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Tiddlywinks Bibliography

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The Tiddlywinks Bibliography is a compendium of all substantive and obscure citations to the game of tiddlywinks in all available resources:  newspapers, magazines, books, government records, images, audio, video, websites, etc.  In other words, if the game of tiddlywinks was mentioned either briefly or in detail, it should be in the Tiddlywinks Bibliography.

Introduction · Newspapers · Schools · Magazines · Books · Letters etc.· Diaries and Narratives · Photographs · Video/Audio · Comics · Visual Art · Tiddlywinks Publications · Equipment · Patents · Trademarks · Copyrights · Legal Cases · Miscellaneous · Museums & Collections

Books

Classification Key · Nonfiction · Literature and Fiction · Dictionaries and Etymology · Directories · Catalogs/Antiques · Rabelais · T'an Chi

Catalogues and Antique Prices

  Bill Alexander and Anne D. Williams. The game catalog: U.S. games through 1950. American Game Collectors Association. © 1997. Sixth edition, Seventh edition (November 1997), Eighth edition (1998), online edition (gamecatalog.org). Many pages. Original (NATwA)
  American Wholesale Corp. catalogue. Jan 1921. Page 139. 96c to $3.
  Catherine Murphy and Kyle Husfloen. The antique trader: antiques and collectibles price guide, 4th edition. © 1987. Pages 439, 446 (Mumbly Peg)
  Kyle Husfleon, Antique trader, 12th edition, © 1991, 1992 prices, Babka Publishing Co.; page 468 (Parker Brothers) <t>
  Army and Navy cooperative society store catalogues (of 1907). Pages 1033, 1035. (Reprinted by Frederick A. Praeger Inc. in 1969 as The very best English goods. Also in Yesterday's shopping.)  
  Milton Bradley catalogue. 1900-1 (see McClinton, Antiques of American childhood.)
  Milton Bradley catalogue. 1910. Excerpt
  Milton Bradley catalogue. 1940. Page 33 Excerpt
  Milton Bradley catalogue. 1950. Number 90. Excerpt
  Milton Bradley catalogue. Senior combination board directions. 1954. Page 14 Excerpt
  Butler Brothers. Our drummer. 1895 (see Schroeder)
  Butler Brothers. Our drummer. 1914 (see Schroeder)
  Butler Brothers. Our drummer. Sep 1939. Page 51. Tiddledy winks and Snap Tennis
  Butler Brothers. Our drummer. Winter & Holiday 1939. Page 59. Tiddledy winks and Snap Tennis
  Roger Case and Tom Hamnel. Toys & Prices. 1994. Krause Publications © 1993. (p299: Donald Duck Tiddley Winks c1950, $6, $10, $15; p217: Pan Cake Tiddly Winks, Russel Mfg. Co. c1920, $55, $90, $145; p322 picture of Parker tiddledy winks with girl c1910.; p328: Tiddle Winks, Doremus Schoen & Co. (no year), $15, $25, $40; p328: Tiddley Winks Game, Wilder Mfg . Co. c1920, $40, $65, $104)
  U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. A consumers guide for selecting toys - Which toy for which child ages six through twelve. Pub. No. 286, produced in 1985 by Dr. Barbara Goodson and Dr. Martha Bronson, under contract to CPSC. Page 10 ("Older School Age 9, 10, 11, and 12 Years", "Physical", "enjoys dexterity games pick-up sticks, marbles, jacks, darts, ring toss, tiddlywinks")
 

Mark Cooper, M.D. (with Douglas Congon-Martin). Baseball games. Home versions of the national pastime 1860s-1960s. © 1995. Schiffer Publishing Ltd, Atglen PA.

  • Page 102: Winko Baseball, 1945, a "tiddledy-wink"-type game. The plastic disc is flipped by the bat from a felt covered home plate. Where it lands on the board determines the play. Milton Bradley 19"x16". From the Cooper collection.
    Value A-B ($50-$300)
Original (NATwA)
  Lee Dennis. Warman's Antique American Games, 1840-1940, Wallace-Homestead, ©1986, 1991. Pages 15, 22, 29 (Parlor Quoits), 33 (Mumbly Peg), 58 (two), 59, 91, 92, 96, Plate 4 (between 96 & 97), 124, 130 (quoits), 145, 165, 170, 171, 173

Important

Original (NATwA)

  T. Eaton Co. (Timothy Eaton) (Toronto). Fall and winter catalogue 1892­3. Page 67 See Glazebrook for reprints of pages
  T. Eaton Co. (Timothy Eaton) (Winnipeg). Christmas catalogue. 1908. Page 19. Illustration. See Glazebrook for reprints of pages
  T. Eaton Co. (Timothy Eaton) (Toronto). Fall and winter catalogue 1918­9. Page 520. Illustration. See Glazebrook for reprints of pages
 

A. W. Gamage Ltd. Gamage's Christmas bazaar 1913. @@@

  • Page 208 with illustration of game: Star Tidley winks price 1/9 post 3d
    J. W. S. & S. [J. W. Spear & Son]
  • Page 211
  • Page 212: Tiddledy Winks Ten Pins (Parker Brothers), Price 9d. Postage 3d. [with illustration]
  • Page 212: Tidley Winks-J. W. S. & S. [John W. Spear & Sons],
    With Bone Counters, 4 d. and 6d. set. With Vegetable Ivory Counters, 6D., 1/20
  • Page 214,
  • Page 219 (Ball Tidleywinks-The Chad Valley Games),
  • Page 222 (two: Tiddledy-Winks at Sea-J. Jaques & Son; Tiddledy Winks-J. W. Spear)
Photocopy
  George P. de T. Glazebrook, editor. A shopper's view of Canada's past; pages from Eaton's catalogues 1886­1930. ©1969. Pages 15, 128, 205
 

Hake's Price guide to Character Toy Premiums, No. 1, © 1996. Gemstone Publishing.

  • Page 515: General Mills "Trix TRX-1.  Tiddly Wink Miniature Plastic Game c. 1960s.  Lidded container holding small dexterity game featuring disks picturing Trix Rabbit.  $8 $15 $20" (good, fine, near mint) illustratedß
  Bud Hastin's New 14th edition 26th Anniversary Avon Products & California Perfume Company & Collector's encyclopedia. © 1995. Page 449 ("Kanga Winks. 1971-72. 7" high yellow & orange plastic bottle with pink hat, holds 8 oz. Of bubble bath. Box also holds black plastic target and package of 16 plastic chips for tiddlywinks. OSP $4 CMV $4 complete set $1 Kangaroo only, $6, set MB"
 

Marget K. Hofer, New-York Historical Society, Liman Collection. The games we played: the golden age of board & table games

  E. I. Horsman [Jr.]. 1892 catalogue. In Herb Siegel's collection.
  House of Collectibles. The 1983 official guide to prices of antiques and other collectibles, 3rd edition. © 1982. Page 339
  Thomas E. Hudgeons III, editor. 1984. © 1983. Page 378
  Thomas E. Hudgeons III, editor (House of Collectibles). The official 1984 price guide to collectible toys. 1st edition, © 1983. Page 262
  Sharon & Bob Huxford, editors. Schroeder's antiques price guide. 2nd edition, © 1984.
  Schroeder's antiques price guide, 10th edition, © 1992. Page 242 ["Walt Disney Tiddley-Winks, 1963, NM {near mint} 27.50"]
  Sharon & Bob Huxford, editors. Schroeder's antiques price guide, 11th edition, © 1993. Collector Books (Schroeder Publishing), Paducah KY. Page 239 ["Tiddly winks, Milton Bradley , 1932, $15]
  Schroeder's, 1996. Page 226 ("Tiddle Tennis Ex $35"). Page 227 ("Mickey Mouse tiddly winks, Chad Valley, NMID $275")
  Schroeder's. 16th edition. © 1998.  Collector Books.  Page 222 ("Tiddley Winks, Transogram, 1939, EX in VG box $24.00")
 

Jordan, Marsh and company. Jordan, Marsh illustrated catalog of 1891. Reprinted in 1991. Philadelphia: Athenaeum of Philadelphia. New York: Dover Publications.

  • Page 92
  William C. Ketchum Jr. The catalog of American collectibles. © 1979. Page 298
  Ralph M. and Terry H. Kovel. The [Kovel's] complete antiques price list. 2nd edition. ©1969. Page 473 <t>
  Ralph M. and Terry H. Kovel. The [Kovel's] complete antiques price list. 9th edition. ©1976. Page 217 <t>
  Ralph M. and Terry H. Kovel. The [Kovel's] complete antiques price list. 10th edition. 1977­78. Library of Congress number NK1125.K64. Page 226 <t>
  Ralph M. and Terry H. Kovel. The [Kovel's] complete antiques price list. 11th edition. 1978. Page 694.
  Ralph M. and Terry H. Kovel. The [Kovel's] complete antiques price list. 12th edition. © 1979. Pages 211 (two), 647
 

Ralph M. and Terry H. Kovel. The [Kovel's] complete antiques price list. 14th edition. © 1981.

  • Page 238: Pitchem Winks
  Ralph M. and Terry H. Kovel. The [Kovel's] complete antiques price list. 15th edition. © 1982. Page 276
  Ralph M. and Terry H. Kovel. The [Kovel's] complete antiques price list. 16th edition. © 1983. Page 275
 

Ralph M. and Terry H. Kovel. The [Kovel's] complete antiques price list. 24th edition. 1992, © 1991.

  • Page 347: Little Kittens Tiddlywinks by Spears
<t>
 

Ralph M. and Terry H. Kovel. The [Kovel's] complete antiques price list. 28th edition. © 1996.

  • Page 356: tiddlywinks, 1932, $18
<t>
 

Ralph M. and Terry H. Kovel. The [Kovel's] complete antiques price list. 30th edition. © 1998

  • Page 359: Dennis the Menace Tiddlywinks, Whitman, $35.00

  • Page 364: Tiddlywinks, Huckle Berry Hound, 1960, $23.00
  Kresge's Katalog 5c and 10c; merchandise. Page 92. Random House. Reprint of 1913 catalogue.
  David Longest. Toys: antique and collectible. Collector Books (Schroeder Publishing), Paducah KY. ©1990 (values updated 1992). Pages 132 ("Blinkey Blinx Tiddley Winks Game, 1929, $30-$65"), 134 ("Fiddle (sic) Tennis, manufactured by Schoenhut, 1938, $25-$50"), 134 ("Donald Duck Tiddley Winks Game, boxed, 1950s, $10-$20"), 137 ("Ludwig von Drake Tiddley Winks, Disney, Whitman, 1960s, $10-$20")
  David Longest. Antique and collectible toys 1870-1950. © 1994. Page 87 ("Milton Bradley 4287 Tiddledy-Winks [with MB logo in circle with center line] $50-100" [Box is square, girl at left, boy at right, dog at top, cat at bottom])
  David Longest. @@@ [~~ "McLoughlin Game of Basket Ball, $60-900, very rare"]
  Grace McFarland. The official price guide to antiques and other collectibles. © 1979. Pages 154­155
  Make it rich 1982 price guide/antiques and flea markets. © 1982. Page 123
  Roderick A. Malloy. Malloy's Sports Collectibles Value Guide. © 1993 Attic Books (Wallace-Homestead). ISBN 0-915018-48-9. Pages 154 ("Tiddle Flip Baseball" by Modern Craft Ind., 1949, 25.00), 155 ("Winko Baseball" by Milton Bradley, 60.00), 160 ("Tiddley Golf Game" by Milton Bradley, 1928, 100.00)  
  Jack Mathew. Toys go to war. © 1994, Pictorial History Publications. Page 82 (black & white photo of Corey Games' Tiddly Winks Barrage, "A number of toy makers including Corey Games, producer of Tiddly Winks Barrage, and Samuel Lowe Co. marketed games that were versions of tiddly winks. The games sold for about 29 cents.")
  A. C. McClurg & Company. Illustrated Holiday Catalogue 1891. Page 383 (A.W.P., "GAME OF TIDDLEDY WINKS" illustration plus 7 or more editions for sale.) Digital copy
  McLoughlin Brothers. McLoughlin's Christmas annual. 1905. Page 130  
  Robert W. Miller, Flea Market Price Guide. 5th edition, ©1984. Page 153 ("Tiddly Winks, all pieces $4-$8)
  Alice L. Muncaster & Ellen Yanow. The cat made me buy it!. ©1984. Crown Publishers, New York. [HF5827.M86; ISBN 0-517-55338-4]. Pages 22 (color photo of ~1930 J. W. Spear and Son set: LITTLE KITTENS TIDLEY WINK GAME box top, target of two cats with mouths open), 23. Original (NATwA)
  Alice L. Muncaster & Ellen Yanow Sawyer. The cat sold it. ©1986. Crown Publishers, New York. [HF5827.M87; ISBN 0-517-56303-7]. Pages 10, 11 (color photo of 1892 McLoughlin Brothers set #7748: COMBINATION TIDDLEDY WINKS with two cats on box cover. Original (NATwA)
  Alice L. Muncaster & Ellen Sawyer. The dog made me buy it!. ©1990. Crown Publishers, New York. [HI-5827.M873; ISBN 0-517-57453-5] Page 76 (color photo of ~1920s Parker Brothers set #42: Playmates TIDDLEDY WINKS with girl rolling hoop, boy with schoolbooks, and dog. Original (NATwA)
  Parker Brothers. Illustrated Catalogue of Games. 1897. Sets numbered 35, 50, 34, 33a, 33, 32, 43, 80, 38, 29, 29a, 29b; 14 (Hop Scotch Tiddledy Winks), 16 (Progressive Tiddledy Winks) Photocopy
  Parker games 1949­1950. Excerpt
  Allan Petretti, Petretti's Coca Cola collectibles price guide. Nostalgia Publications, Hackensack NJ. ©1991. Page 219 (photo of Milton Bradley set Winko Baseball)

9th edition, © 1994. Nostalgia Publications, Hackensack NJ and Wallace-Homestead, Radnor PA. Page 273 ("Winko Baseball $165" with black & white photo)

10th edition © 1997.  Antique Trader Books.   Page 334 ("GAMES Milton Bradley 1940s-50s PTY120.BS0  Winko Baseball $225" illustrated.  Small box has "Complements of the Coca Cola Company"and Coke bottle on right.)

 
  Harry L. Rinker, Collector's guide to toys, games, and puzzles. Wallace-Homestead Book Co., Radnor PA. ©1991. Page 135 (photo of IB&W set TIDDLEDY WINKS The New Merry Game)  
 

Harry Rinker. Warman's antiques & their prices. 1995

  • Page 321: Hop Scotch Tiddledy Winks, Parker Brothers, 1891, 10¼ x 6¾, 1 cup, 20 winks, 2 felt pads, 1 hopscotch court, advertising leaflet, rules leaflet, $60
  Steve Quertermous. Fleas market trader II. 2nd edition, © 1979. Page 140  
  Joseph J. Schroeder Jr., editor. The wonderful world of toys, games & dolls. ©1971. [GV1200.S3]. Pages 99 (Butler Brothers (three): 2 Tiddledy Winks and Hop Scotch Tiddledy Winks), 188 (Butler Brothers: Ring the Pin), 230 (Sears (two): Tiddledy Winks & set of three discontinued games), 231 (Sears: Grasshopper Tennis) Photocopy
  Schroeder. 1996. Pages 226 (Tiddle Tennis, O. Schoenhut, Ex., $35), 227 (Mickey Mouse tiddly winks, Chad Valley Games, NMIB, $275)
  Schroeder's collectible toys antique to modern price guide. 3rd edition © 1997. Collector Books. Page 229 ("Barnyard Tiddledy Winks, Parker Brothers, 1930, complete, MIB from $50 to $95" with black & white photo), page 231 ("Dennis the Menace Tiddlywinks EX, V1, $20"), page 233 ("Improved Game of Tiddlywinks (sic) McLoughlin Bros., 1890, complete, EX (EX box), A $50"), page 236 ("Popeye's Game, Parker Brothers, 1948, missing few tiddlywinks, NM (EX box) A $200")

4th edition.  © 1998.  Edited by Sharon & Bob Huxford, Collector Books.  (Page 251: "Mickey Mouse Tidleywinks, Chad Valley, 1935, EXIB, A... $425.00"; Page 254 (illustration): "Tiddly Winks Barrage Game, Corey Games, oWorld War II, EX (EX box) F3, $125.00")

  F. A. O. Schwarz. Catalogues 1911 to present, including:
  Christmas review 1912 Excerpt
  Christmas catalogue 1952 Excerpt
 

Sears, Roebuck & Co. Consumer's guide. Spring 1896. Number 102.

  • Page 325 with descriptive text ("winks", "pot")
<t>
  Sears, Roebuck & Co. Consumer's guide. Fall & Winter 1896-7. Number 103. Same content as Number 102 <t>
 

Sears, Roebuck & Co. Consumer's guide. Fall 1897. Number 105.

  • Page 716 has a tiddlywinks illustration
<t>
  Sears, Roebuck & Co. Consumer's guide. Spring 1898. Number 106. Page 331. Same content as Number 105 <t>
  Sears, Roebuck & Co. Consumer's guide. Fall 1898. Number 107. Page 338. Same content as Number 105 <t>
 

Sears, Roebuck & Co. Consumer's guide. Fall 1900. Number 110. (Note that catalogue number 110 is also used to identify another, different catalogue.)

  • Page 643 has 3 illustrations including: Ring-A-Peg
<t>
  Sears, Roebuck & Co. Consumer's guide. Fall 1901. Number 111. Same content as Number 110. (Note that catalogue number 111 is also used to identify another, different catalogue.) <t>
  Sears general catalogue. 1919. See Schroeder.
  Sears, Roebuck & Co. catalogue. Fall and Winter 1927. Page 577 (two, including Pitchem winks). Abridged in 1970 reprint.
  Sotheby's, Pictures from the collection of Sir David and Lady Scott. 2008. Pages 72-75 (images and description of the painting, Tiddley Winks, by William Somerville Shanks)
  Wallace­Homestead price guide to antiques. 10th edition, © 1984. Page 213 ($14­19)
  Montgomery Ward & company catalogue and buyer's guide. Fall and Winter 1894­95. Page 233
  Montgomery Ward & company catalogue and buyer's guide. #57, Spring and Summer 1895. Reprinted © 1969­Dover. Page 236 (five versions)
  Montgomery Ward catalogue. 1922, reprinted 1969 by Hal L. Cohen. Page 418 (19c semi­transparent winks)
  Edwin G. Warman. Warman's 13th antiques & their prices. Page 305
  Edwin G. Warman. Warman's 14th antiques & their prices. 1977. Page 370
 

P. S. Warman. Warman's 15th antiques & their prices. 1978.

  • Page 345 with a game © 1890 listed for $20
 

Stuart W. Wells III and Alex G. Malloy. Comics collectibles and their values. © 1996. Wallace-Homestead, Radnor PA.

  • Page 236: Popeye's Game: Tiddly Winks type (Parker Bros.) $225"
    Popeye Ring Toss (Rosebud Art 1937) $75")

  • Page 238: Popeye's Game, tiddly winks-type game Parker Brothers 1948 $135
  Bruce Whitehill. Games: American boxed games and their makers, 1822-1992, with values. [GV1312.W48]. ©1992. Pages 31, 33, Plates 2 and 7 after page 38, 61, 62, 66 (FLIP IT), 73, 76, 79, 89 (two), 93, 95, 100 (two), 120, 121 (two), 125, 125, 126, 127, 143, 152, 157 (two), 167, 168 (two), 169 (two), 171 (two), 172 (two), back cover.

Important

Original (NATwA)

 

Helen and Al Wilson. Wilson's Coca-Cola price guide. © 1994. Schiffer Publishing Ltd, Atglen PA.

  • Page 151 with black & white photo: 1940s Winko Baseball board game, M.I.B. $300
 
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