Before the National Toy Hall of Fame inducts a new class each fall, curators at the upstate New York attraction have to figure out how to showcase the honorees. It's not always easy. The hall aims to show how its toys have endured and evolved over the years, so it often displays older versions alongside newer ones.
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For example, when the jigsaw puzzle was inducted in 2002, they added one of the world’s first versions, a map of Europe pasted onto a thin mahogany board from 1766, alongside a child’s Donald Duck board puzzle from 1990. Not all of the toys inducted into the hall are specific products, either —Richard N. Winfield, First Amendment lawyer and former AP counsel, dies at 91
But staff is always on the lookout for playthings worth saving — keeping an eye on eBay and garage and estate sales, especially if a toy is already in, or seems bound for, the hall of fame. Some items are pursued at auction, the way a fine art museum might acquire a masterpiece. That’s how The Strong landed one of its most prized possessions, an originalhand-painted on oil cloth in 1933 by inventor Charles Darrow before the game went into mass production. With Monopoly in the hall of fame since 1998, the winning $146,500 bid at Sotheby’s in 2010 was over budget — but worth it.
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