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 |
19 | | Artisan "dead men walking" Chess set OOAK. Charming, Artisan Chess set. Beautifully hand made in lovely colors and style. The pieces depict typical figures similar to what was seen in the 2005 Zombies movie Dead Men Walking.
Set is made of Polymer clay, aka flexible pasta, using special additives to help this type of craft and make (more...)
enlarge | Set | Composite | Mexico | Yes | 4 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
27 | | CHESS THE STORY OF CHESSPIECES FROM ANTIQUITY TO MODERN TIMES Hans and Siegfried Wichmann
Crown Publishers, Inc., New York
Translated 1964
328 pages
Sold | Book | | | No | 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 |
57 | | Ceramic set by Venezuelan artist Faustina Mendoza Naive chess set hand made of ceramics. Matching chess board included, made of 16 sections of 2x2 squares each. By Venezuelan artist Faustina Mendoza, who is featured in the book "Cultures, Chess and Art", volume 2 - The Americas. Author Ned Munger. | Set | Porcelain-Ceramics | Venezuela | No | 3.75 |
58 | | Balinese hand carved deer horn "erotica" set Erotic "fertility" set. Each piece is explicitly detailed. One side dark brown, the other natural light. Arrival2018. Sale. | Set | Horn-Antler | Bali | Yes | 3.5 |
59 | | Metal and Penny chess set Precision made, aluminum chess set. Each piece contains two pennies at mid-section, raised on one side, flat on the other. One side black the other silver aluminum. The pieces are stored in a red-lined box with individual compartments for each piece. The game is played on the reverse side of the sto (more...) | Set | Metal | USA | No | 3.125 |
60 | | Metal, hand made naive chess set Hand made copper, brass and stainless steel figural set made in Zimbabwe. Kings as warriors, rooks as huts and pawns as busts. With matching copper/brass board. Arrival2018. Sale. | Set | Metal | Zimbabwe | Yes | 2.5 |
61 | | Continental turned wood chess set Precision made, turned wood chess set. One side dark the other light. Kings, Queens, Bishops and Rooks are accented with reverse color finials providing two-tone impression. Arrival2018. Sale. | Set | Wood | | Yes | 4.25 |
62 | | Sea Shells chess set Russian artisans Matvey Solovyev and Nina Tsypina from Brooklyn, NY created this chess set meticulously composed and made of seashells, mounted on round wooden bases. Bases on one side are painted black, the other natural, stained wood. Signed Soltsyp. arrival2008. Sale. | Set | Other | Russia | Yes | 3.25 |
63 | | Millennium Three Vintage Chess Set Contemporary chess set from Nairobi, Kenya. Very large, precision cut with modern shapes. Possibly "zebra" or Rosewood wood. 1965. Sold. | Set | Wood | Kenya | No | 5.875 |
64 | | Nichole Miller chess tie Fantastic chess tie "Make your move" by Nichole Miller. Sold. | Garment | Silk-Cloth | USA | No | 0 |
65 | | Chess turtle Fantastic chess figurine by Gzhel, Russia. The King turtle is carrying a chess-board shell, with chess pieces all round. Signed by artist and factory stamped. Marked C.C.I 2008. arrival2008. Sale | Figurine-Sculpture | Porcelain-Ceramics | Russia | Yes | 2.5 |
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 |
67 | | Siam Celadon Handmade Ceramics Chess set Artist unknown. This ceramics chess set is beautifully made. One side glazed in light blue the other in pale green. Chess board serves as storage for the delicate pieces and is very ornate and well padded to protect the fragile pieces. arrival2008. Sale. | Set | Porcelain-Ceramics | Thailand | Yes | 3.75 |
68 | | Antique Chess players, couple, smoker Antique Volkstedt Rudolstadt Porcelain Figurine Playing Chess. Vibrant colors, Romantic Scenary / Couple, smoking gentleman. Stunning beauty. Late 1800 / early 1900 sculpture. Mint / Excellent condition. Sale. | Figurine-Sculpture | Porcelain-Ceramics | Austria | Yes | 7.5 |
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 |
72 | | Chess players, group, ink well Sale. | Figurine-Sculpture | Porcelain-Ceramics | England | Yes | 6.5 |
73 | | Chess players, couple
| Figurine-Sculpture | Porcelain-Ceramics | | | 8 |
74 | | Chess players, couple
| Figurine-Sculpture | Porcelain-Ceramics | Japan | | 6.5 |
75 | | Chess players, couple Broken finger and chair. Sold. | Figurine-Sculpture | Porcelain-Ceramics | | No | 7.5 |
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 |