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Antique Baseball Combination Game Board H.P. Schafer Peoria IL c.1925 Playing Cards Historic Pool Hall Poker Keno Wooden Board
SIZE: 30 x 47 in. (76.2 x 119.4 cm.)
PROCESS: mechanical ink transfer pattern → chromolithographic printing
The yellow labels (“2-BASE HIT…”, “FLY OUT…”)
• Paper fibers lifting
• Clean printed letter edges
• Consistent typeface thickness
“The chipped graphics ”
• Paper layer flaking off
• Revealing:
• Brown wood underneath exposed
Baseball Field drawn once → transferred via lithographic stone → printed repeatedly
This board is hand-assembled as a scarce, early 20th-century hybrid baseball + playing card parlor game from a regional maker, using chromolithographic paper-on-wood construction
It’s a 3-step process:
1. Printed sheets (field + labels)
2. Hand-glued onto wood
3. Sealed with varnish (sometimes brushed on)
That varnish: Worn with early halftone / litho patterns
- Artwork: Chromolithograph (printed)
- Labels: Printed + applied
- Board: Wood, factory-made
- Finish: Hand-applied varnish
Antique games & collectors - Investment
- • Early baseball collectors
- • Playing card collectors
- • Folk/naive design collectors
Antique Billiard / Pool Table Combination Recreation Board – Baseball, Poker & Gaming”
- 1. Printed sheets (field + labels)
- 2. Hand-glued onto wood
- 3. Sealed with varnish (sometimes brushed on)
Condition: Decal Paper layer flaking off Revealing: Brown wood underneath / Honest age-related wear throughout (see photos)
Surface shows expected paper loss, flaking, and patina / Graphics remain visible and display well / Structural integrity is solid / Corner Repair Visible / Wood Abrasions / Layer Delamination on areas / Wood Loss / Impressions / Surface Wear / Soiling / Edge Wear / stains
Consistent typeface thickness
Mechanical ink transfer pattern chromolithographic printing
• “Antique Baseball Game Board”
• “Combination Recreation Board”
• “Bagatelle Style Baseball Game”
• “Peoria Illinois Schafer”
• “Early 1900s Parlor Game”
• “Playing Card Game Board”
• Baseball game (green field)
• Poker game (your card inserts)
• Keno / number game (your numbered holes)
How it worked:
• Board sits on top of a pool table
• Player shoots balls into holes
• Outcomes determined by:
• Hole number
• Card landed on for 5 card poker
• Instruction label
Billiards collectors
• Gambling device collectors
• Bar / saloon decor buyers
Superb pool hall crossover piece
This is a multi-game billiard/parlor board designed to sit atop a pool table and be played using balls, combining elements of:
• Baseball gameplay (central diamond field)
• Playing card mechanics (integrated card imagery throughout)
• Chance-based outcomes (instruction panels such as “Sacrifice Fly,” “2-Base Hit,” etc.)
• Scoring holes / numbered targets
Original chromolithographic printed graphics applied to wood
• Printed instruction panels and card inserts
• Factory-drilled scoring holes
• Original surface with aged varnish
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- bagatelle baseball game
- playing card game board antique
- pool table game board vintage
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- antique gambling game board
- early 1900s parlor game
- vintage arcade style game
- Americana game board
