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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 350

Geometric Puzzle Set Collection. V.p., 1930s–1980s. Group o...

Estimate: $300 - $500
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$150

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Geometric Puzzle Set Collection. V.p., 1930s–1980s. Group of 36 boxed geometric put-together and shape dissection puzzle sets, most in original boxes. Includes two copies of Geometricks: An Album of Puzzles. [and] one Witty Puzzles box set. New York: Edu-K-Toy Institute and Murray Grumette Co., 1939. Each album containing 21 puzzle problems. – Two wooden put together puzzles. Chicago: Fun, Incorporated, 1945. – Spear’s Shape Puzzles. [and] Multipuzzle. Spear’s Games, 1970. – Five puzzle games by Kohner Bros, ca 1970s: Puzzle Picks; Hi-Jinx; Pythagoras; VooDoo; and Sweetheart. –The Wix Box, Sets No. 1–6. Canada: House of Games Corp., 1970s. – Four variations of Mind Bender. Leeds: John Waddington Ltd., 1970–71. – Brainy Puzzle Pack. Family Pastimes, 1980s. Sealed. – Three Hi-Ho paper puzzles. – Frustrables II. – two variations of Brain Drain puzzle. Mattel, 1969. With psychedelic design – A Floral Derangement [and] Think-a-ma-Jig. Peterson Games, 1972. Condition varies. Some like-new, good or better condition.

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