Rare, vintage 1958 Parker Brothers Business Trading Game Finance and Fortune

Rare, vintage business trading game from Parker Brothers published in 1958. Game is 100% complete and is in excellent condition for its 65+ years of age. Minor box. edge wear with evidence of some box repair. See photos for details. In 1932, Finance was first published through L. S. Ayres & Co, and then by Electronic Laboratories. The name was changed to Finance after legal council advised game developer Dan Layman that the name "Monopoly" was (at that time) in the public domain. Though slight differences appeared in regional play of the game, the game was remarkably similar to the Darrow version of Monopoly. Parker Brothers wanted to promote the Charles Darrow version of the game, even though they knew that it was not Mr. Darrow's creation. However, Dan Layman had already published Finance, and the game had been around for years. According to a Time Magazine article dated February 17th, 1936: "I wrote the entire rulebook for the game of Finance in 1931 (copyrighted 1932) and simplified the old game of Monopoly for manufacturing purposes..." --Dan Layman Parker Brothers changed Finance so it was less similar to Monopoly and in 1935 created a front organization called the Finance Game Company in order to market the game. Parker Brothers made additional changes in 1936 and published it with the Parker Brothers name, after which the Finance Game Company was never heard from again. Stored in smoke free environment. Well packaged for shipping. We ship fast!