![A seventeenth-century English game board, and a very early American game board: [GAME BOARD - GAME OF THE GOOSE] The Royall & Most Pleasant Game of Y Goose. London: John Overton, circa 1670. 19 1/4 x 14 1/2 inches (49 x 37 cm); engraved, laid down on board. Framed. Unevenly b](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/292/330597/178279540_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1716409282)
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![A seventeenth-century English game board, and a very early American game board: [GAME BOARD - GAME OF THE GOOSE] The Royall & Most Pleasant Game of Y Goose. London: John Overton, circa 1670. 19 1/4 x 14 1/2 inches (49 x 37 cm); engraved, laid down on board. Framed. Unevenly b](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/292/330597/178279540_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1716409282)
![Middle Eastern Inlaid Backgammon Board: Middle Eastern Inlaid Backgammon Board.](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/8063/323787/176157373_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1715711369)
![Pietra Dura and Gilt Brass Game Board: Pietra Dura Malachite and Tigers Eye Small Game Board. With rounded metal buffer to edge; one side with checkerboard, the other with nine men's morris. {Approximate dimensions: 8 3/4" wide and deep.}.](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1098/331812/178995526_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717112707)
![A Humorous and Accident-Filled Voyage to the "Cottage of Content": [GAME BOARD - GAME OF THE GOOSE] The Cottage of Content; or, Right Roads and Wrong Ways. A Humorous Game. London: William Spooner, 1848. 22 1/4 x 16 3/4 inches (57 x 42.5 cm); hand-colored lithograph,](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/292/330597/178279555_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1716409282)
![mixed lot of games, "Kaiserspiel", board game with game guidance, a bit worn, completeness wasn't: mixed lot of games, "Kaiserspiel", board game with game guidance, a bit worn, completeness wasn't checked, "Erfinder u. Erfindungen", party game by Elsa von grain, "Der Geduldsprüfer", ANKER, gam](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1958/331844/179020461_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717160596)
![The Game of Life's Little Miseries: [GAME BOARD - GAME OF THE GOOSE] Jeu des Petites Miseres. French: circa 1900. 24 3/4 x 24 3/4 inches (62.75 x 62.75 cm); Color lithograph on wove paper, laid down on patterned paper covered stiff boar](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/292/330597/178279541_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1716409282)
![An English game board, a sheet of caricatures, and two puzzle newspapers: Four framed pieces, including Through the Enchanted Forest. London: T. Ordish & Co., circa 1900. Color lithograph, dissected into two parts, laid down on stiff boards, joined with linen. Framed. A](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/292/330597/178279599_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1716409282)
![FRAMED FRENCH GAME BOARD "OMNIBUS ET DAMES BLANCHES": Circa 1830s Hand Colored Print on Paper, depicting the French game "Omnibus and White Checkers", a lottery-type game played with twelve balls, with circular board and rules printed in the center, pape](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/957/331422/178763772_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1716928066)
![Wallis's New Game of Universal History and Chronology: [GAME BOARD] Wallis's New Game of Universal History and Chronology. London: Edward Wallis, [likely circa 1840, this a later issue with one of the central vignettes showing the young Victoria; an earli](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/292/330597/178279629_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1716409282)
![A Gothic board game: [GAME BOARD] The Magic Ring, or A New Game, Replete with Humour, and Pleasant Variety. London: Champante and Whitrow, Jewry Street, Aldgate November 1st 1796. Publisher's marbled slipcase with printed](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/292/330597/178279622_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1716409282)
![Complete Set of Wood Chess Pieces & 2 Partial Sets: Wooden box containing one complete set of wood chess pieces as well as two bags containing an additional two sets of wood chess pieces and possibly more.](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/9234/331906/179053740_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717190599)
![1954 Calling Superman Board Game: Has game board and spinners, four plastic game pieces and 16 game cards. Superman figure has been taped and box has wear and has been taped. The game also shows some wear.](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/652/331979/179128663_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717215459)
![mixed lot of games, mosaic construction kit, Jig-Saw puzzle, halma, small printer box, beads mosaic,: mixed lot of games, mosaic construction kit, Jig-Saw puzzle, halma, small printer box, beads mosaic, Vaterland, Hillgers Mosaik, Raum u. Berge, broadcast game, only the game board, falling apart, with](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1958/331844/179020495_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717160596)
![2 pieces games, "Nordpolflug", with plane and zeppelin, board game with pewter figures, with manual,: 2 pieces games, "Nordpolflug", with plane and zeppelin, board game with pewter figures, with manual, original box, publishing house Werner-Schuhmann Berlin, Lotto-Junge-Geografen"", Otto Robert, board](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1958/331844/179020402_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717160596)
![A group of game boards and rebus prints: A rebus print and group of game boards and related printed graphics, including, [ROWLANDSON, THOMAS]. Yorkshire Heiroglyphics. Plate 2 London: Thomas Tegg, 1811. 19 x 9 inches; Hand-colored engraved r](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/292/330597/178279610_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1716409282)
![A Georgian educational game board to teach children the history of the English Monarchy: [GAME BOARD - EDUCATION] An Historical Game of England. London: Didier & Tebbett, 1804. 20 x 16 1/2 inches; Hand-colored engraving, dissected into eight sections and mounted on linen. Uneven light](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/292/330597/178279600_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1716409282)
![An early London travel game board: [GAME BOARD] The Panorama of London, or A Day's Journey round the Metropolis, An Amusing and Instructive Game. London: John Harris, 1809. 23 x 23 inches (58 x 58 cm); folding board game, engraving wit](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/292/330597/178279557_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1716409282)
![Game Board: Early Canadian painted wooden game board. 16 1/2" x 29".](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1122/332252/179210351_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717432170)
![Game Board: Painted two sided game board. 20 1/2" x 21".](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1122/332252/179210377_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717432170)
![Vintage Game Board: Vintage game board. Labeled "THE NATIONAL COMBINATION…Bloomington Illinois". 29" x 28 1/2".](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1122/332252/179210743_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717432170)
![Vintage Game Board: Vintage game board. 25 1/2" x 25 1/2".](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1122/332252/179210742_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717432170)
![Painted Game Board: Painted wooden game board. 18" x 17 3/4".](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1122/332252/179210733_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717432170)
![Game Board: Painted Parcheesi board. Probably Canadian. 25 1/2" x 25".](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1122/332252/179210754_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717432170)
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![American Girl dolls, classic board games among 2021 Toy Hall of Fame finalists](https://www.liveauctioneers.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/American-Girl-Doll-2.jpeg)
American Girl dolls, classic board games among 2021 Toy Hall of Fame finalists
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) – Cabbage Patch Kids, the rosy-cheeked dolls that left store shelves picked clean during the first big holiday toy craze, are up for a spot in the National Toy Hall of Fame, part of a finalist group announced Wednesday that also includes garden-variety sand and the toy fire engine. Also among finalists […]
![Bid to win strategy board games at Turner, June 26](https://www.liveauctioneers.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Battle-for-Berlin-game-Turner-presale-June-26-1.png)
Bid to win strategy board games at Turner, June 26
SAN FRANCISCO – Turner Auctions + Appraisals is pleased to present strategy board games from the Estate of Peter Dean, Part I, on June 26. Offering more than 325 lots from a passionate collector who captured his treasures during the course of 30 years, the sale features themed strategy board games of fantasy, sci-fi, history, wars, […]
![Vintage board games are not child’s play](https://www.liveauctioneers.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Little-House.jpg)
Vintage board games are not child’s play
NEW YORK – Board games go back centuries, like chess, which reportedly dates to around A.D. 600, and Go (aka Weiqi), which started in China some 4,000 years ago. Games relying on luck, strategy or knowledge, from the 1950s to the ’70s, are eminently popular as baby boomers and gen Xers, nostalgic for their childhoods, […]
![1960s lobby cards for Batman, A Hard Day’s Night, and more star at Meadow Lane Feb. 18](https://www.liveauctioneers.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/170656137_1_x.webp)
1960s lobby cards for Batman, A Hard Day’s Night, and more star at Meadow Lane Feb. 18
GLENVIEW, Ill. — A star-studded collection of movie memorabilia, including lobby cards and one-sheets, take the spotlight at Meadow Lane Auctions as part of its 100-lot Vinyl, Trading Cards, Antiques, Cels, Toys sale on Sunday, February 18. The catalog is now open for bidding at LiveAuctioneers. It’s difficult for contemporary fans of pop culture to […]