Vintage 1970 Parker Brothers Masterpiece Art Auction Board. Game is 95% Complete. Made in Canada. It is missing 1 dice and 3 player pieces.
Condition is good! The box has some wear and tear for its age. Pieces included: game board, 3 playing pieces ( should be 6), 24 paintings, 24 value cards, money, 6 biography cards, 1 die ( should be 2) , and clips to hold cards and the instructions. All the cards are in good condition.
Description of Game:
"Masterpiece is a board game by Parker Brothers, now a brand of Hasbro. Players participate in auctions for famous works of art. It was designed by Joseph M. Burck of Marvin Glass and Associates and originally published in 1970 by Parker Brothers, and then published again in 1976 and 1996. The game is now out-of-print. In this game, players compete with other players to bid on buy potentially valuable paintings, and negotiate with other players to trade these works of art, build a portfolio, amass money, and win the game. The top value of a painting in the 1970 edition is $1 million, and $10 million in the 1996 edition; however, getting the full value for the painting requires some luck in landing on the right square on the board to sell a painting to the bank.
The game utilizes bluffing skills because the players possess asymmetrical information about the value of the paintings they possess. Some pictures are known to their owners to be 'forgeries' with an actual value of zero. These 'forgeries' can, however, be resold to other players or to the bank with the value hidden."
Product code: Vintage 1970 Parker Brothers Masterpiece Art Auction Board. Game is buy 95% Complete. Made in Canada.