# What's the lamest prize you ever won in a contest?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [January 25, 2017, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-lamest-prize-you-ever-won-in-a-contest/778170 "2017-01-25T18:31:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2017, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-lamest-prize-you-ever-won-in-a-contest/778170/61 "2017-02-02T03:58:16Z")

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> [@Ignatz](#):
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> Per a Google search, the original price of a 1952 4-dr sedan was $1,670 so, assuming we ate the depreciation, Dad probably got about $1200, minus taxes.

Or about 4 months’ pay, back in 1952. You’re hard to please.

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