There are not only game players, but serious collectors of the many types of games created. When the game collection of Bud Newman comes to the Pook & Pook Auction in New Hope, Pennsylvania, on April 23, historical examples will be offered. Many of his almost 275 items depict the interests of the late 19th century, from sports to fortune telling and gameboard games.
Historically, games and game playing date to ancient times. Some of the ancient gaming pieces were made of bones. As civilization progressed, there were ancient card games played in India. During the 15th century, chess had its beginnings in Italy and Spain. The ancient Indian game of âPachisiâ was renamed âParcheesiâ when it was adapted by the British in 1863 and became copyrighted in the United States in 1869 by E.G. Selchow & Co.
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History of Monopoly through 50 unique editions
By Aine Givens of Stacker |
History of Monopoly through 50 unique editions
The Monopoly game has long been attributed to an unemployed man named Charles Darrow, who was said to have thought up the game in the early 1930s, sold it to the Parker Brothers in 1935, and made millions from his enormously successful creation.
But wait there’s more to this story. Mary Pilon, a former Wall Street Journal and New York Times reporter, discovered that it was a woman who was behind one of America’s most enduring pastimes. Elizabeth “Lizzie” Magie got a patent for what was called The Landlord’s Game in 1904, and it sounds very much like Monopoly.
History of Monopoly through 50 unique editions
By Aine Givens of Stacker |
History of Monopoly through 50 unique editions
The Monopoly game has long been attributed to an unemployed man named Charles Darrow, who was said to have thought up the game in the early 1930s, sold it to the Parker Brothers in 1935, and made millions from his enormously successful creation.
But wait there’s more to this story. Mary Pilon, a former Wall Street Journal and New York Times reporter, discovered that it was a woman who was behind one of America’s most enduring pastimes. Elizabeth “Lizzie” Magie got a patent for what was called The Landlord’s Game in 1904, and it sounds very much like Monopoly.
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