Gavitts Stock Exchange
Age Range: 7 - 12
Price: $12.99
Phone: 800-540-2304
Year Released: 1903
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Another great product that has been improved and updated is Gavitt Stock Exchange. The original version came out in 1903 and it became one of the top games in America. This is a faithful reproduction including the original rules and marketing literature. Deal and trade cards to corner the railway stock market. Be the first to get all of the cards of one railway line. Call out “Topeka” and you’ll win the hand. The game includes 49 cards, the rules, the marketing literature, updated rules and it comes in a collectible tin storage box. In 1903 the game was popular because people enjoyed playing with different cards from regular cards used in card games and it’s a novelty that makes playing the game interesting. It’s one of the most popular games ever created. This is a game that helps children not only enjoy the game now but understand and appreciate the past and there is an authenticity. “The playing of turn of the century cards makes the game charming and fun to play” says Bernie DeKoven, a game expert.
Harry E. Gavitt was a successful American entrepreneur inventor. He invented the game as a promotional item. It became an unexpected smash hit. Many of the unique game mechanics are available today in other games. He ran a number of business activities in Topeka, Kansas. He created an automatic envelope stuffing machine. The game was re-discovered by the Australian Game collector Tony Fatseas. He created the exact replica of the game to include all of the finest details. Children will enjoy understanding that this is not a gambling game. It is an opportunity to learn about the stock market. The game in the days when it first came out was 35 cents. Harry E. Gavitt the inventor was the manager of the Gavitt Medical Company and it was his idea to distribute them as part of the advertising of one of their remedies called Gavitt’s System Regulator. The medical ad was in the card game when it was pronounced as the winning card and it was a clever way of advertising. The game was first distributed to 6000 medical agents and notified them to give them to their customers free. They also they gave a few sets to friends. Then the demand became so great that he decided to make a small charge for them. He removed the medical ad from the cards, increased the price to 35 cents, used better cardstock and attractively produced them. Then there was an even greater demand. It spread so rapidly in eight months that it surprised him. He began protecting his rights and had the game protected by copyright, trademark and patents. He was a developer of many ideas.
This is the first in the new Heirloom Game Series which re-introduces authentic reproductions of great American games.
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