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The Games We Play: Puzzles, Games, & Playing Cards

Thu, Feb 19, 2026 11:00AM EST
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Following on the heels of our 'Artifacts of Play' auction, this sale will celebrate the pastimes of yesteryear and the recent past. The auction will feature antique and modern playing cards and gambling memorabilia, elaborate vintage board games, and puzzles and curiosities, including an extensive offering of rare paper dolls, from various collections.
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Lot 348

Checkerboard & Dissection Puzzle Collection. V.p., 1930s–19...

Estimate: $300 - $600
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$150

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Checkerboard & Dissection Puzzle Collection. V.p., 1930s–1980s. Group of 26 checkerboard and dissection puzzles made of wood, metal, cardboard, paper, and plastic from makers in Germany, United States, Japan, and England. Most in original boxes, some include instructions and solutions. Includes seven wood geometric dissection puzzles with checkerboard pattern in square (2), triangle (1) hexagon (3) and diamond (1) shapes; Jay Marshall (attributed) Checkerboard Puzzle; Three Magno’s Bug House Checkerboard Puzzles; Checker-Mania by Brenner & Company, 1943; The New Chequers Puzzle; “The Perfection Puzzle” by Liggett & Myers Tobacco Co.; three copies of The Ten-Yen Puzzle ca. 1950.; two Krazee brand puzzles; German Mosaik Puzzle; Draughtboard Puzzle; J.F. Friedel Co. Checkerboard Puzzle; and others. Conditions very. Good or better.

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