This 1892 receipt illustrates the 'retail cost' for a number of the same items in this catalogue, illustrating (Midwestern?) merchants' mark-up.
Retail was 33% higher than the NY importer's wholesale/retail for semi-manufactured Platinum, which in this case came from France (Desmoutis, Lemaire & Co.)
1892: 1 Troy Ounce Platinum (scrap, whols.) = USD$ 12.44
1892: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (semi-mfg, foil, whols.) = USD$ 14.
1892: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (mfg, whols.) = USD$ 14. - 20.22
Citation: Illustrated wholesale catalogue with prices current of chemical & physical ... (1892) Eimer & Amend
1891: Colombian imported platina, apparently in avoirdupois weight : 335.4 Troy Ounces
1892: 1 Troy Oz. platina (US import, Cartagena:ore, 82%) = USD$ 12.53
Citation: "Merchandise imported into and exported from the United States from and to Colomhia, by articles, quantities, and values, 1891" Congressional serial set, US Government Printing Office
1891: 1 Troy Oz. platina (Russia, export: crude ingot?) ~ USD$ 5.6958
Citation: Monthly Summary of Commerce and Finance of the United States (1899) p. 2587
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