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Polychrome

All Collectible Games — Tue, 24 Oct 2023 08:26:08 +0000

Polychrome is a term used for the decoration of objects in multiple colors as opposed to monochrome decoration. The technique has been used since ancient times. It is often used to describe antique items such as architectural antiques and pottery, however, it also applies to other items such as games.

Below are some examples and price guides polychrome games and gaming furniture including a Folk Art game board and a carnival ball toss game.

FINE PAIR OF ANTIQUE ENGLISH HEPPLEWHITE GAME TABLES

The rectangular hinged satinwood rosewood banded tops with polychrome floral decoration and crimson felt playing surface above floral decorated frieze and tapering bellflower legs ending in spade feet. Height 29″ Length 36″ Depth 17 1/2″

Sold for US$2,750 at Mid-Atlantic Auction in 2023

Folk Art Game Board with Polychrome Paint – red and green polychrome paint, 23″ W x 27″ H.

Sold for US$175 at Stony Ridge Auction in 2023

FRENCH POW CARVED GAME BOX Prisoner of war carved bone, slide lid game box, with 36 carved dominoes, fancy carved slide lid, polychrome circles and half circles on all sides, carved feet with red and green decoration, 2″ h, 6 3/4″ l, 2 1/4″ w.

Sold for US$100 at Willis Henry Auctions Inc.

Large polychrome-painted carnival game wheel having windmills with spinning sheet iron blades, modern steel wall mount. Lacking pointer and one set of windmill blades, dirt and grime, wear from use. Wheel 35-1/2”dia, 44-1/2”h with metal extension rod for pointer.

Sold for US$450 at South Bay Auctions in 2023

Antique Folk Art Carnival ball toss game, First quarter 20th c., USA, an amazing looking object, polychrome painted wood, sheet metal, depicting a wide-mouthed clown face, old affixed paper labels, 36″h x 36″w x 16″d

Sold for US$1,100 at Millea Bros Ltd in 2023

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Wooden Games

All Collectible Games — Sun, 13 Aug 2023 07:20:22 +0000

Wooden Games. Wood is a versatile material suitable for many games as well as games boxes. There are a wide range of games made from wood making it easy to start a collection. The most common ones are game boxes filled with multiple games such as dominoes or chess sets but there are also games such as skittles, game wheels and carved figures used in a variety of games such as horses from racing games etc.

Below are some examples and price guides of antique and vintage wooden games including an antique set of skittles and a carved horse from a racing game.

Miniature Painted Game Board with Checkers,
America, 19th century.
Two-part wood frame on iron wire hinges, painted Backgammon, Checkers, and Nine Men’s Morris boards painted in black and white on orange ground, with sponge-decorated mitered frame, includes twenty-four 1 1/4-inch turned wooden game pieces; a turned wooden footed cup with marbled paint decoration, two dice, and a miniature six-board chest with wire hinges containing eleven brown and twelve black wooden game pieces, (split, stains, missing latch), 33cm wide, 15cm deep, 2cm high (13 3/8in wide, 6 3/4in deep, 1/2in high).

Sold for US$255 inc. premium at Bonham’s in 2022

Antique Wooden Skittles Set
This is a set of antique wooden skittles and ball. The tabletop bowling game includes ten wooden pins with a wood ball. The pins have blue and red stripes. Beautiful patina and natural wear to the wood.
Pin Height 9 inch 22.9 cm
Pin Width 2 inch 5.1 cm
Pin Depth 2 inch 5.1 cm

Sold for US$600 at Bidhaus in 2023

H.C. EVANS RACING GAME HORSE.

American, 2nd quarter 20th century. Wooden horse and jockey with original paint from H.C. Evans (Chicago) Portable Candy Race Track game. Wear, missing tail. 8″h. 16″l. including base.

Sold for US$275 at Garth’s Auction Inc. in 2023

Painted wooden gaming wheel with bike wheel spokes. D 36-1/8″. Condition: Excellent original condition.

Sold for US$300 at New England Auctions – Fred Giampietro in 2023

Vintage Mahjong Game Set in Wooden Case.
size: 1.25×1 (mahjong pieces), 2.25×13.75 (suitcase)

Sold for US$200 at Donny Malone Auctions in 2023

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Teetotums

All Collectible Games — Sun, 07 May 2023 14:37:41 +0000

A teetotum (or T-totum) is a form of spinning top most commonly used for gambling games. It has a polygonal body marked with letters or numbers, which indicate the result of each spin. Usage goes back to (at least) ancient Greeks and Romans, with the popular “put and take” gambling version going back to medieval times. Reference: Wikipedia

Below are some examples and price guides of teetotums including a rare walrus ivory teetotum and a gold “He loves me not” teetotum.

A rare sailor’s walrus ivory teetotum ball, A rare sailor’s walrus ivory teetotum ball, 17th century, carved with a Roman ‘VI’ on one facet only, the remaining with 1-32, 4cm wide Condition Report: Expected cracks and discolouration in the walrus ivory.

Sold for £6,000 at Sworders Fine Art Auctioneers in 2022

TWO NAPOLEONIC PRISONER-OF-WAR CARVED AND PAINTED BONE TEETOTUMS
Early 19th Century
One six-sided, the other twelve-sided.
Lengths 2”.

Sold for US$275 at Eldred’s in 2022

A 9ct gold teetotum / spinner approx 1″ long

Sold for £150 at Claydon Auctioneers Ltd in 2020

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Elastolin

All Collectible Games — Fri, 17 Mar 2023 09:22:56 +0000

Elastolin is a trademark used by the German company O&M Hausser, founded in 1904, for the toy soldiers and other types of figures it manufactured from composite material and later from plastic. Reference: Wikipedia

Below are some examples and price guides of Elastolin models including some German soldiers and a wooden field headquarters structure.

Elastolin, Lineol, 6 German soldiers, Germany pw, 7,5 cm, composite, C 1

Sold for €200 at Antico Mondo Auktionen in 2023

ELASTOLIN SA CAMP FIGURES | Germany. 7 pieces of SA members in camp poses. | 75mm. | (Excellent Condition)

Sold for US$150 at Bertoia Auctions in 2023

Elastolin Field headquarters Wood Structure, in C5

Sold for US$40 at Harris Toy Train Auctions in 2023

APPROX. 20: GERMAN LINEAL & ELASTOLIN MILITARY FIGURES.

Unusual ones including three skiers, one mounted Hindenburg on horse, another mounted officer on horse, man with carrier pigeon, nurse and medic figures and others.Condition:(Very Good – Excellent).Dimensions:Largest: 3″H x 4 – 1/4″W x 7/8″D.

Sold for US$425 at Dan Morphy Auctions in 2023

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French Games

All Collectible Games — Sat, 22 Oct 2022 14:04:33 +0000

French games can be very collectible in their own right. French games, just as other countries games, come in all types but the lithography on board games is exceptional. There is something about the French script and colors which has a nostalgic feel about them. The boxes are as beautiful as the game inside.

Below are some examples and price guides of some French games including a marble game with a circus theme and an aeroplane board game.

French Marble Game In Original Box. Very colorful wood and paper litho game, 10″x23.5″ in the box, excellent condition and appears to be complete

Sold for US$225 at Route 32 Auctions in 2020

FABULOUS EN AEROPLANE BOARD GAME | French board game with spectacular graphics of whimsical airships on cover.

Sold for US$900 at Bertoia Auctions in 2022

French jigsaw puzzle by Auguste Logerot full set 19th Century Fremin geographer

This set includes seven puzzle maps of the continents and France, each laid on a cardboard tray and stacked in a box . AR Fremin made five of the maps and J Gaultier made two (published by Logerot, Paris in 1850/1860 ) .

Sold for US$480 at Jasper52 in 2022

Vintage, French arcade game “L’Excelsior” ca. 1930. Height: 75 cm. Width: 42 cm. Depth: 18 cm. Condition: Good.

Sold for €750 at Dutch Auction Company in 2021

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Bagatelle

All Collectible Games — Fri, 17 Jun 2022 07:13:37 +0000

Bagatelle is a billiards-derived indoor table game, the object of which is to get a number of balls past wooden pins into holes that are guarded by wooden pegs. Penalties are incurred if the pegs are knocked over. It probably developed from the table made with raised sides for trou madame, which was also played with ivory balls and continued to be popular into the later 19th century, after which it developed into bar billiards, with influences from the French/Belgian game billard russe. A bagatelle variant using fixed metal pins, billard japonais, eventually led to the development of pachinko and pinball. Reference: Wikipedia

Below are some examples and price guides of antique, bagatelle games / tables including a Victorian foldaway table and a Disney pinball game.

A VICTORIAN FOLDAWAY BAGATELLE TABLE
LATE 19TH CENTURY
With baize interior and turned legs
32 ½ in. (83 cm.) high; 96 in. (244 cm.) long when open; 24 ¾ in. (63 cm.) deep.

Sold for GBP 875 at Christie’s in 2014

Mahogany Bagatelle Set
Mounted on a stand as a low table. Height 19 inches, length (closed) 48 inches, depth 25 inches.

Sold for $346 (includes buyer’s premium) at Doyle in 2014

(Disneyland, c.1950s-60s) A Disneyland Game by Wolverine Toys. Wolverine Toys, known for their bagatelle pinball games of skill, manufactured this early “Disneyland Game.” Two versions of this popular game existed, a smaller handheld version, and also this larger tabletop version. The game features eight balls, five spinners, and one bell atop imagery of Disneyland’s five original lands in addition to the “Primeval World of the Dinosaurs” and the “Pirate Ship.” Measuring 23.25″x13.25″, the action toy is in very good condition with minor scratches and cracks to the cover. The original cardboard box is in fair condition with creases, folds, and tears throughout.

Sold for US$250 at Van Eaton Galleries in 2022

‘Corinthian Bagatelle’ Board
veneered and transfer printed plywood
7 by 27.8 by 59cm., 2¾ by 11 by 23¼in.
Manufactured circa 1950.
with steel ball bearings

Sold for 375 GBP at Sotheby’s in 2018

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Chess Pieces

All Collectible Games — Sun, 09 May 2021 11:54:34 +0000

Chess pieces can be collectible in their own right. A chess set consists of 32 pieces, 16 on each sides. Normally they are black and white but sometimes they can be in other colors such as red and white or made of other materials such as ivory or precious metals.

On each side there is a king, a queen, two knights, two bishops, two rooks and eight pawns.

Below are some examples and price guides of some chess pieces including a Scandinavian king from the 12th century and a parcel-gilt silver knight chess piece.

A ‘PAWN’ CHESS PIECE BY MARTIN BROTHERS unsigned, circa 1900 glazed stoneware 8cm high

Sold for £ 1,530 inc. premium at Bonham’s in 2019

This chess piece of a queen seated inside a castle is modeled on similar pieces made in the Arab world in the 8th and 9th centuries and brought to western Europe as gifts or articles of trade. The queen’s headdress, a close-fitting hood with headband, is typical, though, of royal garments worn in 12th-century Spain. The piece is carved from a walrus tusk, used as a cheaper alternative to elephant ivory. This is the only medieval chess piece of a queen in an American collection.

Reference: The Walters Art Museum

A parcel-gilt silver and ivory chess piece (knight), unmarked, probably Hanau, circa 1900 resting on a rectangular terrace adorned with a double-headed eagle escutcheon stamped with a count coronet, surrounded with foliage and lion’s muzzle, the horse adorned with ceremonial armor inlaid with cabochons of colored stones, the knight with ivory face wearing a dragon crested helmet

Sold for 8.190 EUR at Sotheby’s in 2020

Chess piece Scandinavian (possibly Denmark)Medievalearly 12th centuryObject Place: Scandinavia (possibly Denmark)

This king is perhaps the only remaining piece of an unusually elaborate early Romanesque chess set of walrus ivory. The figure is seated in a high-backed throne and holds in his right hand the hair of a warrior in mail who stretches out in submission. The throne back is decorated with intertwined dragon-like beasts, one of which is biting the warrior’s behind. The decoration on the left side of the throne is missing, but one can assume that it continued to the back and right around the throne. The iconography may allude to Sigurd overcoming the wicked Regin, a favorite theme in Norse poetry, or may represent the conquered monsters of the netherworld. The intricate carving with its free and restless rhythmic motion recalls the style of the incised drawings on the earlier Viking tombstone on the Isle of Man and the Swedish runestones of Sparlosa and Ramsund, 3 which depict the story of Sigurd and Regin.

Reference: Museum of Fine Arts Boston

Knight Chess Piece ca. 1250 British

Although the number of Knights and Bishops on the chessboard is the same, more medieval chess pieces in the form of Knights survive. This example, perfectly poised on his fine horse, battles a dragon, a symbol of evil. But for the lack of a halo and a princess in need of rescue standing nearby, he might be mistaken for Saint George, who, according to legend, slayed a dragon.

Reference: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Race Board Games

All Collectible Games — Thu, 06 May 2021 08:06:57 +0000

Race Board Games. Race games are a large category of board games, in which the object is to be the first to move all one’s pieces to the end of a track. This is both the earliest type of board game known, with implements and representations dating back to at least the 3rd millennium BC in Egypt, Iraq, and Iran. Race games often use dice to decide game options and how far to move pieces. Reference: Wikipedia

Below are some examples and price guides of race board games including a rare Journey to Mecca and a McLoughlin Bros Automobile Race Game.

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Chinese Playing Cards

All Collectible Games — Wed, 05 May 2021 17:10:58 +0000

Chinese Playing Cards: Playing cards may have been invented during the Tang dynasty around the 9th century AD as a result of the usage of woodblock printing technology. The earliest known text containing a possible reference to card games is a 9th-century text known as the Collection of Miscellanea at Duyang, written by Tang dynasty writer Su E. It describes Princess Tongchang, daughter of Emperor Yizong of Tang, playing the “leaf game” in 868 with members of the Wei clan, the family of the princess’s husband. The first known book on the “leaf” game was called the Yezi Gexi and allegedly written by a Tang woman. It received commentary by writers of subsequent dynasties. The Song dynasty (960–1279) scholar Ouyang Xiu (1007–1072) asserts that the “leaf” game existed at least since the mid-Tang dynasty and associated its invention with the development of printed sheets as a writing medium. However, Ouyang also claims that the “leaves” were pages of a book used in a board game played with dice, and that the rules of the game were lost by 1067. Reference: Wikipedia

Below are some examples and price guides of Chinese playing cards including a Chinese travel tile set and a blakc and gilt lacquer games box with sets of cards.

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French Suited Playing Cards

All Collectible Games — Tue, 04 May 2021 17:43:51 +0000

French suited playing cards or French-suited cards are cards that use the French suits of trèfles (clovers or clubs ), carreaux (tiles or diamonds ), cœurs (hearts ), and piques (pikes or spades ). Each suit contains three face cards: the valet (knave or jack), the dame (lady or queen), and the roi (king). Aside from these aspects, decks can include a wide variety of regional and national patterns, which often have different deck sizes. In comparison to Spanish, Italian, German, and Swiss playing cards, French cards are the most widespread due to the geopolitical, commercial, and cultural influence of France, the United Kingdom, and the United States in the 19th and 20th centuries. Other reasons for their popularity were the simplicity of the suit insignia, which simplifies mass production, and the popularity of whist and contract bridge. Reference: Wikipedia

Below are some examples and price guides of antique, French playing cards including a miniature set of hand colored cards and a playing card box

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