October Online Auction (Sale #307)

Steeple Chase Game Board and Pieces

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Start price: $400

Estimated price: $800 - $1,000

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Steeple Chase Game Board and Pieces

c.1870 folding mahogany board opening to a leather-tooled playing surface, maker brass plate at one end stamped F. L. L. Hausberg, Liverpool and a flamed mahogany box, lined in red velvet having bronze horses and jockeys, hurdles, a water jump and detailed fences, bone scoring pegs, dice, leather shakers, and later copy of rule sheet

Provenance: Hoyle’s of Oxford

Property from: a Private Collector, Chicago (Lincoln Park), Illinois

Height: 2 inches, Length: 34 1/2 inches, Width: 27 3/4 inches (folded)

Condition: overall light to moderate wear consistent with normal use, leather having some areas of scratching, ripping and tearing, wood on board and box having cracks, some paint missing on pieces and some pegs may be broken

Disclaimers: not checked for replacement parts

Category: Collectibles > Toys

Estimated Sale Time: 3:17 pm CST

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Last modified: September 27, 2023, 11:20 am

Condition: overall light to moderate wear consistent with normal use, leather having some areas of scratching, ripping and tearing, wood on board and box having cracks, some paint missing on pieces and some pegs may be broken

Dimensions: 2 x 27.75 x 34.5 in