Can you guess the most expensive item in these old advertisements?

Find the most expensive food, clothing and tech in these vintage ads!

 

Sometimes, when flipping through old newspapers, looking at the advertisements can be more entertaining than the articles.

We dug through some vintage papers and picked some random promotional pages. See if you can guess the most expensive item. And see if you can remember all these companies, too!

  1. Woolco, 1979
  2. E. J. Korvette, 1964
  3. Walgreens, 1980
  4. Ace Hardware, 1957
  5. Highland, 1991
  6. Kmart, 1971
  7. Dominick's, 1989
  8. Fretter, 1989
  9. Goldblatt's, 1961
  10. Montgomery Ward, 1974

Can you guess the most expensive item in these old advertisements?

Your Result...

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181 Comments

Renny13 1 month ago
WOW!!! I got one out of ten 🙀 PU!
BradBeall 1 month ago
it says I got 6 of 10, but 2 of those things were (according to the description) actually the most expensive. so, in reality, I got 8 of 10.
Blcakandwhitetvfan 1 month ago
6/10 but some of those were before my time so I had to guess.
Zip 2 months ago
2/10

I don't understand this quiz. On #3 I chose the frying pan and got this on my answer: "Incorrect! It was $9.88! The other stuff was $6.49 and $3.99!"
Wouldn't that make it the most expensive item"
There were a few more questions like that, too.
I guess it would have helped if they identified what "IT" is.
CurleyHoward Zip 1 month ago
Exactly. I was confused by that also
Renny13 Zip 1 month ago
What it states is that the calculator was $9.88 and the other two were cheaper.
Zip Renny13 1 month ago
Not on mine. Next to my incorrect answer it stated exactly what I posted in quotes above. It didn't mention "calculator" being the correct answer at all, just "it."
Wapkep1982 2 months ago
5&6 appear to be backwards on the answer.
retro6 Wapkep1982 1 month ago
Agreed. Confusing
UGA2021 2 months ago
Radar detectors were like over $100 no way a Walkman was more .
MeFanFromSavan 2 months ago
4/10 Was using too many current price comparisons.
LalaLucy 2 months ago
6/10. What is funny is I largely did better with the things well before my time over the ones I was alive for.
Ready2go 2 months ago
3/10. How did I make it this far !
Moverfan 2 months ago
I'm just going to.say "No, I.cant guess the most expensive thing" and leave it there...
Kramden62 Moverfan 2 months ago
Me, too.
MarioNYC 2 months ago
At some point in this quiz, they started highlighting the correct answer, instead of stating it (when you guess incorrectly).
It was nostalgic and fun.
I got 6/10.
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