This may well be described as a TAGO collectable (Try And Get One).
The use of the word ‘rare’ is so common in describing chess collectables it really has no value in my opinion –
even A U N T … T E A K has risen from her grave! My cynical views on descriptions are well deserved as sheer hard work, research, and patience pretty much convinces me that I have a correct view
on past and current descriptions.
British Chess Company offered a number of products in their Materials of War price list
dated 1893-94 that are none too easy to get if desired.
This neat looking collectable travel set is a treasure which could be taken to the heavens with me,
as the idea of selling it is a horror story!
Once sold such an item may never be collected again. We simply don’t know how many of these products were made.
When this surfaced on Ebay a quarter of a second’s glance suggested to me that it was a BCC product, and I double checked my BCC research info and confirmation was easy-no doubts surfaced, this was the real thing. Owners of such scarce items could do well to
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This item is described in page 314 in the Chess Players Annual and Club Directory 1893/94.
What we collectors want is proof rather than inspired selling guesswork with steep prices being charged.
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