Gavitt's Stock Exchange

Gavitt's Stock Exchange is widely credited as the inspiration for the perennial best-seller Pit. The only thing it has in common with the Pit game is the open-outcry method for trading cards and the objective of being the first to collect a complete set. Scoring also differs from the later Pit. Railway shares are worth between $125 and $250 (a narrow range than in Pit). The player who first corners a railway must shout "Topeka" in honor of Gavitt's hometown, and scores double the value of his 8