Nostalgia Games

Antique and vintage games, vintage jigsaw puzzles and nostalgic classic toys.

NOTE TO A MS. PINTO WHO SENT ME AN EMAIL ON THE 10TH OF JUNE....THE EMAIL WAS DELETED BY MISTAKE. PLEASE WRITE AGAIN. THANKS.

DON'T FORGET TO GO RIGHT TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE - IT'S QUITE LONG BECAUSE OF ALL THE WRITING I NEED TO DO - THERE ARE SOME NICE GAMES AND PUZZLES DOWN THERE!!

ABOVE ARE SOME WONDERFUL 19TH CENTURY FRET-CUT ANIMALS (17 ALTOGETHER), HANDMADE WITH APPLIED PAPER DETAILS WHICH HAVE BEEN HAND-COLOURED. THE STANDS ARE MADE OF OAK AND ALL THE UPPER EDGES HAVE BEEN CHAMFERED. THE ANIMALS SEEM TO HAVE BEEN CUT FROM A WOOD WITH A FINER GRAIN. SOME DETAILS SUCH AS HORNS OR ANTLERS ARE SO WELL CUT AND STILL IN FINE CONDITION! THE HYAENA (SIC) HAS BEEN BROKEN BUT REPAIRED WELL AND THERE IS SOME SLIGHT PAPER LOSS ON VARIOUS ANIMALS BUT ON THE WHOLE THE LOT IS BRILLIANT!! EACH ANIMAL HAS ITS NAME ON A HAND-WRITTEN LABEL STUCK TO THE UNDERNEATH OF THE STAND. THIS LOT IS A REAL COLLECTOR'S DREAM. PRICE: £50.00

We're five months into the "new" year and I really understand what the "old folk" used to say about time being faster the older you get. This site has been going for about five years and I have been really happy to sell through it and to make so many "friends".

I've been finding it very difficult to buy old jigsaws at reasonable prices so, at least for the moment, I'm going to have to concentrate on games and maybe even a few antique toys. That said there are some really nice smaller jigsaws (up to 250 pieces) which are good for an evening or two or some bigger ones which may take a bit longer. There are some good card games and nice looking board games and the old favourites like Monopoly and Totopoly (enquire within!) Why not forego a few hours of telly and do something a bit more constructive?

Though wooden puzzles are the ones I like best, I have recently found some really interesting and colourful cardboard ones and have put a couple on. They may not be so tactile as the wooden ones, but they are as old as many and a lot cheaper...and they can be just as difficult and time-consuming as some of the wooden ones.


WANTED - WOODEN JIGSAW PUZZLES MADE BEFORE 1950, VINTAGE GAMES, CARD GAMES
PLEASE EMAIL ME WITH DETAILS AND I WILL MAKE AN OFFER. ALSO LOOKING FOR AN OLD SET OF A GAME CALLED TRAVEL AGENT - IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE COMPLETE - AND THE RULES FOR A WADDINGTON GAME CALLED STARLUK. EMAIL IF YOU HAVE EITHER AND WOULD BE WILLING TO SHARE, SELL. THANKS

HOW TO ORDER:

With each vintage game or puzzle a photo should appear. If you would like further photos, please email me and I'll see what I can do.

TO ORDER antique or vintage games or nostalgic classic puzzles please PHONE or EMAIL me @ candylovegrove@hotmail.com for postage/packing costs - which I always keep to a minimum while being careful to wrap in order that your parcel will arrive in good condition. I would prefer payment by cheque or Paypal. Please make cheques payable to Candy Lovegrove and Paypal payment should be made to candylovegrove@hotmail.com.



MAKE www.nostalgiagames.net YOUR FIRST STOP WHEN LOOKING FOR VINTAGE JIGSAW PUZZLES and CLASSIC AND VINTAGE BOARD OR TABLE GAMES


LINKS

For an interesting and informative site about jigsaw history etc click here*
For an American site with vintage puzzles click here

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HERD OF BUFFALO - 1920'3/30'S DELTA PUZZLE

This is one gorgeous puzzle! It is made of around 700 pieces (one beautifully
re-made) and is quite large when finished - 25" x 15" approx. I found it very difficult and my husband did almost all of it...as I've said before, he works mostly with shape and I work mostly with colour. You definitely need to be a "shape" person for this one! PRICE: reserved

UN-NAMED PASTORAL SCENE

This is totally different! This lovely little pastoral scene is push-fit and about 80 pieces. It's made from solid wood and is in good condition. PRICE: £10.00

TRI-TACTICS - H.P. GIBSON & SON

This is an early set of the game which was first produced in 1932. On the lid of the box it says International Series which was later whited out on the boxes (because of the International Brigade?)The game is complete with all the pieces, the rules, the board and the Value Table. The box lid and bottom have been heavily taped with a strong fortified tape of some sort but the label has been left un-touched. PRICE: £75.00

METAL PUZZLES - INCLUDING THE STRONG MAN

I've had a few sets of metal puzzles but never this one till now. This has all the old favourites - the three links, the spring and ring, the pigtail, the triangle and rings and the two nails puzzle - but it also has the strong man. This is a piece of metal with string and two small rings. The object is to get the two rings together - but someone has put it back into the box that way, so I suppose the object is to get them apart! The outer box is in good condition as are all the puzzles. The dividers inside the bottom have been damaged but not excessively. Good graphics on the front along with the name of the young man who owned them (John Eaton). PRICE: £15.00

HORSES IN OATS

This is a fantastic game/dexterity puzzle that was made in the later part of the 19th century by the Wilson Brothers Wooden Ware and Toy Company of New York. In the lid it says that the patent had been applied for by the inventor, C.H. Lawton and dated April 1889. The object is to get the four "horses" out of the "oats" and into their correct stalls in the barn. It is possible because I did it but it isn't easy. The box, the maze, the horses are all in remarkably good condition. If you want to see another go to the site for the virtual museum in Brighton! PRICE: £50.00

PETER RABBIT'S RACE GAME

This is a much-sought-after game with its lead figures of Peter Rabbit, Jemima Puddleduck, Mr.Toad and Squirrel Nutkin and a three-fold board game. The unpainted figures are in quite good condition (Peter has sadly lost an ear). The board is scuffed on the edges and the paper on the inside of its folds has split but it is, nevertheless, in very good, playable condition and at this price, even a collector would find it good value! There is no box but there is a good sized die. PRICE: £75.00 (for a better photo!! please email me and I'll try harder)
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BUCCANEER GAME

This is an early boxed set with separate board. The ships are there with their sails and some toothpicks to attach the sails. Many of the jewels remain along with barrels and two sets of cards but only one "gold bar" is there. There is a large square hole in the centre of the board where you put the "Treasure Island" (a cardboard box with all the treasure in) and a set of rules which I've copied off the internet because the original ones are lost. The whole lot is in remarkably good condition considering it must date to the middle of the twentieth century if not before. PRICE: £70.00

CONJUROR'S SET C.1910

This is a big box (approx. 13.5" x 10.5") of things that help with conjuring tricks. There's no helpful booklet so I don't know what's what, nor have I ever done a successful magic trick so am in the dark about the contents. The lid (which you can see in the photo leaning up against the back of the box) is colourful and interesting. The lid has split corners and one edge is split in the middle but the box is either a very heavy cardboard or wood under the red paper cover and is in great condition. PRICE: £30.00

THE FAVORITE - THE NEW MECHANICAL RACE GAME

This is by Glevum and is rather like Escalado without the long mat. There are four lead horses ridden by jockeys (one of whom has lost his head!), wire clips and a Winning Post. The game dates to the late 20's or 30's and is in good condition in its original box with the instructions in the lid and good graphics on the lid. PRICE: GBP 30.00
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THREE CARD GAMES

These two games have nothing in common! First is WORLD WEDDINGS by William Sessions Ltd of York. This appears to be quite a rare game as I can find no mention of it anywhere in books or on-line. It consists of sets of four - two men and two women - from twelve countries. Of the two men and two women there are two with colour and two black and white. The two coloured cards of a country comprise a "society wedding" and the others a "quiet wedding". The object is to get pairs or fours of a country. There is a rule sheet (thankfully). Everything is in very good condition though the box is a little tatty. PRICE: £25.00

And second is WOODLAND HAPPY FAMILIES is a Pepys game with illustrations by Racey Helps. The cards, rules and box are all in good condition. PRICE: £15.00

I've found another set of ENGLAND EXPECTS. This is in quite good condition although there are several bent cards and the box it tatty and taped. The rules are all there as are the cards. PRICE: £20.00

FIVE DIFFERENT PEACOCK JIGSAWS

I've acquired five Peacock jigsaws in their original boxes (orange).

TWO WOMEN IN GARDEN - This is a lovely jigsaw of around 200 pieces, complete and in good condition. It comes with a full-size colour guide picture. PRICE: sold

THE RODEO - This one is a very good picture, complete but with "scuffed" papers.

BURNTISLAND FAIR - A really wonderful picture but some pieces are lacking paper.

THE TRAIL OF THE FOX - This is a complete picture except for one piece with paper loss.

Each puzzle comes with a full-size guide picture and each is about 200 pieces in size. Prices vary but go from £15.00 for those with missing/scuffed paper to £25.00 for the perfect ones. (I have photos of the others if you are interested in any of them.)

SPILLI-WOBBLE

This is a child's game of skill made c. 1910. There are two stands each with 4 'cups' on springs, eight balls, each with two metal pins in, and two magnets contained in springs on the end of wooden handles. The object of the game is to get the balls of your colour onto your stand by using the magnets. The magnets seem to have lost their magnetism and one ball (celluloid, I believe) is crushed but on the whole, the game is in excellent condition. The box is lovely (with one end mended on the inside where it doesn't show). PRICE: £40.00
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TRANSPORTO - MADE IN ENGLAND

This is a great little early 20th century game with great graphics on the lid! It's a simple game with little halma-type men, each of which has a little hook in its head, some heavy brass wire uprights, some cards - with and without 'studs', and some threads, each with a little hoop on the end. From the picture you can see how it should be set up and there are instructions in the lid as well. There are enough men, threads, uprights and cards for four players except that one man has disappeared. PRICE: £25.00

NISTER FARMYARD PICTURE MAKER AND NISTER AND DUTTON "BRIGHT BIBLE PICTURES FOR LITTLE ONES"

This is a beautiful chromolithograph puzzle (not a jigsaw in this case) made up of sixteen square pieces of card 4" x 4" each of which has 4 x inch square quarters of a picture. The aim is to find which squares go together to make a full picture. When complete a picture can be framed by the lid which has a 4" x 4" hole in it. The pictures have dogs, cows, chicks, sheep etc and are charming in the late Victorian/Edwardian style. The squares are in excellent condition and complete. They come in their original box which is in fair condition, the edges of the lid having been taped and the corners of the bottom part split. PRICE: £65.00
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The Bible Box is a box containing four twelve piece puzzles illustrating episodes in the life of Christ. The pictures are very shiny chromolithographs and three of them have a guide picture - the fourth guide picture is on the lid. This is by Nister and Dutton and was published around the turn of the century. There is one puzzle with a broken piece in this set and the broken bit is missing. PRICE GBP 40.00

ZOO PUZZLE - German-made, c. 1880-1900

This is a set of twelve nine-piece animal picture puzzles each made with a pine-like wood, paper-backed and a chromolithograph picture. This was obviously a quality set for a Victorian child who looked after it well. There are a few 'knobs' broken and some missing but it is altogether a wonderful set. They come in a large box - not the original - but with the original box lid (see photo).
PRICE: GBP 85.00
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SALTA - EARLY 20TH CENTURY GAME

This looks a very interesting game and comes with a set of rules which also explains the background of the game - the original rules are missing as are the 'sticks' (which may not have been included in this set, as I've had two identical sets, now, without sticks). The board is good, the pieces excellent. The box, which opens rather like a book cover, is in very good condition for a game which comes from the early 1900's. PRICE: £25.00

NEVER TOO HURRIED FOR A FRIENDLY WORD

This, of course, is my motto but as well it's the name of this 200 piece Chad Valley jigsaw which comes in a green book box. It was made in 1932 and shows a group of hunters enjoying a drink or two. The puzzle is complete and in good condition. PRICE: £20.00

GLORIA MOSAIC - several sets

Pictured is a set from the twenties or thirties. It comes with enough coloured balls, a cardboard "canvas" with holes in and a small wooden frame on which to stand the "canvas". There is also a small piece of paper with 6 suggested designs on. It's in really good condition, all round. On the front is MADE IN GERMANY (which is how I dated it because after the war it would have had East or West with the Germany or Foreign). I have another set, made later without mention of its country of origin, also in good condition and the same size but without the design suggestion paper and a third, smaller version, this time with Foreign printed on it with the frame, "canvas" and plenty of balls as well as the design suggestion paper. The first (pictured) is Priced at: SOLD, the second is £12.00 and the smaller one is £10.00.