Darrow Oilcloth 1933 Style Reproduction Monopoly Game Board For Sale

Celebrating the 82nd anniversary of the Charles Darrow\'s first handmade Monopoly games, this sale is for 1 reproduction \"holographic\" game board made by The Folkopoly Press. It measures 26\" square, and is based on an original oilcloth board, the second one Darrow made, that is now in the collection of the Strong Museum of American Play in Rochester, New York. The first Darrow set is known as the Round Board but this is the first board he made that is in the same shape as the Monopoly boards that followed.This board is hand drawn and colored using ink and paint on blackout cloth, which is the closest modern equivalent of the old type of oilcloth from the 1930s. The playing surface should hold up just fine if properly taken care of.

If you were a close personal friend of Charles Darrow in 1933, you could have paid him to make a game board such as this. Then, most likely, you would have folded it up and stuck it into your dresser until when you wanted to get your friends and family together for an evening of that new game, Monopoly. Playing it back then was like being a member of a private club or a fraternity.Original oilcloth boards are worth tens of thousands of dollars and I seriously doubt anyone would want to try playing a game with anything so old and fragile. But with one of our handmade boards, you can have much the same experience for but very little cost.Needless to say, it takes a considerable amount of time and effort to produce a one-of-a-kind item such as this. We are never going to be able to make them in anything but the smallest of quantities. Blackout cloth has a nice rubberized backing. This board is suitable either for framing as a piece of \"folk art\" or for actually playing Monopoly.If we can ship this together with a set of reproduction game pieces, we offer a shipping discount. Since this is a Buy It Now sale with immediate payment required (as is the pieces sale), we would offer the shipping discount by way of a refund on the second shipping amount. It is not possible to set up a shipping discount \"rule\" that would do this automatically, but we can still achieve the same result, a savings for you.PAYMENT
I accept PayPal. Your prompt payment is appreciated.SERVICE
Items will be mailed promptly, and packed securely so as to avoid being damaged.SHIPPING METHOD:
The set will be shipped domestically by USPS First Class Mail for $5.00. Priority Mail costs $15.00. International shipping will be via USPS First Class International and will cost $20 USD. We offer combined shipping on multiple purchases.REFUNDS:
I provide a refund (purchase price only) after your return of any item that I shipped with a physical defect or is not the item listed - BUT you must contact me first for a return authorization.REFUND EXCLUSION:
Damage or loss by the US Postal Service is not eligible for refunds since I can\'t control what they do with a package after I deliver it to them.response:
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