In 1626 Peter Minuit famously bought this with beads, trinkets & cloth worth $24; real estate has gone up since then
[DOC] [TLE] Peter Minuit - Wikipedia [PAR] Peter Minuit, Pieter Minuit, Pierre Minuit or Peter Minnewit (between 1580 and 
1585  August 5, 1638) was a Walloon from Wesel, in present-day North Rhine-
Westphalia, Germany, then part of the Duchy of Cleves.