by Pauline McCallum | Sep 25, 2021
A fairly recent purchase from auction house Morley’s via the Saleroom, with minimal damage and the original box lid missing – a not uncommon occurrence – so I ended up making one from scrap vintage material. Never throw out old stuff, as on occasion...
by Pauline McCallum | Jun 22, 2021
Recently I was asked by a collector a question about B & Co. chessmen. Probably the best place to look for images of these sought after sets is via Google images, but can they be trusted? For example, what is interesting about this set of mine, is that the four...
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...
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