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Antique Questions Forum / Re: wooden board game

« on: February 12, 2014, 02:30:53 pm »

I haven't found much info out there on them. anyone know about what time period it's from... early 1900's?

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: wooden board game

« on: February 12, 2014, 07:46:38 am »

it's been over 10 years since I found and took the board out of the basement. I remember it always having the crack, but to what degree I don't. I always thought it was neat, but never got around to doing anything with it.... on the back side you can really see how a few of the darker pieces separated and pulled away from the lighter wood rather then split.

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: wooden board game

« on: February 11, 2014, 10:59:53 pm »

zandkantiques.com has a really nice (cracked) mustard colored board. I found a couple via a google search, there was another one for sale too that I thought was on rubylane, but I cant seem to find it again. Why would it seem that odd anyway?

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: wooden board game

« on: February 11, 2014, 07:58:15 am »

Yes

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: wooden board game

« on: February 10, 2014, 01:02:02 pm »

Ive poked around the internet a little and found similar (it seems a few have that same crack down the middle) but they were all painted vs my inlaid, so I wasn't sure if that itself made a big difference in rarity/value. I even came across a few painted with the crack going for around that much. I wish I knew more about it, IM not even sure if it belonged to someone in my family or if it was left in the house from the originals owners... it was found in a deep dirt portion of the basement, so it very well could have been there for many years unnoticed. either way, it is a neat board and I think I will see if I can find something at the hardware store to secure it on my wall

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Antique Questions Forum / wooden board game

« on: February 10, 2014, 08:47:01 am »

 Hi All, First time post here. My name is Laura, I am from NH. I did a search for this board game and didn't find anything. anybody familiar with wooden board games? I don't have any history on this, I found it years ago while cleaning out the basement of my parents house (circa1906) all the game markings are carved from a darker wood and inlaid into the lighter wood board (no paint). This side has checkers and the other side is Parcheesi. it's somewhat heavy and measures 30 1/2 x 20 ". I have wanted to hang it, but wasnt comfortable with placing any hookings on the back. Any thoughts? IM looking fwd to using this forum to poke around, and learn about everybody great treasures! Thank you