Gold Rush Historian Gifts

"You're sitting in my place!"

Economy - USA.

"You will be visited by three ghosts - the Ghost of Porfolios Past, The Ghost of Present Positions and the Ghost of Commodities Future."

"Kid!! We know you're in there!!! Either come out or commence to fightin'!!!!"

"Yep, first the gold run out, then the microchip manufacturing went overseas."

"Looks like the high tech shares have taken another fall."

"I asked you to send me over a prospectus!"

Bank of Cyprus-sia

A Gambling Scene At Pike's Peak, Colorado

Acme Corp - In business since 1927 BG. 'The 'BG' stands for 'Before Greenspan'.'

'I was a multi-millionaire back when it meant something.'

"Says here that 50 baboons escaped from the Paris Zoo! I think this explains the Nutella riots!"

Quotes from Chairman Bernanke.

"Slow down. This stuff is gold, I’m tellin’ ya! Gold!"

The cry rang out. "There's gold in that there castle in the sky!" And the great beanstalk rush of 1849 had begun.

Golden Oldies: "Hey! Remember this great chart from the nineties?"

Enron collapse starts domino effect.

'Sorry, lad, but I lost all me gold during the recession. All I can give ya is a buck thirty in change!'

"If there are nuggets in the sluice, let's dine out tonight."

Inflation wave

'These fortune cookies are outdated. They quote Greenspan instead of Bernanke.'

Easy street ends.

Evolution to Debt.

Unsecured Creditor, please help.

"No gold - but lot's of silicon."

Guy with gold mining equipment holds sign saying 'them thar hills'.

"Either wishbone done hit the mother lode or he been in thet durn mine too long."

James Whistler

"Sorry Pardner, but this is fool's gold!"

"We’re off to happy hour. Where are you headed?" "1987. For cheaper gas, a better hairline and quieter knees."

"They could make a Drachma out of this crisis."

The Sinking of the S.S. Great Britain

"I found her in town. She's a real gold digger."

'I didn't ask you to help me when it was $90 an ounce, and I didn't ask you to help me when it was $110 an ounce. But when it's $400 an ounce...'

I.R.S spying on a gold prospector.