Wunderkammer: The Freeman & Fugate Oddities Collection
Sat, Feb 1, 2025 12:00PM EST
Lot 91
We-ja Girl Board. A Barrel of Fun, ca. 1940s. Screenprint o...
Estimate: $300 - $400
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We-ja Girl Board. A Barrel of Fun, ca. 1940s. Screenprint on hardboard Ouija board with wooden planchette. Directions printed verso. Full color variant of the board. 11 ? x 17 ?". Minor scuffs and abrasions, else very good.?Although one of the most prolific talking board producers of the WWII Ouija craze, little is known about the company known only as A Barrel of Fun. The company made relatively simple designs printed directly on masonite boards, with names like Crystal Gazer, Talking Board, and We-Ja Girl. The company, whose origins and even factory location remain lost to history, introduced their first boards sometime around early 1945, with the debut of the We-Ja Girl, which they solicited as ?The Year's Most Exciting Game." ? Brandon Hodge, The Mysterious Planchette
