by Pauline McCallum | Aug 31, 2020
I purchased this nice quality set last year on Ebay from a seller ‘Kenandian’ via an offer. This weighted set with a 9cms king (by no means heavily weighted) came with its original box that has a less common feature where the 4 corners have angled strips...
by Pauline McCallum | Aug 15, 2020
I recently purchased this cute bone Staunton set from the charming Madrid based Ebay seller Colle uk aka Fran Orantos, which I believe is rather scarce. The set’s maker is unknown, and I have three wooden sets with these knights (that I decided to call...
by Pauline McCallum | Jul 23, 2020
Here we are in July 2020, and yet I purchase a bone ‘rodent/rat’ knight Chinese set in okay condition on Ebay with an ugly looking chip from a red rook. A careful looking study of the horses’ teeth reminds me of the nasty looking rats from the...
by Pauline McCallum | Jul 21, 2020
This delicate Staunton set was purchased recently on the Bay. I believe this set to have been of Chinese origin – why? CCI researcher Michael Mark advises in his findings on far eastern sets to study the screw threads, as they tend to be shorter than British...
by Pauline McCallum | Jun 12, 2020
This is an usually large bone Staunton , purchased on Ebay about 8 years ago from antique chess shop.com, with a 10 cm king in a competitive auction I sneaked home in …. phew!, as I badly wanted this set. The bovine bone just might have suited Howard Staunton....
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