#VINTAGE CHINESE CHECKERS BOARD PLUS#

#VINTAGE CHINESE CHECKERS BOARD PLUS#

SHIPPING: Shipping rate is calculated by the weight, box size and your zip code, plus a $4.00 handling fee,which now included insurance ( due to eBay new policies) unless otherwise stated. If you notify us payment will be late, we will be happy to extend you a few extra days. If payment does not arrive by the 7th day, a NON-PAYING BIDDER ALERT WILL BE FILED. If you need more than 7 days to pay, kindly let us know. Payment is due within 7 days of the ending date. EVERYTHING IS SOLD IN 'AS FOUND' CONDITION. We make every effort to check for question up until the last 1/2 hour of the listing. Questions answered below are also considered part of the description, so please scroll down past the posted pictures to see if potential bidders have asked anything. We do not take pictures on the last day of the auction. Please request any additional pictures you would like before the day the listing's closing. Pictures posted or requested are considered part of the description. However, we will always do our best to point out any flaws. A vintage item will rarely look like it just came off a store shelf, so please don�t expect it to. Items we list will ALWAYS show signs of normal age and wear. We are not experts on the items we offer. We are more than happy to answer your questions. All condition descriptions are solely our opinion and what we see, so please ask any and all questions you may feel are pertinent to that item, before bidding. Most of what we sell is vintage or used and should be judged accordingly. We will have no way of knowing you did not receive it. If you do not receive the invoice, please notify us asap. Invoices are sent within 24 hours after the listing ends. BORING BUT NECESSARY IF YOU INTEND TO BID. I DO NOT PACK MY ITEMS UNTIL THEY ARE SOLD,WE WILL GLADLY COMBINE SHIPPINGNote: WHEN YOU HAVE PURCHASED MULTIPLE ITEMS Please email for S/H costs.Thank YouPLEASE READ. The game was given a Chinese name and theme in keeping with the current interest in all things oriental (among them the discovery of King Tut's tomb in 1922 and the 'mah jongg' game that was introduced in 1923) Please check out'ABOUT ME PAGE' My Policies. The brothers Bill and Jack Pressman made up the name 'Chinese Checkers' during or shortly after 1928. This was exact the same game as the 1892 Star-Halma. History:::The first Chinese Checkers game to be published in the United States was 'Hop Ching Checkers' in 1928 by J. We do not have the marbles to go with the game. Note tape on two corners.The instructions are on the outside of the box The box is in terrible shape some tears here and there lids are missing. The game of 'Chinese Checkers' was originally called 'Hop Ching' when it was introduced to the United States in 1928.This vintage wooden playing board is 16 3/4' by 18 3/4'. Steven Manufacturing issued a game in 1965 that had pull-out drawers for marble storage.Title]] Vintage Hop Ching Checker Game Board # 2739 By J.Pressman & Co. From the 1930s forward, some of the checker boards have been made of metal.īy the 1950s, Pressman and Northwestern offered double-sided metal boards that stored marbles and rotated with a latch. Pressman answered with a competing version of its own. Northwestern Mail Box produced American checkers and Ante Up Rummy editions, including compartments to store the marbles. Companies later added another game on the back, usually American checkers. Manufacturers issued early Chinese Checkers editions as a single-sided game made of wood. Bill said they wanted to market the game better and take advantage of American fascination with oriental items. In 1928, Bill and Jack Pressman of Pressman Toys changed the name of their Halma-based game from Hop Ching Checkers to Chinese Checkers. However, he never named the game or its application.

Stadnick received a patent in 1921 for a six-pointed star-shaped gameboard. Monks's game, changing the gameboard from a square to a hexagram in 1892. The German game SternHalma, produced by Ravensburger, was founded on Dr. George Howard Monks, a thoracic surgeon at Harvard Medical School, created his game, Halma, based on Hoppity. Hoppity, an English game made in 1854, was an early predecessor of Chinese Checkers.

Vintage chinese checkers board