![]() Todd reportedly had his secretary make up a dozen sheets. Darrow asked Todd to write out the rules as he remembered them and change anything that needed improving. The rules are believed to have been supplied by a friend of Darrow's, Charles E.Todd of Germantown, Pennsylvania, who had taught the Darrows to play Monopoly. It is one of the earliest sets to survive, one of three calligraphic sets known to exist, and the only circular one. The game is drawn on a circular piece of oilcloth, probably the shape of Darrow's dining table. ![]() "Forbes Magazine Collection Pays Record Price for Monopoly But Has No Monopoly on Monopoly.Īn original Monopoly game, handmade by Charles Darrow, probably in 1933, that descended through Darrow's brother-in-law's family sold at Sotheby's on December 16, 1992, for $ 71,500, a record for an American board game.The buyer was the Forbes Magazine Collection. ![]() The purchase of this set by The Forbes Magazine Galleries is described as follows in the Maine Antique Digest, Febr.
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