Lot 297: Ogden's Robin Cigarettes Advertising Hook-It Game Board
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A point-of-sale advertising game board for Ogden’s Robin Cigarettes, featuring a square wooden construction with a paper lithograph face. The central design displays a red circular ground with bold cream and black lettering reading SMOKE Ogden’s ‘ROBIN’ CIGARETTES, accompanied by the slogan FULL VALUE- COMPARE THEM!. The board is set with thirteen rusted metal hooks, each corresponding to a printed score value ranging from 1 to 14. Two illustrated packets of Robin cigarettes are depicted to the left and right margins. The face carries faint handwritten pencil notations including 1 FOR and RINGS. The reverse shows a hand-drawn pencil grid with various alphanumeric characters, suggesting subsequent use as a scoring board. The wooden backing exhibits numerous small flight holes consistent with historic woodworm activity.
15.5 inches across the flat top edge.
Condition report:
The paper lithograph surface shows significant age-related wear, including heavy foxing, staining, and substantial losses at the corners and edges (photo 1). There is visible bubbling and peeling to the paper face. All thirteen metal hooks are present but show heavy oxidation and rust (photo 1). The wooden board displays splintering at the edges, surface staining, and a large dark liquid stain to the upper edge of the reverse (photo 2). Numerous small holes from historic woodworm are visible across the reverse surface (photo 2).
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