Possible sale of original Pente game
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Nov 5, 2000, 8:59 AM
In the 1970's I bought a Pente game that was being sold by the originator for the purpose of raising money to market the game. It is laminated and mounted on a rigid board. There were only 1000 made and each copy was numbered. I am posting to see if there might be any interest in the purchase of this. Contact at listener88@h...
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Re: Possible sale of original Pente game
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Nov 5, 2000, 11:35 PM
Interesting! Maybe we could have a pente club auction for this board? I have a wood laminated pente board that was given to the nightclubs in Dallas back in the 70s to promote the game. Mine has no numbers but may be the same board? Does anyone else have old origional pente boards? I heard a glass board was listed on ebay at one time.
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Re: Possible sale of original Pente game
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Nov 6, 2000, 3:34 AM
I don't want to turn this site into pente ebay, but I think we can use the board to auction this item if solitude is willing. Personally, I have some interest, but I am torn. On the one hand, I consider this a valuable collector's item for me. On the other hand, I know that Pente boards are hard to come by and that there are people even within this club who would like a board just to play on and do not have one. This latter sentiment would probably prevail in my case; thus, I probably would not bid.
I have a couple of questions for solitude. First, do you still have the stones and bags that came with the original? Second, do you have or could you take a picture or two of the set? People might like to see what they're bidding on. If you have pics, I would ask you to forward those to either myself or Mark Mammel, and we will post them on the club site.
Aaron Fortune
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Re: Possible sale of original Pente game
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Nov 6, 2000, 11:16 PM
Speaking of ebay and pente boards, there are some always for sale there. Mostly black and red tube games. I have not seen a wood or glass board but did hear a glass board was offered at one time. The board mentioned by mysolitide would be a great collectors item and it probably wouldn't hurt to play a few games on it. Can't a picture be posted on each of our member pages? We should all have a picture of ourselves there. It would be a great tool for increasing our membership.
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Re: Possible sale of original Pente game
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Nov 9, 2000, 6:32 PM
Hello Aaron.. Yes I have the stones and bags. In fact the board has never been played on. The game came with a signed and notarized certificate of ownership/authenticity. My game was bought in June 1978 and is number 408. I will try to scan the certificate and also get a picture as soon as I can.
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