WTB: Ethan Allen All Star Baseball Game

[GaryPassamonte]

Thanks for the info, Butch. The copyright date is 1952. The box has Ethan Allen with a red background. It is a " Special Edition " version with 63 position player discs and 16 pitcher discs. I assume I'm missing one position player disc. The players are old timers and current stars. The "current" pitchers are Pierce, Erskine, Lopat, Parnell, Staley, Roberts, Spahn, and Porterfield. Based on the pitchers, I would say 1952-1955?

[Butch7999]

Hi Gary, what you have is the 1954 Special Edition. The SE sets are generally in higher demand among collectors,
so if the box and disks are both in nice condition, and you put it up for sale or auction, you could probably
count on $150.-$200. minimum and possibly a lot more. Prices are all over the map for vintage ASB,
but we're confident in that conservative estimate for the rarely-seen '54 SE. It does hurt, but only a tiny bit,
that you're one disk short of a complete set. You do have all the pitchers. Porterfield, Staley, and outfielders
Baumholtz and Delsing are unique to the '54 standard and Special editions. If you put it up on eBay or
elsewhere on-line, do consider signing in and announcing that sale at the ASB forum we mentioned above --
some very avid collectors there among that friendly community of dedicated ASB gamers.

Oh, just so we're not contradicting ourselves -- Allen's name doesn't appear on the 1954 standard edition box,
but does on the red-box Special Edition.

[GaryPassamonte]

Thanks for educating me on my game, Butch. I got it a number of years ago with a bunch of other stuff and never really researched it.

[Dave Grob]

Great discussion. Like most things related to sports memorabilia, completeness matters. For me this is not a great concern as the box and name are key to what I am doing. Allen is a Cincinnati native, UC grad, former Red and pioneer with respect to gaming concepts. Just looking for a nice box and somewhat complete game to add to small grouping of artifacts I am building for donation to the Reds HoF.

Dave Grob
davegrob1@aol.com

[GaryPassamonte]

After learning more about the game, I think I'll keep the one I have. It does display well.

[Dave Grob]

I have found a copy of the game that meets my purpose. Thanks for the posts and to those that emailed me with options.

Dave Grob