You are bidding on a 1970 Masterpiece: The Art Auction Game board
game by Parker Brothers. The description along with the game
says:
Your
favorite
Rembrandt
is on the
block and
you are bidding
for it against
a dazzling
array of
eccentric
art speculators.
Baron von
Oberlitzer,
the German
industrialist,
signals a
bid of $500,000;
V. Elton
Whitehall
instantly
ups it to
$750,000.
Should you
go even higher?
What if it's
a worthless
forgery?
You must
decide quickly,
but you'll
never know
for sure
unless you
outbid the
competition.
Keen observation,
steady nerves
and a little
luck make
the difference
in MASTERPIECE,
an exciting,
suspenseful
trip into
the elite
world of
the international
art auction.
If
you like,
you may adobt
the role
of one of
the six colorful
characters
who might
attend such
an auction.
Their pictures
and profiles
are printed
on special
cards. So
now you're
ready to
play. The
winner is
the player
who, at the
end of the
game, has
acquired
the largest
fortune in
paintings
and cash.
Good luck!
That
about explains
the gameplay!
The
game, overall,
is in good
condition.
See the pictures
to the left
for details.
The cards
are in fair
condition,
they do show
wear (fraying
around the
edges, some
creases--one
value card
has some
kind of stain
on it, see
picture)
from years
of playing.
The playing
board is
in very good
condition,
clean, and
with few
signs of
wear. The playing instructions are
in good condition, as well
as the clips, dice, play money, and
playing pieces. The box is in fair
condition, again, see pictures.
All
the cards are present,
and all
the money too
(as far
as I know, the
instructions
do not
say how much
money
comes with the
game).
All the players
pieces
are there and
the dice.
There
are three white
clips
missing, that hold
the value
cards
to the painting
cards. All the cards and the
play money are rubberbanded together
(although pictures do not show this).
All
the paintings in this MASTERPIECE
are from the Art Institute of
Chicago. |
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