Selchow and Righter

Selchow and Righter was a 19th century Bay Shore, New York game manufacturer best known for the games "Parcheesi" and "Scrabble".

It dates back to 1867cite web
url=http://www.hasbro.com/scrabble/pl/page.history/dn/home.cfm
title=Hasbro Scrabble - History
year=2005] when it was founded as E.G. Selchow & Co. In 1880, to reflect his new partnership with John Righter, the company name was changed to Selchow and Righter. [cite journal
url=http://www.thebiggamehunter.com/_mgxroot/page_10768.html
title=A Brief History of American Games
journal=Toy Shop
year=1997] Games were also produced by Chaffee & Selchow, particularly between 1897 and 1902. Until the mid-twentieth century Selchow and Righter was considered a "jobber", a game company that produced and licensed other peoples' games.

Their first hit was "Parcheesi", which they purchased the rights to in 1870 and trademarked in 1874. In 1952 they licensed "Scrabble" from James Brunot, then purchased that trademark in 1972. Other notable S&R games include "Anagrams" (1934), which was a Victorian word game, originally published by Selchow and Righter, and "Jotto" (1955), which was licensed by Selchow and Righter in the 1970s.

Selchow and Righter was purchased by Coleco Industries in 1986 for USD|75 million in cash and notes. [citation
url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950DE6D8113BF930A25754C0A96F948260
title=Coleco Agreement
newspaper=New York Times
date=1986-05-06
year=1986] In 1989 Coleco declared bankruptcy and its primary assets were purchased by Hasbro for USD|85 million in cash, plus USD|28 million of options. [citation
url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950DE6D8113BF930A25754C0A96F948260
title=Hasbro's Purchase of Coleco's Assets
newspaper=New York Times
date=1989-07-13
year=1989]

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