QUOTE:"A certification of a girl's heat, in certain cities is sometimes furnished, with the slaver's guarantee, among the documents of sale. Her degree of heat, in such a situation, would also be listed of course, among her other properties, on her sales sheet, posted in the vicinity of the exhibition cages, available twenty Ahn before her sale. Similarly a girl who is only average, generally, so to speak, may, at the very glance of a given master, one who is special to her for no reason that is clear, become so weak and paga hot she can scarcely stand." Beasts of Gor pages 242-3.

• Untrained Girl~~few copper tarsks~~
  
  QUOTE: '"Have you any idea of the expense of acquiring a barbarian woman from beyond the cities the distances involved? Normally they can be brought in only one at a time, on tarnback. A caravan of common slave wagons would take a year to go beyond the cities and return.'" Assassins of Gor page 19.
  
  
• Standard Girl with Minimal Training~~5 silver tarn disks, though sometimes as much as 30, never more~~
  
  QUOTE: "An ordinary girl, of low caste, comely but untrained, might, depending on the market, sell for as little as five or as many as thirty tarn disks." Outlaw of Gor page 193.
  
  "A high price for a male is a silver tarsk, but even a plain wench, of low caste, provided she moves well to the touch of the auctioneer's coiled whip, will bring as much, or more." Hunters of Gor page 32
  
  
• Formerly High Caste~~20 silver~~
  
  QUOTE: "'I doubt,' I said to Targo, 'that she is worth more than fifty.' Targo seemed stunned. He looked at me with a new respect. Perhaps I had once been in the trade? Actually, fifty silver tarn disks was an extremely high price, and indicated the girl was probably of high caste as well as extremely beautiful." Outlaw of Gor page 193.
  
  
• Pleasure Slave~~20 silver~~
  
  
• Bred Exotics/Passion Slaves~~kailla~~
  
  
• Kajirus~~4 to 20 copper tarsks~~
  
  QUOTE: "A high price for a male is a silver tarsk..." Hunters of Gor page 32.
  
  
• Silk Kajirus~~20 or more silver tarsks~~
  
  QUOTE: "The reason the male silk slaves are more valuable money-wise is simply due to supply and demand. Females are always readily available and vast, while male silk slaves are a rare commodity." Fighting Slave of Gor pages 164-5.
  
  "An exception to the low prices for males generally is that paid for a certified woman's slave, a handsome male, silken clad, who has been trained to a woman's compartments. Some of such bring a price comparable to that brought by a girl, of average loveliness." Hunters of Gor page 32.
  
  
• Rental Prices~~copper or silver~~
  
  

QUOTE: "The least valuable slaves are often female work slaves, purchased for public kitchens or laundries. The next level of slaves, not generally thought to be of great value, tends to be male work slaves, usually used in cargo galleys, on the wharves, and in the fields or quarries. The next level of slaves, and the most common form of slave on Gor, is the female who can be used as a pleasure slave. It is my conjecture that some ninety percent of Gorean slaves are female, and that some eighty percent of these fit into this category of slaves who must figure into their duties, the serving of the pleasure of men. Indeed, even the miserable females in the fields, or those in kitchens and laundries, know that upon occasion they will be used, usually chained, to slake the lust of their foremen or masters. The female slave on Gor, knowing herself owned, is usually in little doubt as to what can occur to her in her slavery. The next level of slaves is that of male silk slaves. They usually bring higher prices, on the whole, than female pleasure slaves. This, it seems to me, is purely a matter of supply and demand. Female pleasure slaves, given slave raids and sacking of cities, are relatively plentiful on Gor. Male silk slaves are not. The explanation for this, I think, is reasonably clear. Gorean males seldom make good silk slaves. The explanation for the much smaller number of male as opposed to female slaves on Gor, speaking now generally of male work slaves, is also clear. First, the female tends to be deserted object of the slaver's seizure. She brings higher prices than male work slaves. Secondly, in battles, often male defenders have been slaughtered or driven off. Their females thus remain as spoils for the chains of the victors. Too, male captives are often killed. Female captives, on the other hand, particularly if they are comely, are usually spared for the collars of the conquerors. They learn to yield well to their masters. The most valuable general category of slaves, however, much to the chagrin of some male silk slaves, is that of the particularly desirable female. These are usually extraordinary beautiful Gorean girls, once of high caste. Sometimes they are dancers. Commonly they are highly trained. Sometimes they are even passion slaves, girls literally bred for the pleasure of men. The prizes purchased by Ubars and rich men for their pleasure gardens usually belong to the types of girls included in this general category. Girls of political interest, too, it might be mentioned, are usually included in this category. For example, a captured, enslaved, Ubara would commonly bring a very handsome price. These general remarks, of course, if they were to be made more accurate, would require numerous qualifications. For example, the prices of Earth girls have tended to improve in the past few years on Gor. Gorean men tend to enjoy teaching them their slavery. Too, once they have learned the meaning of the collar, they are extraordinarily delicious slave girls. Some authorities believe that Earth girls should be a special category of slave. Others dispute this, I agree with those who dispute it, regarding Earth girls as only being women like other women. To be sure, there is a special spice and flavor of owning them. I have not mentioned exotics, incidentally, slaves bred or trained for unusual purposes. I have not mentioned either, slaves with professional competencies, such as medicine or law, or fighting slaves, in effect gladiators, men purchased for use as bodyguards or combatants in arranged games. The intricacy of the institution of slavery on Gor is prodigious. These general remarks, dealing only with major and obvious categories, should be understood as no more than a crude orientation to the subject matter as a whole. The utility of generality must not be permitted to blind us to the specificity of reality. There are always market variables, and buyer and slave variables. A girl who seems to most men only a low-grade kettle-and-mat girl may be to a given man very precious. She may be as valuable to him as a collared Ubara, one who must now, strictly, be taught her duties as a slave." Fighting Slave of Gor page 163.

Note: These are standard prices found throughout the books and not necessarily prices for online Gor. In fact, the range is quite different as slaves can be sold for hundreds of gold to a couple copper regardless of training or rationality.



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