the first Monopoly set has just been sold, the round board was illustrated by heating engineer Charles Darrow in 1933, using place names and railways from Atlantic City in New Jersey, US, he sold the rights to Parker Brothers in 1934, and a London version came out the next year, a museum bought the historic set at a sale in New York for £90,000, also as an aside I have read that the 'Go' square in the UK version is by the side of the London Eye.
Saturday 26 February 2011
I Must Admit We Have Not Played Monopoly Much Recently,
but I had to read this when I saw it in the papers,
the first Monopoly set has just been sold, the round board was illustrated by heating engineer Charles Darrow in 1933, using place names and railways from Atlantic City in New Jersey, US, he sold the rights to Parker Brothers in 1934, and a London version came out the next year, a museum bought the historic set at a sale in New York for £90,000, also as an aside I have read that the 'Go' square in the UK version is by the side of the London Eye.
the first Monopoly set has just been sold, the round board was illustrated by heating engineer Charles Darrow in 1933, using place names and railways from Atlantic City in New Jersey, US, he sold the rights to Parker Brothers in 1934, and a London version came out the next year, a museum bought the historic set at a sale in New York for £90,000, also as an aside I have read that the 'Go' square in the UK version is by the side of the London Eye.
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