Before World War I, Tesla sought overseas investors. After the war started, Tesla lost the funding he was receiving from his patents in European countries. Eventually, he sold Wardenclyffe for $20,000 ($472,500 in today's dollars). In 1917, around the time that the Wardenclyffe Tower was demolished by Boldt to make the land a more viable real estate asset, Tesla received AIEE's highest honor, the Edison Medal.
How much did Tesla receive from the sale of Wardenclyffe?
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Eventually, he sold Wardenclyffe for $20,000 ($472,500 in today's dollars).
Eventually, he sold Wardenclyffe for twenty thousand dollars (four hundred seventy-two thousand, five hundred dollars in today's dollars).
How much did Tesla receive from the sale of Wardenclyffe?