Affordable Costume Jewelry?

Looking at the advertised price in 1947 for this pretty CoroCraft pin, I got to thinking that $29.95 must have been pretty expensive in 1947. I wondered just how it would compare in today's prices. Searching the Internet I found a couple of calculators that will let you enter the price in whatever year and convert it to 2009 dollars, taking into account inflation and the CPI. Putting in the price of our little pin, it caclulated that it would cost almost $290 in today's dollars. Wow! Would I spend that much on a "costume jewelry" pin? Granted CoroCraft was the higher end from Coro, but it would have been a real treat to purchase, at least in my budget!