by Pauline McCallum | Mar 25, 2019
IT SEEMS EVERY SET HAS A GREAT STORY….. Back in the mid-2000’S John and I both debated in the Ebay Chess Collectors’ group, and it was great fun. So John, realising that that ‘The Lion’ had no Lyon set, placed these pieces in a package...
by Pauline McCallum | Mar 15, 2019
this elegant slender set is housed in an antique cutlery case which is very much not its original box, since many old sets surface without their correct boxes due to damage so it is important for collectors to note if a box is original when a set is given a different...
by Pauline McCallum | Mar 4, 2019
I was most fortunate when admiring this scarce item owned by an antique dealer over 12 years ago. With a 7cms king and an 11 inch x11 inch board, boardwork extremely well fitted out for the pieces which might be boxwood stained for the black side – I believe...
by Pauline McCallum | Mar 4, 2019
I was most fortunate in winning for this lovely cherry/wood ? czech set described as a deco one from the 1930’s.in only my second year of collecting with a 10cms king i managed to win this set on E Bay . such quality Czech sets don’t appear too often over...
by Pauline McCallum | Feb 26, 2019
For some years I have been mistaken by calling this lovely miniature in turned boxwood. When i purchased this set, privately in the early 2000’s, there were some missing pieces on the black side. The correct name for this type of set is a...
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