550 | | Chinese, pre-ban, large ivory chess set in super fancy box / board Chinese, pre-ban, very large. ivory chess set. Hand carved in extreme details, stunning beauty. Clear Shreger lines visible identifying genuine Ivory. Box/board size 18"x18", 4.25" high when closed. Super fancy. Extra padding. Squares (white) may be mother of pearl. Observations: One piece, tan hor (more...)
enlarge | Set | Ivory | China | No | 4.5 |
594 | | Vintage Chinese Chess Set in Original Padded case Made in the Peoples Republic of China. Chinese motif - Mandarins, horses, Chinese towers, contained in a padded box where the pieces are stored in two compartmentalized trays for protection. Pieces are made of bone, one side natural color the other tea-stained. Board made of cloth with black and red (more...)
enlarge | Set | Bone | China | Yes | 3.5 |
596 | | Vintage Ivory puzzle ball boxed Chess set This set has impressive detail, especially in the bases where 3 spheres have been carved sequentially into one another.
The box closes to 18" x 9" x 3.5" and contains special compartments for the chess pieces. Open into 18" x 18" chess board with 2" x 2" squares.
Box minimally scratched. Piece (more...)
enlarge | Set | Ivory | China | No | 4.25 |
598 | | Chinese Chess, Xiangqi, fine needlecraft chess pieces, naxi dongba culture This is a brand new Chinese Chess set with a primitive, pictographic rollup chess board. The chess board measures 14.5" (370mm) in length, 13.3" (340mm) in width, and slightly less than 1/8 inch (3mm) in thickness when unfolded. Both the front and the back of this large size chess board are charac (more...) | Set | Leather | China | Yes | 0 |
599 | | rschess clock Wesearch ODEN MECHANICAL ANALOG CHESS CLOCK TIMER. Available. | Other | Wood | China | Yes | 0 |
610 | | Antique, Chines Ivory Disk Chess Set Chinese export Ivory Disk Chess Set, circa 1800. One side natural ivory the other stained, likely originally Green or Blue. With filigree decoration and figural carving in relief.
Complete set all 32 pieces. Extremely delicate and detailed carving. Wear and tear as shows in the photos. Some fadin (more...)
enlarge | Set | Ivory | China | Yes | 0 |
635 | | Golf Theme Chess Set Pewter, hand painted. Lively colors. Sale.
enlarge | Set | Metal | China | Yes | 3.125 |
646 | | Superb Ivory Chess set Excellent, very tailed carving. Nice presentation / storage board / box. Schreger lines super visible. Sold
enlarge | Set | Ivory | China | No | 0 |
692 | | Vintage Hand Carved Chess Set Oriental. Genuine hand carved. Beautiful details. In custom carrying box, with two custom padded compartmentalized trays and cloth covered cardboard board in fabric that matches the box. Sold.
enlarge | Set | Marble-Onyx-Stone | China | No | 0 |
695 | | Chinese Handcarved Travel Chess Set Compact. In a beautiful box that opens into a board. Thick tiles for squares with beautiful art inlay. Approx. box size 7 1/2" x 3 3/4" x 2" when closed. Sale.
enlarge | Set | Wood | China | Yes | 1.75 |
718 | | Hinged Treasure Chess box Available. | Jewelry | Porcelain-Ceramics | China | Yes | 0 |
729 | | Research Rare, Vintage chess set made of Horn and Bone Vintage chess set 1960s, likely made of water buffalo (Ox) Horn and Bone. Beautifully carved. The wooden board 12" x 12" with 1.25" x 1.25" squares is made of inlaid squares of wood and Bone (?) and folds into a box to hold the chess pieces. The light squares are further hand engraved with character (more...)
enlarge | Set | Horn-Antler | China | No | 0 |
802 | | Beautiful Vintage Chinese Ivory Chess Set Chinese, pre-ban, large ivory chess set. Hand carved in extreme details and ink paint accented, stunning. Clear Shreger lines visible identifying genuine Ivory. Box/board size 18"x18", 4" high when closed. Excellent Condition. Very large. Sold. 2022.
enlarge | Set | Ivory | China | No | 4 |
824 | | American Civil War Chess Set Excellent condition. Sale.
enlarge | Set | Composite | China | Yes | 3.25 |
879 | | Vintage Chinese Hand carved Chess Set You may have seen similar sets carved in Ivory. This one is hand carved in wood, beautiful. Comes in a carrying-storage case with inlay board. Excellent condition, like new. Box size 18 3/4" x 18 3/4" and 1 3/4" x 1 3/4" squares and two drawers to securely store the pieces. Box and pieces are beauti (more...)
enlarge | Set | Wood | China | No | 5.25 |
911 | | Art-Deco Chess Set By Fame USA. Ceramic-Resin. Made in China. Like Sale.
enlarge | Set | Composite | China | Yes | 3.625 |
912 | | The Original Cow Chess Game set By 3-D Chess. Like New, Pieces and Box. Box size 15.5" x 11.5" x 1.5". Board 17" x 14", Square 1 3/8" x 1 3/8". Sale.
enlarge | Set | Bakelite-Plastic | China | Yes | 2.5 |
913 | | The Simpsons Chess Set, 2000 Chess Pieces: K=Homer, Q=Marge, B=Bart, N=Krust, R=Lisa, P=Maggie. By 3-D Chess, C-2000. Like New, Pieces and Box. Box size 15.5" x 11.5" x 1.5". Board 17" x 14", Square 1 3/8" x 1 3/8". Sale.
enlarge | Set | Bakelite-Plastic | China | Yes | 4 |
914 | | The Simpsons Chess Set, 1991 Chess Pieces: K=Homer, Q=Marge, B=Krust, N=Maggie, R=Lisa, P=Bart. By 3-D Chess, C-1997. Like New, Pieces and Box. Box size 15.5" x 11.5" x 1.5". Board 17" x 14", Square 1 3/8" x 1 3/8". Sale.
enlarge | Set | Bakelite-Plastic | China | Yes | 3.5 |
915 | | The Lord of the Rings, The fellowship of the King Chess Set Chess Pieces: Silver: K=Gandalf, Q=Galadriel, B=Frodo, N=Aragorn, R=Boromir, P=Hobbit; Gold: K=Saruman, Q=Ringwraith, B=Cave Troll, N=Uruk-hai, R=Orc, P=Goblin. By 3-D Chess, C-2000. Like New, Pieces and Box. Box size 15.5" x 11.5" x 2". Board 17" x 14", Square 1 3/8" x 1 3/8". Sale.
enlarge | Set | Bakelite-Plastic | China | Yes | 3.5 |
925 | | Vintage, unusual hand carved Jade Chess set A nice, vintage, complete chess set, hand carved in Jade of two colors. Natural, semi-translucent Jade, one side light Green the other light Brown. Pieces are stored in a nice box, unfolded into a chess board and stored inside a cardboard sleeve. Shows its age and a few pieces have minor loss of mat (more...)
enlarge | Set | Marble-Onyx-Stone | China | No | 0 |
972 | | Vintage, OOAK Chess Set and Board from Africa OOAK, vintage, unique, chess set hand-made by African artist likely from Zambia. Beautifully featured crafted pieces inspired by African style. The pieces and the board are all made using indigenous materials such as sack-cloths, metal wires, wood, bamboo and feathers of unknown birds. It is meticul (more...)
enlarge | Set | Multi-Media | Africa | Yes | 4 |
559 | | Vintage African Hand carved Chess set Great carving, nice age-patina. Observations - one black pawn base has a small chip, another black pawn carved slightly different from the other seven. Sold.
enlarge | Set | Wood | Africa | No | 2.25 |
454 | | African Chess Set Extraordinary set from Burkina Fasso - the former Niger. Foundry pieces, welded onto a base, and hand painted. reference chess-museum.com. Sale.
enlarge | Set | Metal | Africa | Yes | 3 |
951 | | Stunning Brutalist Bronze Chess set African theme Wonderful mid-century bronze African tribal Chess set. Brutalist, "Frederick Weinberg" 32 Piece Chess figures housed in a wooden presentation box with top leather board/playing area.
Each piece is individually cast and a work of art. The finish patina is different for each side - one side redish (more...)
enlarge | Set | Brass-Copper-Bronze | Africa | No | 7 |
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 |
840 | | Very cute custom bears Chess Set Rare, Charming Chess set. Something to enjoy and smile every time you look at it. Pieces designed for play and you can have good, friendly game with friends. A little aging signs but overall, very good condition. Arrival2018. Sold.
enlarge | Set | Composite | | No | 0 |
841 | | Artisan King Penguin Chess Set OOAK, Beautiful and very artistic. One side white with dark backs the other dark with white back. Adorable.
enlarge | Set | Porcelain-Ceramics | | No | 0 |
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 |
24 | | CHESS - an Illustrated History Raymond Keene
Simon and Schuster, New York
Published 1990
128 pages | Book | | | | 11.25 |