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Lot 214

McLoughlin Bros. Bulls and Bears Wall Street Game

Estimate: $12,000 - $16,000
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McLoughlin Bros. Bulls and Bears - The Great Wall St. Game, patented 1883, a scarce game in exceptional condition, with a vibrant lithograph box lid of a dressed bull and bear standing on Wall Street, the original folding board with comic portrait vignettes of Gilded Age stock market characters Jay Gould, Cornelius Vanderbilt and Horace Greely, includes a spinning board, play money and contracts, as well as original token storage box and spacer, with original instruction booklet, box - 12" h., 15 1/4" w.

Condition

Excellent condition, with some light edge wear to box paper, minimal bowing to lid, board shows very little play wear or scuffing, contains 25 "contract" cards, numbered 1 through 25, 25 wooden playing tokens, 52 "1" pieces of paper money, 52 "2" pieces of paper money, and 56 "3" pieces of paper money