Balog, I asked my mom and dad today when we went to the Baraboo River Rendezvous.
The offer was something on the order of 2 camels and several goats. It appears Dad insulted the Egyptian who was trying to barter for Mom when he countered with something along the lines of "I won't take anything less than 4 camels for her, look at her excellent teeth!" Dad was joking, evidently the Egyptian wasn't.
Talk about inadvertently starting an international incident...