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The Top 10 Prewar Games (in Excellent condition)

By Bruce Whitehill

1. Bulls and Bears, McLoughlin Brothers, 1896 $13,000

2. New Parlor Game of Baseball, Summer 1896 $10,000

3. Champion Baseball Game, Schultz, 1889 $6,800

4. Little Fireman Game, McLoughlin Brothers, 1897 $6,000

5. Zimmer Baseball Game, McLoughlin Brothers, 1885 $6,000

6. Teddy's Ride from Oyster Bay to Albany, Jesse Crandall, 1899 $5,500

7. Golf, Schoenhut, 1900 $5,000

8. Egerton R. Williams Popular Indoor Baseball Game, Hatch, 1886 $5,000

9. Great Mails Baseball game, Walter Mails Baseball Game, 1919 $4,100

10. Darrow Monopoly, Charles Darrow, 1934 $4,000

The Top 10 Postwar Games (in Mint condition)

1.	Elvis Presley Game, Teen Age Games, 1957	$1,000
2.	Red Barber's Big League Baseball Game, G&R Anthony, 1950s	$900
3.	Win A Card Trading Card Game, Milton Bradley, 1965	$900
4.	Munsters Drag Race Game, Hasbro, 1965	$800
5.	Munsters Masquerade Game, Hasbro, 1965	$800
6.	Creature From The Black Lagoon, Hasbro, 1963	$750
7.	Strike Three, Tone Products, 1948	$725
8.	Jonny Quest Game, Transogram, 1964	$700
9.	Munsters Picnic Game, Hasbro, 1965	$700
10.	Gilligan's Island, Game Gems, 1965	$600

(1999 Toys & Prices, 1998 Krause Publications, $18.95; to order, call 800-258-0929)

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