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Price: With the exception of the small pieces in the lower right photo (typically $5 to $15 each), most specimens are priced in the $40 to $150 range. Larger specimens (not shown) are costly and are a few hundred dollars. The malachite ashtray (lower left photo) sold for $120.
Even through the recession, when unit sales of toothpaste actually dipped, prices kept rising. The average price of toothpaste last year reached $2.83, up 8% over the past four years, according to SymphonyIRI Group, a market research group whose data excludes figures from Wal-Mart Stores and club stores.tores see it as a steady traffic generator. The price range for toothpaste and related products, like whiteners, is one of the widest in consumer products, says Dina Howell, chief executive of Saatchi & Saatchi X, an in-store marketing unit of Publicis Groupe.