by Pauline McCallum | May 15, 2020
A curious thing I have noted over my years of chess collecting is that the illustrated piece designs on many chess boxes bear a minimal resemblance to the housed chessmen inside. This rather cute little box is 6 inches x 3 inches and houses a small Regence wooden set...
by Pauline McCallum | Nov 27, 2019
As with any collector, I have a number of boxes and getting hold of original boxes for decent sets is not easy unless you are prepared to spend decent money. Getting a Jaques box with a decent label, or even a BCC one, one has to be careful as copy labels exist and...
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