953 | | Beautiful Purim Chess set by Kosher inc. Wonderful and colorful chess set based on the biblical book "Megilat Esther". This set unfolds the story of Purim. The pieces are sculpted of intricate resin and stored in a compartmental wooden box, 16″ x 16″ x 3″, with removable top chess board. Designed for The Kosher Gift Collection and is (more...)
enlarge | Set | Composite | Israel | No | 5 |
959 | | OOAK Lucite towers chess set Fantastic chess set made of layered Lucite rings mounted on central metal shaft, white on one side black for the other. These beautiful chess pieces are made from a very thick (~1/2") Lucite by cutting round disks using precision laser. The horse head is further elongated. Each piece is assembled by (more...)
enlarge | Set | Lucite-Acrylic | USA | No | 3.75 |
961 | | Precision made metal pipes chess set - Hilippi Artistic chess set made of round metal, pipes-like, in extreme precision. Likely aluminum, one side black the other natural aluminum. In original box including matching board. 2022. Sold.
enlarge | Set | Metal | Germany | No | 2.5 |
974 | | Vintage Figural Chess Set from Venezuela OOAK, Charming, handmade. Pieces represent two tribal figures in local customs. Even the cactus plants (Rooks) are different. 2024. Sold.
enlarge | Set | Porcelain-Ceramics | Venezuela | No | 5.25 |
976 | | Chess Set by Gert Jan Slottboom Chess Set Made by Duch artist (and chess enthusiast?) Gert Jan Slottboom. Outstanding, Minimalist, Art Deco design in Green and black, with metal spikes to represent the familiar pieces. Major pieces are signed. Original Box with signed label included. 2024.
enlarge | Set | Multi-Media | The Netherlands | No | 3.75 |
1 | | Make Your Own Chess Set David Carroll
Prentice-Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, N.J., USA
Published 1974
150 pages | Book | | | | 6.25 |
2 | | Sculptures in Miniatures - Chess Sets from the Maryhill Museum of Art Colleen Schafroth
Maryhill Museum of Art, Goldendale, Washington
Published 1990
64 pages | Book | | | | 6.75 |
3 | | Disney's Chess Guide Anatoly Karpov
BT Batsford Ltd., London, England
Pblished 1997 | Book | | | | 8 |
4 | | Birth of the Chess Queen - A History Marilyn Yalom
HarperCollins Publisher
First Perennial edition was published 2005 | Book | | | | 8.25 |
5 | | Roi des jeux, jeu des rois Les echecs Jean Michel Pechine
Decouvertes Gallimard Sports Et Jeux
Published 1997
128 pages | Book | | | | 7 |
6 | | Master Pieces - The Story of Chess: the pieces, players and passion of 1,000 years Gareth Williams
A Quintet Book
Published by Apple Press, London, England
Published 2000
160 pages | Book | | | | 8 |
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 |
9 | | Pleasures and Treasures - Chessmen A.E.J. Mackett-Beeson
G.P.Putnam's Sons, New York
Published 1968
120 pages | Book | | | | 8.5 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
24 | | CHESS - an Illustrated History Raymond Keene
Simon and Schuster, New York
Published 1990
128 pages | Book | | | | 11.25 |
26 | | SCHACH PARTIE DURCH ZEITEN UND WELTEN Hans und Barbara Hollander
Museum fur Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, Germany
EDITION BRAUS
Published 2005
368 Pages | Book | | | | 12 |
28 | | Chess a Celebration of 2,000 Years Roswin Finkenzeller, Wilhelm Ziehr, Emil M. Buhrer
Arcade Publishing, New York
Little, Brown and Company
First U.S. Edition 1990
208 pages | Book | | | | 12 |
66 | | Hand painted original Palekh on papier-mache This miniature represents a story when a wife came back home and was amazed to find her husband playing chess with a bear. "That's the smartest bear I've ever seen."
"Nah, he's not so smart," the husband replied. "I've beaten him three games out of five."
Box is stored in a small pouch, made of (more...) | Houseware | Other | Russia | | 1.5 |
69 | | Chess players, couple
| Figurine-Sculpture | Porcelain-Ceramics | | | 7.5 |
70 | | Chess players, couple
| Figurine-Sculpture | Porcelain-Ceramics | | | 7 |
71 | | Chess players, group
| Figurine-Sculpture | Porcelain-Ceramics | | | 10.75 |
73 | | Chess players, couple
| Figurine-Sculpture | Porcelain-Ceramics | | | 8 |
74 | | Chess players, couple
| Figurine-Sculpture | Porcelain-Ceramics | Japan | | 6.5 |
76 | | Chess players, couple
| Figurine-Sculpture | Porcelain-Ceramics | | | 7 |
77 | | Chess players, couple
| Figurine-Sculpture | Porcelain-Ceramics | | | 7 |
78 | | Chess players, couple Lefton | Figurine-Sculpture | Porcelain-Ceramics | Taiwan | | 7.5 |
81 | | Chess players, two sailors
| Figurine-Sculpture | Porcelain-Ceramics | Japan | | 7 |
82 | | Chess players, couple
| Figurine-Sculpture | Porcelain-Ceramics | Japan | | 7.5 |
83 | | Chess players, couple Dresden | Figurine-Sculpture | Porcelain-Ceramics | Germany | | 6 |
84 | | Chess players, couple Dresden | Figurine-Sculpture | Porcelain-Ceramics | Germany | | 6.5 |
85 | | Chess players, group Dresden | Figurine-Sculpture | Porcelain-Ceramics | Germany | | 9 |
86 | | Cats playing chess
| Figurine-Sculpture | Composite | USA | | 2.5 |
88 | | Chess players, group
| Figurine-Sculpture | Porcelain-Ceramics | USA | | 8.25 |
89 | | Chess players, group, lamp
| Figurine-Sculpture | Porcelain-Ceramics | | | 9.5 |
90 | | Chess players, couple Dresden | Figurine-Sculpture | Porcelain-Ceramics | Germany | | 8 |
91 | | Chess players, couple Dresden | Figurine-Sculpture | Porcelain-Ceramics | Germany | | 4 |
92 | | Bisque, Chess players, couple, nodders Heads nod and are removable. Available. | Figurine-Sculpture | Porcelain-Ceramics | | | 5.5 |
93 | | Chess players, group Dresden | Figurine-Sculpture | Porcelain-Ceramics | USA | | 9 |