PIT [card game]

Salem, Mass: Parker Brothers, 1912. Bull and Bear Edition. Original Wraps. Good. Bull and Bear Edition. Original Wraps. "Parker Brothers [Salem, Mass] developed The Pit card game in 1904, with this Bull and Bear edition dating between 1912 and 1915. Pit is a fast paced card game simulating the open outcry bidding system of the commodity exchange used at the Chicago Board of Trade which was known as the “Pit.” The original game consisted of seven commodities—wheat (100 points), barley (85 points), corn (75 points), rye (70 points), oats (60 points), hay (50 points) and flax (40 points)—which players would exchange until one player held nine cards of the same commodity and announced they have “a corner” on the market. The player gets the points for that commodity; doubling their points they hold the Bull, while the player holding the Bear loses 20 points. The game is played until a player reaches a set amount of points. Like many early 19th century games such as “Monopoly” or “Life,” Pit introduces children to modern American society economic systems into a youngster’s playtime. Heavily worn enclosure box, with chipped and worn edges, missing top and bottom, tape adhesive, else good and intact. Cards set complete with 53 cards. Red and gold screened box with dark blue illustrations.