An early 20th century Bakelite/Catalin chess set

An early 20th century Bakelite/Catalin chess set

by | Apr 26, 2022

A recent purchase from a very reliable seller from Germany on Ebay. With this fellow you get exactly what you pay for, with a very reliable and fair minded description:- FINE VERY RARE ANTIQUE BAKELITE STAUNTON PATTERN CHESS SET & CHESS BOX, C.1930 | eBay It is...
Early plastic Staunton chess set – possibly Ayres

Early plastic Staunton chess set – possibly Ayres

by | Sep 21, 2020

Here is a recent purchase of a Catalin plastic hand turned in its original box with tooled leather board. With a 7 cms king this lovely little set was listed on the Bay then re listed by Hospicecare. These charities do perform important services and I had an...
Small early plastic chess set

Small early plastic chess set

by | May 5, 2020

Here I have this small plastic set purchased way back in2007. There is a similar looking set on the chess antiques site hosted by Frank Camarrata described as ‘Gutta Purcha’, however as an exercise I took six pieces and showed them to a couple of local...
Spanish plastic chess set and inlaid chessboard

Spanish plastic chess set and inlaid chessboard

by | Mar 30, 2020

My very good friend and fellow chess collector, Joost Van Reij, sourced this info and also the indication “Stawton” is unique for Escardibul, as far as I know. This is one of the quotes I found on the internet about a wooden set:- ‘The company of...
SHYF plastic chess set – 1950’s?

SHYF plastic chess set – 1950’s?

by | May 25, 2019

This interesting set with a 4 inch king is a very tactile set made by a plastics firm from Chile, sold to me on E Bay as ‘bakelite’ ?! The SHYF company started making bakelite items in Chile from1932. With these scarce plastic sets I feel as a collector...