Lot 37:
Sold for: £20
Description
A collection of board games, playing cards, and gaming accessories primarily of wooden and paper construction. The group features a wooden multi-game compendium with a chess and draughts board top, containing sliding drawers and boards for Chinese Checkers, Solitaire, and Parchisi. Accessories include multi-coloured wooden marbles, plastic pawns, and two-tone chess pieces. The lot includes a boxed Beginner’s Guide to Chess set and a vintage red-covered instructional book titled How to Play Rummy. Among the playing cards is a cased set of two Bicycle decks featuring the Atlanta 1996 Olympic Games motif. Further accessories include a green bridge score pad marked De La Rue and a 2003 Daily Bridge Calendar. The group also features an assortment of card decks in various cases, a decorative wooden box with inlaid card motifs, and a small gold-tone die-cast vintage motor car mounted on a wooden plinth. A Marvin’s Magic Dynamic Coins set is also present.
Condition report:
The items are in used condition with visible wear consistent with age. The multi-game wooden compendium shows surface scratches and scuffing to the edges (photo 1). The cardboard box for the Beginner\'s Guide to Chess shows significant edge wear, crushing, and losses to the printed surface (photo 1). The 2003 Daily Bridge Calendar box exhibits crushing and scuffing to the corners (photo 2). The green bridge score pad shows fading and wear to the gold-tone lettering (photo 2). Playing card decks show varying degrees of edge wear to the boxes, particularly the red leatherette case which shows rubbing to the corners (photo 3). The wooden box with card inlays shows minor surface abrasions to the lid (photo 4). Completeness of game components and card decks has not been verified.
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