by Pauline McCallum | Sep 6, 2021
This recent ‘fresh meat’ purchase was a frenzied auction as a single bidder threw in his kitchen sink with some 19 bids out of 40 in a vain attempt to win this desirable looking set turned in rosewood/boxwood. The dating is guesswork, as if it was as early...
by Pauline McCallum | Aug 27, 2020
This set and box was a wonderful surprise gift from my wife Pauline. The curious collectors will notice the little knops on both rooks and knights instead of crown stamps used to denote both king’s side pieces. A fellow collector believes these chessmen may have...
by Pauline McCallum | Jul 15, 2020
This delightful set was a private purchase some 12 years ago, yet this set poses a quality question for collectors. On the internet this set is described as a ‘Jaques’ (just type ‘St George chess’ and see this on on Google photos), but it is...
by Pauline McCallum | May 29, 2020
Here we have a type of collectors dilemma, as this decent quality set has a familiar look about it. However when this set is compared to a stamped Jaques Saint George via Google photos, the collector is tempted to make a claim that such a set is a Jaques . Upon close...
by Pauline McCallum | May 24, 2020
This unstamped quality set in turned boxwood and rosewood was purchased by me for a bargain price without an original box and a significant amount of damage around 2 years ago at the Ingliston Antique Fair near Edinburgh hosted at the Royal Highland Centre. As an...
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