Collection Highlights
Doll: girl w/fur trimmed coat and velvet hat on stand
ca. 1893
1961.31
Ceramic, composition, textile, leather, fur, hair, rhinestones, feathers, paint
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Museum Collections
American Board and Table Games: The Liman Collection Gift
The Game of Auction
Title
The Game of Auction
Object name
Card game
Date
1893
Medium
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions
Overall: 1 x 5 x 6 5/8 in. ( 2.5 x 12.7 x 16.8 cm )
Description
"The Game of Auction" card game with 16 merchandise cards depicting items such as a cow and a carriage, 62 money cards, and an instruction booklet in a paper covered cardboard box; cover chromolithographed with an image of an auctioneer selling items to a group of men; box inscribed, "The/ GAME/ of/ Auction/ PUBLISHED BY/ PARKER BROTHERS./ SALEM, MASS. USA./ COPYRIGHTED 1893".
Credit Line
The Liman Collection
Object Number
2000.683
Marks
lithographed: on the box cover: "The/ GAME/ of/ Auction/ PUBLISHED BY/ PARKER BROTHERS./ SALEM, MASS. USA./ COPYRIGHTED 1893"
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
