Description
A rare Radio themed card game dating from the early twentieth century. Sparx or “Listening In” was published in 1925 by Chad Valley of Harborne, England. This beautifully illustrated game features a full complement of 51 cards with seven sets of seven representing various locations. The most valuable location suit, worth 100 points, is Daventry where the first U.K. wide, high powered transmitter was based. The other location suits are for London, Birmingham, Manchester, Glasgow, Newcastle and Cardiff. There are also two special cards representing the American Broadcast Station KDKA and the Oscillator Card. The original box is in good condition for its age and has a delightful Christmas message to its first recipient on the underside of the lid (see photo). I have included a copy of the instructions.
NOTE: the stations featured in the game tie it down to between July 27th 1925 and August 20th 1927 (or shortly afterwards, due to the design/manufacturing delay). 5XX wasn’t from Daventry until the former date; and 5IT Birmingham closed on the latter.
Please refer to all the photos as these form an integral part of the item description
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