Darrow Monopoly Game for Sale

Many Monopoly collectors, after reading The Playmakers, longed for the rare "black box" edition of the game that appears in the book. This is the last edition of the game produced by Charles Darrow before he licensed the game to Parker Brothers in 1935. Darrow’s name and address appears on the rules as shown above. Another neat fact is that the border line on the property cards matches the color of the property. In later editions this bordering line is black.

The bad news is that my version of the game is not for sale. I take it on TV shows to show the beginnings of the biggest-selling commercial game in history (and of course to promote how cool the book is -- I’m no fool). The good news is that I found one for you for sale on eBay. Be ready to sell Boardwalk to be able to afford it though. At this writing it is up to $1,025.

UPDATE: The bidding closed at $3,550, but the reserve was not met. Stay tuned to see if it gets relisted.

UPDATE 2: Here it is again.