Niagara Falls man selling collection of 1,146 Monopoly board games

A Niagara Falls man is looking for a new home for his vast Monopoly collection after spending decades collecting over 1,000 board games.

Bert Dandy collected 1,146 copies over the years of a beloved game that has been played by billions of people, and is most likely a staple in family game nights.

“Some I bought as a kid, a couple more as a young adult, a few more when my kids were growing up,” said Dandy.

The 82-year-old’s collection really took off when he retired about 12 years ago.

“Since then I’ve been going around to thrift shops, auction sales online,” said Dandy.

Dandy would also search for monopoly games while on vacation.

“Went to Ireland last year and I took an empty carry-on bag inside my luggage so I can buy games,” said Dandy. “I didn’t buy any, but it was in case I found some unique ones.”

He’s found some pretty unique versions of the popular board game over the years — he’s got some from Australia and even a Russian copy.

Typically, Dandy says he’d spend between $10 to $20 for a game and guesses he’s dropped about $15,000 total on them — and we’re not talking about Monopoly money.

“I didn’t realize how big it was,” said Dandy. “You buy one or two at a time and stacked them up in my house, until they pretty much pushed me out of the house.”

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He realized then that his collecting days had to “Go Directly to Jail, Do Not Pass Go,” so he quit buying games.

He moved them all to a storage unit, and now he’s rolling the dice and taking a chance that someone will buy them up like a property on the board.

“Now I hope to find a liquidator that will buy the whole works at once and dispose of them I suppose,” said Dandy. “Failing that, I’ll try to find buyers for a big chunk of them.”

But just because he’s selling, doesn’t mean he doesn’t still love his favorite board game.

“It’s strategy: trying to plan ahead, there’s a lot of negotiating, bargaining so it’s not just the luck of the dice — it’s making decisions to buy or not to buy,” said Dandy.

He doesn’t just snap up Boardwalk and Park Place.

“I try to collect sets in the popular areas,” said Dandy. “The most popular on the board are the orange ones — they’re landed on more than other properties.”

Dandy hopes to pass his passion for the Milton Bradley game down to his grand and great grandchildren.

Bert Dandy, the collector of Monopoly.

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