| The Audit

An appraisal of the month in money

A penny-bypenny reckoning of the month in money

$1.25

Buy-in price to join a seniors’ game of euchre at a Toronto community centre. Parks and rec tried to shut it down for illegal gambling, until Mayor John Tory swooped in to call off the “anti-fun police.”

$226

Retail price of a brand-new pair of Nike Shox BB4 QS Raptors, inspired by team legend Vince Carter.

$2,750

Fine handed to Toronto photographer Toby Gu (who flew a drone over downtown Toronto to capture the NBA championship madness) for violating half a dozen aviation regulations during the celebrations. He’s since set up a GoFundMe page to help him pay the fine.

$4,234

Monthly fee for a subscription to Porsche Passport, a program launching in Toronto that lets members borrow luxury cars on demand. (Cost of gas not included.)

$6,386

PayPal transfer sent by Taylor Swift to Mississaugan Ayesha Khurram after Khurram Twitter-ranted about not being able to afford her third-semester tuition at the University of Waterloo.

$60,000

Amount in damages awarded to Barenaked Ladies guitarist Kevin Hearn after a Toronto art gallery sold him a fake Norval Morrisseau painting.

$627,927

Average cost of a Toronto condo in 2019, according to new data from Zoocasa, representing a 66 per cent increase in four years.

$699,900

Asking price for the four-bedroom, two-bathroom home of Hamilton mobster Pat Musitano. Despite the property being a magnet for crime—a spray of bullets were fired at the home in 2017, and in 2015, someone set fire to an SUV in the driveway— the listing describes the house as “filled with character and charm.”