % from 190 to 421 escudos in one month alone, August 1972.

Company stock rose greatly in value as it expanded its operations dealing in government debt, peaking in 1720 before collapsing to little above its original flotation price.

The more the price rose in advance of conversion, the more the company would make.

The price of that staple food, oats, for example, rose from 12 ¢ a bushel ($ 0 / m³ ) in 1815, equal to $ in today's purchasing power to 92 ¢ a bushel ($/ m³ ) in 1816, equal to $ today.

Each time the stock rose, sellers would enter the market and sell the stock ; hence the " zig-zag " movement in the price.

After the initial settlers cleared the shrubbery and planted wheat, the land was found to be quite fertile and the price of the land rose dramatically to $ 5. 00 per acre and by the 1890s the land was selling for as much as $ 100. 00 an acre.

In 2004 the average home price in Bingley rose 30 % to £ 196, 850-the second fastest appreciating area in the U. K ( After the nearby Hebden Bridge ).

At first the Lucayans sold for no more than four gold pesos in Hispaniola, but when it was realized that the Lucayans were practiced at diving for conchs, the price rose to 100 to 150 gold pesos and the Lucayans were sent to the Isle of Cubagua as pearl divers.

In the late 1970s and early 1980s, this price gradually changed to 20 ¢, and again rose to 25 ¢ in some areas between 1985 and 1990 ( 47 ¢- 39 ¢, inflation adjusted terms as above ).

In the late 1990s, the price rose to 35 ¢ in many areas.

The average price per acre of land sold in Kirtland rose from approximately $ 7 in 1832 to $ 44 in 1837, only to fall back to $ 17. 50 in 1839.

The entrance fee, i. e. the purchase price of a share, was in early days usually a guinea, but rose sharply as the century advanced, often reaching four or five guineas during the French wars ; the annual subscription, during the same period, rose from about six shillings to ten shillings or more.

The acquiring price was US $ 1. 75 billion or £ 935 million, with US $ 170 million of debt.

The sale was completed in November 1851, the price being £ 32, 000, and Prince Albert formally took possession the following autumn.

A copy of this first issue sold for £ 12, 100 on 16 March 2004, which was at the time thought to be the highest price ever paid for a British comic at an auction.

The current highest price is £ 20, 350, which was paid for the first issue of The Dandy on 7 September 2004.

The anniversary was also celebrated with a 40-page issue ( instead of 32 pages ; the 60th birthday issue also had extra pages, 48 instead of 24 ) guest edited by Wallace and Gromit creator Nick Park, price £ 1. 50 ( not 99p ) and an issue of Classics from the Comics devoted to the Beano.

the average price to rent an average apartment in Basel was 1118. 60 Swiss francs ( CHF ) per month ( US $ 890, £ 500, € 720 approx.

Just a few weeks later, Le bassin aux nymphéas ( from the water lilies series ) sold at Christie's 24 June 2008 auction in London, lot 19, for £ 36, 500, 000 ($ 71, 892, 376. 34 ) ( hammer price ) or £ 40, 921, 250 ($ 80, 451, 178 ) with fees, nearly doubling the record for the artist and representing one of the top 20 highest prices paid for a painting at the time.

In response, New York's governor, William Tryon, issued warrants for the arrests of those responsible, and eventually put a price of £ 20 on the heads of six participants, including Allen.

the average price to rent an average apartment in Geneva was 1163. 30 Swiss francs ( CHF ) per month ( US $ 930, £ 520, € 740 approx.

Prior to nationalisation, the island's telegraph operations had been performing poorly and the company's share price valued it at around £ 100.

From Worsley to the rapidly-growing town of Manchester its construction cost £ 168, 000 (£ as of ), but its advantages over land and river transport meant that within a year of its opening in 1761, the price of coal in Manchester fell by about half.

In 1999 the painting, The Wild Ones, had sold at Sotheby's in London for over £ 1. 2m, the highest price yet paid for a Yeats painting.

the average price to rent an average apartment in Lausanne was 1064. 08 Swiss francs ( CHF ) per month ( US $ 850, £ 480, € 680 approx.

At the same time, plans were made for a new South Stand, which was estimated to cost £ 60, 000, however the tender price came out at GB £ 90, 000, a compromise was made, and it was decided to build a new upper South Stand costing £ 64, 000 instead, with the Cardiff Athletic Club contributing £ 15, 000 and the remainder coming from the WRU.

The launch price was $ 150 USD and £ 145 GBP.

The first printing of the first English-language edition can sell for between £ 6, 000 and £ 20, 000 at auction, although the price for a signed first edition has reached over £ 60, 000.

Because of the large number of unsold Spectrum + models, Sinclair decided not to start selling in the UK until January 1986 at a price of £ 179. 95.

Production costs had been reduced and the retail price dropped to £ 139 –£ 149.