Miscellaneous Prices: The novels contain a scattering of price information on a number of other items. They also ignore the prices of many others. I will list the items with price information here but please note that these are general prices only, subject to many other factors. Use these as a guide and not as an absolute.
Tarn: The price for a tarn will depend on the type of tarn, be it a draft tarn, saddle tarn or war tarn. A tarn might cost as little as a gold tarn or up to four gold tarns. A tarn is worth five to ten slave girls. (Tarnsman of Gor, p.191)(Tribesman of Gor, p.43, 106)
Sleen: Trained sleen are expensive. They might cost one hundred times the cost of a slave. (Savages of Gor, p.29)(Dancer of Gor, p.161) Even the rental of a sleen would be more expensive than the rental of a slave. Sleens are often rented by the Ahn while a slave would be rented by the day or hand. (Kajira of Gor, p.250-1)
Tarsk: A prize tarsk is often worth more than a slave girl. (Savages of Gor, p.29)
Snow Lart: The snowy white pelt, in good condition, of this arctic animal could sell in Ar for half a silver tarsk. (Beasts of Gor, p.74)
Kailiauk: A robe of yellow kailiauk, even in average condition, can sell for up to five silver tarsks. (Savages of Gor, p.141)
Perfume: A vial of perfume will depend muchly on its quality. It might be very cheap, such as five two-hort vials for a copper tarsk or as much as a gold tarn or "eight stone of gold" for an exceptional perfume. The books do not explain though what a "stone" of gold constitutes. (Marauders of Gor, p.114)(Fighting Slave of Gor, p.218)
Slave rental: To rent a slave for a quarter Ah in Ar costs one copper. (Assassin of Gor, p.156)
Slave manuals: These books on the feeding, care and training of slaves are relatively inexpensive. (Maurauders of Gor, p.144)
Slave boarding: To board a slave costs a copper tarsk a day and training would cost extra. (Tribesman of Gor, p.53)
Branding: It costs a copper tarsk to brand a slave. (Explorers of Gor, p.74) A Metal Worker was given a silver tarsk for two brands and to saw off a metal collar. He was very pleased with the payment. (Beasts of Gor, p.137)
Slave collars: In general, slave collars were not made of precious metals and did not have expensive gems on them. First, few could afford to do that. Second, such items are much more valuable than the slave and would leave her even more tempting to a thief. Some would feel no compunction with killing a slave to steal her bejeweled collar. The few girls that possessed such items were the personal slaves of the wealthy and those girls did not wander around a city unaccompanied.
Slave locker: It costs a tarsk bit to use a slave locker. You put your coin into a machine and receive a key to the locker. You can then leave your slave girl here and lock it. (Magicians of Gor, p.67)
Bath girl: The cost for a bath girl with vary depending on the quality of the bath and the quality of the bath girl. The cost generally ranges from a copper to silver tarsk for their use. (Assassin of Gor, p.160-1)
Camp slaves: These are girls owned by merchants who hold contracts to supply girls to soldiers. They rent the girls to the soldiers for a fixed fee, usually a very nominal amount. (Kajira of Gor, p.193)(Mercenaries of Gor, p.216) This would likely be a copper tarsk or less.
Brothel: The prices of brothels depends on the quality of the place. There are cheap tarsk bit places but also very expensive brothels. A common price would be a copper tarsk, the same amount you would pay at a paga tavern. (Mercenaries of Gor, p.312)(Magicians of Gor, p.154)
Coin girl: These slaves go out into the streets at neck seeking to earn money for their use, generally only a tarsk bit. The money is placed into a small locked box. Satisfaction is guaranteed or you can get your money back from the girl's owner. (Rogue of Gor, p.89-90, 234-5)(Guardsman of Gor, p.143-50, 157-8)
Whip: The basic five-bladed whip will cost one to two copper tarsks. (Magicians of Gor, p.468)
Body chain: A simple body chain will cost a tarsk bit. (Rogue of Gor, p.71-2)
Slave goad: This is similar to a tarn goad but designed for humans. Almost only professional Slavers own these because they are very expensive. It is probably safe to assume their cost is in gold tarns. (Assassin of Gor, p.84-5)
Physician: Little is said about the cost of a Physician's services. There was only reference where a Physician earned a tarsk bit for cleaning, sterilizing and dressing a wound. (Beasts of Gor, p.104)
Sardar Fair: At the Sardar Fairs, the prices of many things are much higher than normal. For example, rental sleeping space at a public tent costs five copper tarsks. Normal cost would likely have been one tarsk. (Beasts of Gor, p.50) The cost for a reserved seat during the Kaissa match of Scormus and Centius cost two gold tarns. (Beasts of Gor, p.82)
Sea Passage: To book passage from Port Kar to Schendi, it cost one silver tarsk and it cost a copper tarsk extra for the keeping and feeding of livestock such as a slave. (Explorers of Gor, p.73, 76)
Barge Passage: To book passage on a barge crossing the Laurius River, it costs one silver tarsk for a free person and a copper for an animal or slave. (Captive of Gor, #7 p.80)
Musicians: A group of musicians each earned a silver tarsks for their performance. (Raiders of Gor, p.117)
Repair: It cost a tarsk bit to repair a door (Beasts of Gor, p.136)
Bride price: A girls' bride price will vary with her family's wealth, their Caste and position. The cost might be in gold, tarns or other valuable items. T he daughter of an Administrator might get 100 tarns while the daughter of a Ubar would get 1000. (Tarnsman of Gor, p.71)
Clothing: Like most things, the price will vary dependent on the quality of the item. Rep-cloth is a very cheap fabric, popular with the Low Castes. (Raiders of Gor, p.11) Silks and fine wools would be much more costly materials.
Energy bulb: These are similar to the light bulbs of Earth but better. They will last for years but they are expensive items so few Goreans can afford them. (Nomads of Gor, p.203-4)
Insula: To rent a room in these tenements commonly costs one tarsk bit a night (Mercenaries of Gor, p.274)
Advertising: In Tor, young boys were paid a copper tarsk for every customer they could convince to come to a café. (Tribesman of Gor, p.45)
Gems: A variety of gems exist on Gor including sereem diamonds (red, sparkling and white flecked), opals (including common opals and flame opals), amethysts, sapphires and rubies. Sereem diamonds appear to be unique to Gor. Opals are rare on Gor than they are on Earth but still are not as valuable as diamonds. No price comparisons are given for these gems. The only matter even close is when Tarl was in the Tahari trading some gems for pressed date bricks.
Items Without Prices: Here are a few common items that have little, if any, price information in the books. At best, we can only try to estimate the potential costs of these items.
Arms and Armor: Despite the prevalence of weapons, shields and helmets in the books, there are no prices for them. Basic items likely cost a few copper tarsks or so, an amount that would be within the reach of the average warrior. A fancier or better made item would obviously cost more maybe up to a few silver.
Ships: These are large items that would be quite valuable. They would obviously cost gold tarns but exactly how many is questionable. Most ships would probably sell for a few hundred gold tarns, depending on the size, quality and type of ship.
Houses: House prices again would vary considerably depending upon if it was a small shack or a tall, fortified cylinder. It would vary from a couple coppers to hundreds of gold tarns.
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