564 | | Vintage, artisan, one-of-a-kind, large size Chess set Iron, over 8" king tall. Outstanding. Likely Canadian. Sale.
enlarge | Set | Metal | Canada | Yes | 8 |
495 | | Vintage Chess Knight Lamp Beautiful, Dark Green. Total height including the shade = 15", just knight = 8". Sale.
enlarge | Figurine-Sculpture | Porcelain-Ceramics | | Yes | 8 |
536 | | Hand painted Chess wine-glasses set of six Each painted with two versions of a different piece, in black and white and additional, partial chess board.
enlarge | Houseware | Glass-Crystal | USA | No | 8 |
780 | | Stunning Chess Agamograph by Yaacov Agam Beautiful Chess art by Israeli artist Yaacov Agam. Framed 18" x 18". Signed by the artist and numbered 75 out of 180. In this Agamograph, a complete chess board, 64 black and white squares, can be view from the right. As the viewpoint shifts to the left, a transition to color occurs and the final vi (more...)
enlarge | Houseware | Canvas | USA | No | 8 |
944 | | Law & Order Chess Set by Doug Anderson Law & Order - Incredible, humoristic and charming chess set. Every piece tells a story. Two different worlds clashing, the Lawful and the Outlaws.
Pieces vary in height, the tallest at over 8" and are mounted on a 2.5" round pedestals, one side black the other white. The board, size 24" x 24" wi (more...)
enlarge | Set | Porcelain-Ceramics | USA | No | 8 |
4 | | Birth of the Chess Queen - A History Marilyn Yalom
HarperCollins Publisher
First Perennial edition was published 2005 | Book | | | | 8.25 |
7 | | Chess - East and West, Past and Present A selection from the Gustavus A Pfeifer Collection
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Published 1968 | Book | | | | 8.25 |
8 | | Collector's Blue Books - Chess Sets F. Lanier Graham
Walker and Company, New York
Published 1968 | Book | | | | 8.25 |
88 | | Chess players, group
| Figurine-Sculpture | Porcelain-Ceramics | USA | | 8.25 |
271 | | Fantastic Figurine of Group Chess Players Dresden. Age unknown. Perfect condition. Beautifully painted, colors and scenery. sold | Figurine-Sculpture | Porcelain-Ceramics | Germany | No | 8.25 |
437 | | Vintage Chess Players Figurine from Italy Superb. One-of-a-kind. Signed by the artist.
Rare and sought after vintage Italian Toni Moretto Lo Scricciolo large ceramic figurine Study of Chess. Toni Moretto is an Italian artist born 1929 famous for his Lo Scricciolo ceramics. Each object required great artistic ability and sensitivity. Man (more...) | Figurine-Sculpture | Porcelain-Ceramics | Italy | Yes | 8.25 |
483 | | Vintage Vino Rosso Wine bottles Chess Set Rare. 1968. Complete. Large. Beautiful. Note a few labels missing. A few minor chips and a couple of pieces repaired over time. A couple of pieces still filled with wine(?). Overall, very good condition.
Labels read: "Vino Rosso, Wine Produced and Bottled in Italy, C.V.C.S Certaldo, Firenze Italia (more...)
enlarge | Set | Porcelain-Ceramics | Italy | Yes | 8.25 |
9 | | Pleasures and Treasures - Chessmen A.E.J. Mackett-Beeson
G.P.Putnam's Sons, New York
Published 1968
120 pages | Book | | | | 8.5 |
627 | | Vintage, Stunning Chess Playing Figurine Colonial group playing / kibitzing Chess. Dresden Marking. Raised on a metal frame, original. Gold accented. Observations: Minor, invisible repair to neck of the standing lady only visible under a magnifier, Possibly broken flower on the floor. Note that measurement just for the figurine - add about (more...)
enlarge | Figurine-Sculpture | Porcelain-Ceramics | Germany | Yes | 8.5 |
85 | | Chess players, group Dresden | Figurine-Sculpture | Porcelain-Ceramics | Germany | | 9 |
93 | | Chess players, group Dresden | Figurine-Sculpture | Porcelain-Ceramics | USA | | 9 |
782 | | research rare PALES S.L. Porcelain two men playing chess Extremely rare PALES S.L. Porcelain Figure/Statue of two men playing chess. Very detailed scene of elderly men having a leisurely game of Chess. One man waits so long for the other player to make his move, he falls asleep. Meanwhile there is another scene below of their furry companions - a cat a (more...)
enlarge | Figurine-Sculpture | Porcelain-Ceramics | Spain | Yes | 9 |
10 | | The Art of Chess Colleen Schafroth
Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, New York
Published 2002
175 pages | Book | | | | 9.25 |
11 | | SCHACHSPIELE WANDEL IM LAUFE DER KUNST-UNDKULTURGESCHICHTE Ursula Siebert, Jean-Loup Rousselot, Astrid Jaeger, Halvor Jaeger
Privatsammlung Jaeger
Staatliches Museum fur Volkerkunde Munchen
128 pages | Book | | | | 9.5 |
12 | | Chessmen A.E.J. Mackett - Beeson
Octopus Books
Published 1973
97 pages
123 illustrations in color and b&w | Book | | | | 9.5 |
89 | | Chess players, group, lamp
| Figurine-Sculpture | Porcelain-Ceramics | | | 9.5 |
102 | | Chess players, couple Dresden | Figurine-Sculpture | Porcelain-Ceramics | Germany | | 9.5 |
434 | | Fantastic Three-piece figurine, The Chess Players Vintage, extreme beauty, colorful, very detailed multi-piece figurine. You can see the wheels turning and the eye-glasses "steaming" on one player and the puzzled look of the other. Look at those long manicured fingers! All 32 chess pieces on and off the board! Perfect condition. Measurement are for (more...) | Figurine-Sculpture | Porcelain-Ceramics | Italy | No | 9.5 |
473 | | Extraordinary Murano Glass Blown Chess Set - Jews Catholics Venice, Italy. Most likely by master glass blower member of the Tossi family. One of a kind, unique. Beautiful. Resembles but different from chess sets/theme on display at the Corning museum of Glass (NY), another at the National Liberty Museum in Philadelphia and other galleries and private collect (more...)
enlarge | Set | Glass-Crystal | Italy | No | 9.5 |
13 | | Chessmen Frank Greygoose
Arco Publishing, Inc., New York
Published 1979
160 pages | Book | | | | 9.75 |
14 | | Chess as Metaphore in the art of Samuel Bak Introduction by Jeanlouis Cornuz
Pucker Art Publications, Boston, MA, USA
Published 1991 | Book | | | | 10 |
94 | | Chess players, group
| Figurine-Sculpture | Porcelain-Ceramics | USA | | 10 |
96 | | Chess players, group Dresden | Figurine-Sculpture | Porcelain-Ceramics | Germany | | 10 |
105 | | Chess players, mother and daughter Sale. | Figurine-Sculpture | Composite | China | Yes | 10 |
165 | | Chess players, two men Abstract by Austin Prodin, 1971. Sale. | Figurine-Sculpture | Porcelain-Ceramics | Canada | Yes | 10 |
630 | | OOAK Stunning large Chess game tile autographed by Susan Polgar Grandmaster Susan Polgar (born as Zsuzsanna Polgar) is a Hungarian-American chess player, and one of the strongest female players ever, having been Womens World Chess Champion from 1996 until 1999. She is an Olympic and World chess champion, a chess teacher, coach, writer and promoter and the head o (more...)
enlarge | Picture Art | Porcelain-Ceramics | Hungary | No | 10 |
15 | | Golombek's Encyclopedia of Chess Edited by Harry Golombek
Crown Publishers, Inc., New York
Published 1997
360 pages | Book | | | | 10.25 |
16 | | Games of the World - How to make them, How to play them, How they came to be Edited by Frederic V. Grunfeld
Ballantine Books, New York
Pblished 1975
280 pages | Book | | | | 10.5 |
106 | | Checkmate! Floating hand by Cutrone | Figurine-Sculpture | Composite | | | 10.5 |
107 | | Chess - A History Harry Golombek
G.P.Putnam's Sons, New York
1976
256 pages | Book | | | | 10.5 |
71 | | Chess players, group
| Figurine-Sculpture | Porcelain-Ceramics | | | 10.75 |
263 | | A History of Chess by Jerzy Gizycki Publisher - The Abby Library, London 1972, 371 pages. First published in Polish in 1960 by "Sport i Turystyka".
One of the most comprehensive and entertaining publications of the history and art of the game, following all the intricacies from ancient to modern times.
Lively text, accompanied (more...) | Book | | England | Yes | 10.75 |
17 | | The Imagery of Chess, Revisited Edited by Larry List
The Isamu Noguchi Foundation and Garden Museum, New York
George Braziller, Publishers, New York
Pblished 2006
209 pages | Book | | | | 11 |
18 | | Turned Chessmen - For collectors, players and woodworkers Mike Darlow
Fox Chapel Publishing Co. Inc., East Petersburg, PA, USA
Published 2004
168 pages | Book | | | | 11 |
20 | | The Art of Chess Pieces Isaac Maxovich Linder
"H.G.S." Publishers, Moscoe
Published 1994
288 pages
Sold | Book | | | No | 11 |
21 | | Wooden Chess Sets you can make Diana Thompson
Fox Chapel Publishing Co. Inc., East Petersburg, PA, USA
Published 2003
66 pages | Book | | | | 11 |
22 | | The World of Chess Anthony Saidy and Norman Lessing
A Ridge Press Book, Random House, New York
Published 1974
247 pages | Book | | | | 11 |
23 | | A Picture History of CHESS Edited by Fred Wilson
Dover Publications, Inc., New York
Published 1981
182 pages | Book | | | | 11 |
164 | | Chess Collectors International - Thirteenth Biennial Congress Various Authors, Edited by (yours truly) Israel Raphaelli
Boca Raton, Florida, USA meeting April 29th to May 4th, 2008
CCI Publication
200 pages; over 296 photos in color.
arrival2008 | Book | | | | 11 |
318 | | Unique, rare most beautiful Clowns playing chess with full set If you wondered what the clowns do between shows, wonder no more - it is obvious, they are playing Chess. A unique, vintage and fantastic chess playing figurine, signed by the artist by Italian artist Dino Bencini, known for his artistic, highly detailed, whimsical and charming real-life figurines. (more...)
enlarge | Figurine-Sculpture | Porcelain-Ceramics | Italy | No | 11 |
360 | | Cats & Dogs Chess Set by Doug Anderson Dogs and Cats - no need to describe this incredible chess set. Owners and pets look alike.
Every pair of major piece and pawn (pet) tell us a story such as the mail-man chewed by the Doberman, the Dalmatian sad for her puppies being sold at the pet store or the terrified cat being (rectal) exams (more...) | Set | Porcelain-Ceramics | USA | No | 11 |
404 | | Fantastic Giant Capodimonte Porcelain Chess Players Capodimonte Porcelain is widely considered to be among the finest Italian porcelain products in the world. For reference see http://popular.ebay.com/pottery-glass/capodimonte-porcelain.htm.
Very large, beautiful scene, outstanding colors and excellent condition. Likely first half of 20th C. Marke (more...)
enlarge | Set | Porcelain-Ceramics | Italy | Yes | 11 |
24 | | CHESS - an Illustrated History Raymond Keene
Simon and Schuster, New York
Published 1990
128 pages | Book | | | | 11.25 |
314 | | The Chess Game 1988 OOAK Hand made diorama chess playing hands in custom Lucite display. Hand made in New York by artists Helane and Bill Leonardi. Signed. Sold.
enlarge | Picture Art | Other | USA | No | 11.5 |
25 | | The Illustrated Guide to World Chess Sets Victor Keats
ST. Martin s Press, New York
Published 1985
240 pages; 273 b&w photographs; 50 Colour photographs
Sold | Book | | | No | 12 |