Experts predict that costs willcontinue to exceed the CPI. If you want to send your children to an eliteprivate school 10 years from now, the total four-year tab per child could surpass $250,000 if pricesincrease an average five percent a year.oday, the costs to attend an eliteprivate college run nearly $40,000 a year, theaverage private school around $27,000, and publicinstitutions around $13,000 according to figuresfrom the College Board.
While the exact price of a buffalo hunt depends on the specific country and outfitter, an all inclusive Cape buffalo hunt will usually run $10,000-30,000, with an average of around $14,000-15,000.
A new emphasis was placed on buffalo robes as a result of the loss of demand for beaver pelt. Beaver fur prices on the east coast fell from $4.50 a pound in 1832 to $2.50 a pound by 1840. But at the same time buffalo robes doubled in value. Thus in 1840, some 100,000 robes came into St. Louis.