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Auction archive: Lot number 325

THE GAME OF AMERICAN HISTORY , PARKER BROTHERS, SALEM, MA, HARRY J. PHILLIPS, 1860.

Auction 21.06.2006
21 Jun 2006
Estimate
US$200 - US$300
Price realised:
US$360
Auction archive: Lot number 325

THE GAME OF AMERICAN HISTORY , PARKER BROTHERS, SALEM, MA, HARRY J. PHILLIPS, 1860.

Auction 21.06.2006
21 Jun 2006
Estimate
US$200 - US$300
Price realised:
US$360
Beschreibung:

THE GAME OF AMERICAN HISTORY , PARKER BROTHERS, SALEM, MA, HARRY J. PHILLIPS 1860. 60 CARDS CONTAINING FROM ONE TO THREE ANSWERS PER CARD, AND ONE TO SIX QUESTIONS PER ANSWER; EXAMPLE: (ANSWER) "SHERMAN'S BUMMERS." (QUESTION) "WHAT WERE THE FORAGERS OF SHERMAN'S ARMY CALLED?" ONE OF THE EXTRAORDINARY THINGS ABOUT THIS GAME IS THE CARD DECK, WHICH USES 21 DIFFERENT CARD BACK DESIGNS! PAPER STOCK AND TYPE FACE VARY AS WELL ON DIFFERENT CARDS. THE BOX COVER PICTURES A BATTLE SCENE FROM THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR, A SCENE FROM THE CIVIL WAR, A SETTLER TIED TO A TREE WHILE INDIANS DANCE AROUND A FIRE, AND (PRESUMABLY) COLUMBUS'S DISCOVERY OF AMERICA, ALL SET AROUND A SHIELD OF STARS AND STRIPES AND THE AMERICAN EAGLE. INCLUDES INSTRUCTION SHEET WITH ILLUSTRATION OF THE BOX COVER AND AN AD FOR CHIVALRY. CARD SIZE 3½" (8.8CM) HIGH X 2½" (6.3CM). CARDS AND BOX IN GENERALLY FINE CONDITION.

Auction archive: Lot number 325
Auction:
Datum:
21 Jun 2006
Auction house:
Christie's
21 June 2006, New York, Rockefeller Center
Beschreibung:

THE GAME OF AMERICAN HISTORY , PARKER BROTHERS, SALEM, MA, HARRY J. PHILLIPS 1860. 60 CARDS CONTAINING FROM ONE TO THREE ANSWERS PER CARD, AND ONE TO SIX QUESTIONS PER ANSWER; EXAMPLE: (ANSWER) "SHERMAN'S BUMMERS." (QUESTION) "WHAT WERE THE FORAGERS OF SHERMAN'S ARMY CALLED?" ONE OF THE EXTRAORDINARY THINGS ABOUT THIS GAME IS THE CARD DECK, WHICH USES 21 DIFFERENT CARD BACK DESIGNS! PAPER STOCK AND TYPE FACE VARY AS WELL ON DIFFERENT CARDS. THE BOX COVER PICTURES A BATTLE SCENE FROM THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR, A SCENE FROM THE CIVIL WAR, A SETTLER TIED TO A TREE WHILE INDIANS DANCE AROUND A FIRE, AND (PRESUMABLY) COLUMBUS'S DISCOVERY OF AMERICA, ALL SET AROUND A SHIELD OF STARS AND STRIPES AND THE AMERICAN EAGLE. INCLUDES INSTRUCTION SHEET WITH ILLUSTRATION OF THE BOX COVER AND AN AD FOR CHIVALRY. CARD SIZE 3½" (8.8CM) HIGH X 2½" (6.3CM). CARDS AND BOX IN GENERALLY FINE CONDITION.

Auction archive: Lot number 325
Auction:
Datum:
21 Jun 2006
Auction house:
Christie's
21 June 2006, New York, Rockefeller Center
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