Hi Tom -- did you buy it, are you selling it, or are you just wondering about it?
It looks to be an extremely nice example of the game, which should command a
bit of a premium over the prices it typically earns. But Dan is correct, the game is plentiful, and the price Chris paid is right in the wheelhouse for an example missing some of the playing pieces.
We have seen a couple of examples go for nutty-high prices -- $390. in an eBay Live auction just a year and a half ago, $310. at Hunt six years back -- but those really inflate the average, which is just under $90. for examples in complete and very nice condition, and closer to $60. with the oddball high prices thrown out. Incomplete or in lesser condition, $25.-$35. is normal, although we've also seen a handful of very presentable examples get away for as little as $10.-$15.
For the record, Parker Brothers produced the game from 1908 until at least 1924, and that long shelf-life plus its popularity back in the day account for its fairly ready availability 85-100 years later. There are several subtle variations in the box design, and the yellow-border edition, which we
believe to be the last and most recent, actually seems to be the easiest to find. It's also seen with the navy border and aprons (we
think that's the first edition), a red border and aprons, and a pale grey border and aprons.
Parkers revived
Peg Base Ball as
Peg Base Ball Game, with a complete revamp of the graphics, in 1936, then revived their 19th-century dice baseball games -- that is, an entirely different set of playing rules -- and sold those in the same 1936
Peg Base Ball Game box through the 1940s before revising the graphics again for each of three more editions (retitled
Game of Peg Baseball) in 1954, 1957, and 1961. More than you wanted to know...