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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 175

Trio of McLoughlin Fish Pond games. New York: McLoughlin Br...

Estimate: $200 - $400
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Trio of McLoughlin Fish Pond games. New York: McLoughlin Bros., ca 1890s. Three variations, all with colorful chromolithographed illustrations to covers. Two with built-up slotted game boards and one with the collapsible “aquarium.” Includes two versions of The Improved Game of Fish Pond (both ca. 1890) and Game of the Magnetic Fish Pond (1891). All appear to have missing pieces but include poles, fish, boards, and instructions to cover interiors. Dampstaining ro cover of the 1891 version with wrinkling and areas of darkening to the print and paper. All have losses and tears to box edges and corners, and overall surface wear. Largest 13 x 24”.

From the Curtis Wilson Games Collection.

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