| 864 |  | OOAK Whimsical Artisan Chess set - Career Occupations
Hand made in clay and embellished. Each piece signed by the artist. This set represents various professions and occupations from everyday life. King = Surgeon; Queen = Traveler/shopper; Bishop = Lawer; Knight = Scientist; Rooks = Accountant/Secretary; Pawns = Policeman, Tennis Player, Realtor, Stude (more...)
 enlarge | Set | Porcelain-Ceramics | USA | No | 6.5 |
| 868 |  | OOAK, beautiful, hand made Chess set - Surfing USA
Artisan made unique and beautiful Chess Set. All figures of beach goers and surfers. Fantastic. Sold
enlarge | Set | Porcelain-Ceramics | USA | No | 0 |
| 873 |  | Stunning Franklin Mint Chess Set of the Gods
Pristine condition, 1988 full 32 pieces. White side as the Greeks, the black side as the Romans gods and goddesses from classical mythology. In original storage box-table. Created by world-renowned sculptor Stuart Mark Feldman. .Promotional brochures and most individual certificate (15 of 16, one mi (more...)
enlarge | Set | Porcelain-Ceramics | USA | Yes | 6.5 |
| 885 |  | Incredibly Cute Dogs and Cats Chess Set
Photos tell it all. Incredibly creative and charming Chess Set. Artisan made. OOAK. Sale.
enlarge | Set | Porcelain-Ceramics | Israel | Yes | 2.25 |
| 897 |  | Mid-Century Artisan, Ceramics Chess Set
Beautifully hand made in solid, rough ceramics. Sale.
enlarge | Set | Porcelain-Ceramics | | Yes | 4.25 |
| 918 |  | Time Goes by Chess Head
This amazing, life size sculpture was made by an unknown american artist in the 1980s. It depicts a beautiful head-face wearing a Mohawk hair style made of chess pieces. The artist added a cigarette which is actually a working clock. The eyes of the figure are closed but a set of dark glass is avail (more...)
enlarge | Figurine-Sculpture | Porcelain-Ceramics | USA | No | 12 |
| 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 |
| 950 | | research Handmade medical chess ceramic wicker
Spectacular and original medical chess set in a limited-edition production. Currently discontinued. Handmade, complete 32 pieces chess set, one side predominantly green the other black. In original box, board included. K and Q = Doctors; Bishops = Nurses; Knights = Ambulances; Rooks = Hospitals; Paw (more...) | Set | Porcelain-Ceramics | Spain | Yes | 3 |
| 952 |  | Stunning Russian Porcelain Chess Set 1993
Signed by Russian artist N. (Natalya) Pavlova, 1993 on one Rook. The other side is marked Yaroslavl (Yaroslev) - one of the oldest towns on the Volga River, a treasure trove of World Heritage churches and monasteries located northeast of Moscoe. Figures possibly represent 17th-18th century Russian B (more...)
enlarge | Set | Porcelain-Ceramics | Russia | Yes | 4.5 |
| 957 |  | OOAK Charming Ceramics Chess Set
A charming, whimsical chess set made and glazed in ceramics(?) and metal inserts for various components such as the soldier s spears and castle gates. One side black the other white, the pieces are meticulously handmade and painted and additionally decorated with gold accent. The set is not signed a (more...)
enlarge | Set | Porcelain-Ceramics | France | Yes | 3 |
| 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 |
| 215 |  | Antique Chess Set
16 pieces only. Sale. | Set | Bone | England | Yes | 0 |
| 261 |  | Vintage Bone Hand Carved Chinese Chess Set
Early 1900. Hand Carved. All pieces stamped Hand Made in Hong Kong. Light Pieces natural bone; Dark pieces stained Red.Excellent condition. Observations(minor): Red king missing small bone head-crown, white rook missing flag. Sale. | Set | Bone | China | Yes | 3 |
| 309 |  | research Antique Bone Chess Necklace all the pieces
Likely Jaques Status Quo pieces turned into a full set Necklace. 31 chess pieces plus and carved bone threaded lock .
enlarge | Set | Bone | | No | 0 |
| 349 |  | Vintage Chinese Bone Chess set in custom box / board
Vintage Chinese, Hand carved chess set n extreme details. Beautiful and impressive. One side stained brown the other natural bone color. Wooden board of 16" x 16" turned into custom box (x 3.25") when closed in half. Painted wooden squares 1.75" x 1.75". Padded compartments for the chess pieces. Exc (more...)
enlarge | Set | Bone | China | No | 3.75 |
| 355 |  | Research Antique bone Chess set red-Ivory
In original Colonial dovetailed box with sliding top.
enlarge | Set | Bone | | No | 3.25 |
| 357 |  | Antiques English Bone Chess set
Fantastic Chess set made of bone. Each piece made of multiple sections, up to 8-9 pieces, that screw together. Unique construction and colors. One side natural the other tint of brown, tint of red and black. Likely end 1800 early 1900. Sold
enlarge | Set | Bone | England | No | 2.5 |
| 390 |  | Hindu Ramayana Chess Set, Good Vs Evil. Stunning.
Hindu Ramayana Chess Set, Good Vs Evil, Demon and Warrior, Flawless Work Of Art. Intricately carved with amazing workmanship. One of the best made sets I have ever seen. Made in India by a master craftsman c1930-1940, possibly even earlier.
The King of the evil (green) side is represented by Ravan (more...)
enlarge | Set | Bone | India | No | 2.375 |
| 463 |  | Outstanding hand carved & painted bone Chess set
Likely Mexican, bone, 1980s. Large, Outstanding carving and hand painted. Extreme accuracy and quality - almost looks like machine made. Excellent condition, only visible is a crack to the base on one queen, almost invisible. Laminated and decorated storage box / board 17.5" x 17.5" x 4.5" tall. Pad (more...)
enlarge | Set | Bone | Mexico | No | 5.375 |
| 491 |  | Antique W.C.Horn Bone Chess and Checkers Set
Travel. Pegged. Set #C-95. Circa 1930. Rare and fine example of this novel version of Chess and Checkers. All playing pieces are hand carved bone. Each Checkers consists of a grooved disk of bone threaded around a bone spike. Chess pieces have great details for being so small. There are two compartm (more...)
enlarge | Set | Bone | USA | Yes | 1 |
| 516 |  | Antique Chess Set
Significant breakage over time.
enlarge | Set | Bone | | No | 0 |
| 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 |
| 612 |  | Beautiful, Islamic motif, Bone Chess Set
Genuine antique. Condition commensurate with age. Several damaged pieces but nothing structural. 2022. For sale
enlarge | Set | Bone | India | No | 3.375 |
| 738 |  | Incredible Selenus Chess Set
Marine Ivory or bone fantastic Chess set. One side stained Red the other left natural. Superb condition in great details. Sale.
enlarge | Set | Bone | Germany | Yes | 4.5 |
| 760 |  | Antique Barleycorn Chess Set
Nineteenth C. Great condition. Show a few tiny repairs, hardly visible. Felt added over time. In early twenty C. box. Sold.
enlarge | Set | Bone | England | No | 2.25 |
| 785 |  | Vintage Pocket/Travel Chess Set. Red and White. Wooden Case.
Sale.
enlarge | Set | Bone | England | Yes | 0 |
| 872 |  | Beautiful Bone and Horn Chess Set with matching board
Chess pieces are made of composite of Bone and Horn, likely of Water Buffalo. Origin unknown but likely India, Vietnam, South Korea or elsewhere in the far east. The box, which opens into the playing board is also tiled with the same material, all beautifully finished and polished. Available
enlarge | Set | Bone | | No | 2.75 |
| 894 |  | Antique bone Chess set
Hand carved. Likely early 1900 German UHLIG cow bone chess set. Staunton style. Missing two pieces. Sale.
enlarge | Set | Bone | Germany | Yes | 0 |
| 930 |  | Unique, rare, Shofarim carved bone Chess set
Rare and unique bone chess set. Twenties century recreation in bone of the original Ivory set as described in the "bible" for chess collectors - The Illustrated Guide to World Chess Sets by
Victor Keats (1984). In biblical times, an instrument called "Shofar", usually made of a ram s horn was used (more...)
enlarge | Set | Bone | India | No | 3 |
| 933 |  | Punjab Style, travel, Bone Set early 1900s
Hand carved in bone Chess pieces, Punjab style in matching box. Very detailed and beautiful carving of an early, small, travel chess set. Bone inlay period box. Sale. 2021.
enlarge | Set | Bone | India | Yes | 3 |
| 940 | | Antique Rajasthan Carved Bone Chess Set
AISALMER, India / Rajasthan.
Carved bone, traces of polychrome.
Complete set of thirty-two Chess pieces in its original box. The king and queen are represented by elephants carrying a "Howdah" on their backs (a sort of pack or palanquin used to transport important people). The other pawns are char (more...) | Set | Bone | India | Yes | 3.5 |
| 960 |  | Beautiful hand carved bone chess set
Very sleek hand carved/turned bone chess set. High quality carving and finish. One side dyed ref the other natural bone. 2022. For sale.
enlarge | Set | Bone | India | Yes | 5 |
| 967 |  | Majestic Bone, Indian Lotus Chess Set
Rare, Lotus theme, Unique Chess set. Hand carved in camel bone and painted. The Laboure and meticulous work of many months by mater carvers. One side predominantly green the other pink. Human Kings and Queens, Camels for Bishops, Horses as Knights, Elephants as Rooks and foot soldiers for Pawns. All (more...)
enlarge | Set | Bone | India | Yes | 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 |
