Original 1935 first edition trademark monopoly game

[reid1836]

Seeking original 1935 first edition trademark monopoly game w/blue Parker brothers in pass go corner . Anyone have any idea where I might find one for sale ?

Thx

Reid1836

[glorybells]

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[mudshark61369]

@reid1836,

Finding an original Parker Brothers / Darrow original board game will be very hard. The first ones produced in 1933 sell for thousands of dollars just for the game board which was printed in black and white.  The colorized PB game board issued in 1936  had all of the various street spaces completely colored in, 1937-8 and later ones just had the color at the top of each space. Houses and hotels were in wood and the original cannon had a horizontal barrel not the angled up one of later games. Also the instruction and inventory sheets of the earliest ones still had Charles Darrow's name on them as the inventor. (Not True)

You might run across individual elements of the game being sold on this site, but to find a complete one will be hard. Trade Mark editions sell for $300 to $1,000+ depending on condition and completeness, Patent Pending ones for slightly less.

Since there have been several commemorative or re-issues of the game made, you have to know the differences in the board art and pieces since many are trying to sell them as originals.

[missprimandproper]

Are you still looking for this item?

[mudshark61369]

@missprimandproper,

This topic is almost 3 years old and will soon be locked. The member who posted it has not been back on these boards since posting this topic, so I doubt you will get an answer from them. 

If they are still looking for one and you have one, list it on ebay, they may see it.

[kh-adrian]

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