Masterpiece - The Classic Art Auction Game

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He receives free and clear the top painting from the pile on the board, along with the top value card which will assign the value to the painting.

This article uses bare URLs, which are uninformative and vulnerable to link rot. Please consider converting them to full citations to ensure the article remains verifiable and maintains a consistent citation style. Several templates and tools are available to assist in formatting, such as reFill ( documentation) and Citation bot ( documentation). ( September 2022) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Any of the other players may, but are not required to, bid on one of his paintings. If he has more than one, the painting to be auctioned is selected by the player on his left. The new owner pays the former owner the high bid amount and he then receives the painting with its value card attached. In most aspects this is the same as the original U.S. release (1970) and it is stated on the box that the game contains 'Some Imported Components'. Play passes to the next player to the left after a high bidder has paid and received his painting and value card.The game ends when the last painting and value card are drawn from the board. Players add up their cash and the values of their paintings to determine their total assets.

When a painting is cashed in, the value card is displayed for other players to see and then both the painting and the card are placed aside, out of play for the remainder of the game.If he does not wish to buy the painting, the play automatically becomes a Bank Auction in which all players participate according to Bank Auction rules except that the player who refused the painting acts only as auctioneer and may not bid. The Painting cards remain the same size as previous editions, but feature different paintings from the Art Institute of Chicago, such as Paul Cézanne’s The Basket of Apples, Edward Hopper’s Nighthawks, James Abbott McNeill Whistler’s Violet and Silver – The Deep Sea, Paul Gauguin’s Old Women of Arles, and Vincent van Gogh’s Bedroom in Arles.