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Its 1900 catalog price was $4.50 — can you convert that to the modern equivalent so I can put it in historical context for the listing?"}],"resultDescription":"Returns a JSON object with: the found flag, a full product record (item number, product name, category, original USD price, source page, catalog year, materials, and data quality flags), the inflation multiplier (e.g. 38.7x), the original year, modern year, and the calculated modern USD value. 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