A History of The Monopoly Game

If you happened to be up early yesterday (Friday) morning, and had WGBH Radio on (89.5 FM in Boston), a report from the Curiosity Desk, by Edgar B. Herwick III was being broadcast.

Herwick extolled on the origins, and creation, of the infamous board game, Monopoly.

The game Monopoly got its start in turn-of-the-century Maryland, it’s set in the streets of Atlantic City, and was first published and sold in Philadelphia. But it was the Parker Brothers of Salem, Mass., who would bring the venerable board game to the masses and transform it into an American icon.

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Despite it’s heady concept, it turns out the game was simply fun to play. Students took to it, built their own boards, and developed variations, with names like “Auction,” “Finance” and “Monopoly.” It became popular in small pockets across the country, including among a group of Quakers in Atlantic City, N.J.

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Sold. Parker Brothers had secured a monopoly on Monopoly. Within a year, they were producing 20,000 copies a week in Salem — and Monopoly was the best selling game in America

(Read the full article here)

Well, all this is a prelude, for, if you have gone through the 13909 Antiques Blog, you'll see, back in August 11th, we posted of our securing a 1st Edition 1935 Monopoly Game (in very, very good condition).

So grab a piece of history, and swing by 13909 Antiques to score our 1st Edition 1935 Monopoly Game

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