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<p>[QUOTE="Shangas, post: 10001314, member: 360"]The second one you bought definitely looks more complete. Looks about the same age, 40s, 50s. Plastic sets became all the rage in the mid-1900s. Before then, they were all laboriously made by hand - 144 tiles - that's a LOT of handwork. </p><p><br /></p><p>It's complete, the case looks to be in surprisingly good condition, which, as I said before, is not always the case. A new handle could easily be made for it out of leather or something, provided that the rest of the case is in good condition. </p><p><br /></p><p>As for the other sets, they look OK, but $1,000 is insane.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Shangas, post: 10001314, member: 360"]The second one you bought definitely looks more complete. Looks about the same age, 40s, 50s. Plastic sets became all the rage in the mid-1900s. Before then, they were all laboriously made by hand - 144 tiles - that's a LOT of handwork. It's complete, the case looks to be in surprisingly good condition, which, as I said before, is not always the case. A new handle could easily be made for it out of leather or something, provided that the rest of the case is in good condition. As for the other sets, they look OK, but $1,000 is insane.[/QUOTE]
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