just thinking....

i recently came across this info. in an article about a recent auction that was held. it amazed me to see how the game boards of the past have increased so much in value....it would be quite something for me to hold one of these pieces in my own hands, admire the work that was done, the colors that were chosen, the tools that they must have used to create this wonderful piece. and then to find a way to adapt some part of this to my own design, my own tools and colors. i am moved by the work of the past, the heart that went into it... and one day, i've been told my boards will be sought after, collected and auctioned off for amazing prices...i hope that to be true, since the numbers are small that i can create, and it would be wonderful to think they would be passed down generation to generation, hung on a wall, or a treasure to found in an attic one day....

There was also strong interest in the game board collection of Selby Shaver of Dallas, Texas. This auction featured over 50 of Shaver’s boards; additional examples will be offered at Skinner’s October 28th auction. A favorite was the polychrome-painted heart game board that garnered enough competition to require 12 telephone bidders who vied with a host of other absentee bidders and many in the audience. It eventually sold for $18,400, as did a polychrome-painted Parcheesi game board. Nearly all of the game boards in the collection exceeded expectations, further demonstrating the widespread and ongoing interest in game boards from the 19th and early 20th centuries. Skinner sold several from the folk art collection of Peter Brams in February of 2001, including a Parcheesi board that tied the existing auction record for a game board, selling for $46,000.