by Pauline McCallum | Jun 26, 2021
This item was sold by Dermot Rochford on Ebay, and this fitted box was presumably made for this set, but such a fitted case was unlikely made by any maker of such sets. The normal box would have been a stained slide lid box. I have kept this item since 2004, as this...
by Pauline McCallum | Jun 15, 2021
A few years ago I completed a private exchange deal with a dealer in chess sets. This delightful set is a quality one, and may well be rather scarce should intense eBay research count for something. This set has nicely carved knights with teeth that would intrigue...
by Pauline McCallum | Apr 20, 2021
This lovely little set was a private purchase from a CCI member around 2009. This unstamped cutie has a king base width of 3cms and a height of just about 6cms, inclusive of the ball finial, with no evidence of a broken piece like a cross??- no original box came with...
by Pauline McCallum | Apr 19, 2021
Since Google closed Picasa down for free public viewing a significant number of my purchases from the distant past have been hidden hence my website category ‘mature meat’. Back in the spring of 2014, this ‘treat to myself’ purchase came from...
by Jazziemack | Dec 12, 2018
This delightful English 19th century ivory chess set has been described without a scrap of information or evidence as a ‘Hastilow set’. Pure garbage – simply accepting similar looking sets seen via Google images is a load of bull. Why on earth did I...
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