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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Debora, post: 432067, member: 1476&quot;]That makes sense.&nbsp; There were 3 U.S. Air Force bases in Spain post-World War II.&nbsp; So roughly 1950s.&nbsp; Yeah, that could be right.&nbsp; In that case, 9,000 pesetas probably was a decent amount of money.&nbsp; Let&#039;s see what I can find...&nbsp; Hum.&nbsp; According to Wikipedia, &quot;In 1959, Spain became part of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bretton_Woods_System" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bretton_Woods_System" rel="nofollow">Bretton Woods System</a>, pegging the peseta at a value of 60 pesetas = 1 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._dollar" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._dollar" rel="nofollow">U.S. dollar</a>.&quot;&nbsp; So $150.&nbsp; In Spanish, your painting would be called a <i>bodegón</i>, which is the translation of still life.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Debora[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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