Word: novexport
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Icon prices are still surprisingly low, at least by Western standards. An ordinary 19th century icon in good condition can be purchased for about $165 in local currency (compared with $300 or so in New York for icons bought through Novexport, the state trading agency). The wholesale price is even lower. Police recently picked up a dealer who had bought seven icons from a church caretaker for one liter of vodka, and had acquired six others for a foreign-made gas lighter. When he was arrested, he had a stock of 400 icons and had bought two autos from...
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