When Marshall Cordell started buying human bones in the late 1970s, he says a full skeleton from India cost “probably $199.” Back then, almost all real human skeletons came from India, and companies there sent him catalogs listing everything from skulls to finger bones for sale.
from Gizmodo https://gizmodo.com/the-rise-of-the-skeleton-king-the-80s-bone-dealer-who-1830112481
