Parker Brothers was founded by George S. Parker. Parker’s philosophy deviated from the prevalent theme of board game design; he believed that games should be played for enjoyment and did not need to emphasize morals and values.
Parker Brothers is the main board game division of Hasbro, formerly an American toy and game manufacturer which in 1991 became a brand of Hasbro. More than 1,800 games were published under the Parker Brothers name since 1883 including Monopoly and Cluedo. The company began to produce electronic versions of their popular board games in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Reference: Wikipedia
Below are some examples and price guides of games made by Parker Brothers including a shadow box framed Rough Rider game and a “Sunny Monday” washing set.
PARKER POP-GUN GAMES ‘Toy Soldiers and Battle Game Junior’ with nine Cuban soldiers and mounted officer with wooden repeating cannon and ammunition in original box with American War of Independence illustration (G, officer head loose, box G-F), ‘The Outpost Battle Game’ with thirteen American soldiers and mounted officer in original box with Boer War illustration (G, cannon missing, box F), item 404, European War Game Series, the English Army with nineteen card soldiers on wooden bases in original box (G-F, box P), Baldwin no.859 Coast Defence with eight card ship and aircraft pieces and wooden cannon in original box (G, box F), Builtrite ’35 Toy Soldiers’ with twenty-eight double sided card soldiers and twenty-one card bases in original box (VG, box F), two novelty toy soldier figures with drum and cannon, and seven card servicemen and ambulance in original box marked ‘Made in Occupied Japan’ in original plain box (VG, box G) 1946 (92)
Sold for £ 187 inc. premium at Bonham’s in 2012
Character Games, US, 1930s-1950s Parker Bros – ‘Popeye’s Game’, 1948 and ‘The Nancy Drew Mystery Game’, 1957; Milton Bradley – ‘Little Orphan Annie Game’, 1930s and ‘Uncle Wiggily Game’, 1949; ‘Felix the Cat 3 Game Set’; Selchow and Righter ‘The Little Colonel’, Shirley Temple on lid, 1930; and Transogram ‘The Game of Dragnet’; in original boxes (F-G)
Sold for GBP 120 at Christie’s in 2007
Archival shadow box framed Parker Brothers Rough Rider game c. 1900. Site 20″ x 22″. Overall 28″ x 30″. The game is framed showing the lid, the board, the spinner and the game pieces. Beautiful graphics on the lid show Theodore Roosevelt on the battle field leading the Rough Riders during the Spanish American War. The game board is designed to represent different routes from Camp to Victory. CONDITION: Very good. Minor edge wear on the box lid along with a few small stains. The frame has a few edge scuffs. CG
Sold for $1,200 at Dan Morphy Auctions in 2021
Parker Brothers Maker’s Mark
Parker Bros jigsaw puzzle, ‘Peasant Mother’
This is an early hand-cut solid wood “Jig-Saw Picture Puzzle” of 108 pieces entitled “Mother Love” or “The Peasant Mother” made by the American firm, Parker Brothers of Salem, Massachusetts, between 1906 and 1914. It was produced at a time when puzzles were actually made for adults. The pieces do not interconnect nor is there a guide picture on the cover of the box. These early puzzles were expensive as they had to be cut one piece at a time.
Reference: Museum of Applied Art and Sciences
“SUNNY MONDAY WASHING SET” IN ORIGINAL BOX BY PARKER BROTHERS Lot Number: 138 13″ (33 cm.) x 8″. Presented in a heavy card stock box are a bounty of doll-sized laundry day equipment and supplies including wooden ironing board and two scrub boards, cast iron trivet and two irons, wash tub and wooden clothes pins, linen wrap with clothesline, and bar of soap. The box was a colorful illustration of a child or doll playing with laundry toys. Excellent condition. Parker Brothers, circa 1910.
Sold for $800 at Theriault’s
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