403 | | OOAK Creative, Stunning Western Chess set made of Corn husk Vintage Chess Set made of Corn Husk and other common materials such as wood, wool, metal, etc. Amazing art depicting characters from the West, possibly South America in daily life depiction. Each is individually made - Landlord for king, dancers for queens, various religious characters for bishops, (more...)
enlarge | Set | Wood | | No | 0 |
406 | | A GERMAN TURNED FRUITWOOD BARLEYCORN TYPE CHESS SET FINE ANTIQUE PLAIN NUREMBERG BARLEYCORN CHESS SET & ORIGINAL BOX C.1850-1880
An intruiging plain wooden Barleycorn chess set from one of the centres of German chess manufacturing in the 19th century, the workshops of the master craftsmen of Nuremberg. In relevant Nuremberg pattern sheets this spec (more...) | Set | Wood | Germany | No | 0 |
407 | | Painted Composite Hand Made Cavemen Chess set OOAK. Beautiful. Modeled as cavemen. Kings with clubs; Bishops with spears; Knights as Dinosaurs; Rooks as rocky turrets; Pawns with axes. Wooden bases The bases inscribed intrinsically 79. Available. Ref Christies Catalog Sep 20, 2006 lot 196 | Set | Composite | Italy | No | 0 |
410 | | RUSSIAN PORCELAIN GZHEL CHESS SET By artist Garanin. Usually, each piece is signed at the bottom underside but this set has felt which needs to be removed to check that. Board signed both front and back by artist and factory seal. Yuri Garanin has been an artist at Gzhel since 1980, renown creator of sculptures, chandeliers, chess-b (more...)
enlarge | Set | Porcelain-Ceramics | Russia | No | 4 |
411 | | Uruguayan OOAK Leather Chess Set Very unique and rare Uruguayan Leather Chess Set by Carlos Musso, Montevideo Uruguay. Hand crafted leather Gas Mask Chess Set.
Modeled as emblems of war, the Kings as gas masks, the Queens in wheel chairs, the Bishops with pierced crosses, the Knights as catapults, the Rooks as tanks and pawns as (more...)
enlarge | Set | Leather | Uruguay | No | 5.75 |
414 | | Turin, Italy 2006 Stunning Commemorative Chess set The 37th Chess Olympiad, organized by FIDE and comprised an open and a women s tournaments, took place between May 20 and June 4, 2006, in Turin, Italy. There were 148 teams in the open event and 103 in the women s event. In total, 1307 players were registered. This chess set was created to commemor (more...)
enlarge | Set | Wood | Italy | No | 4.25 |
422 | | OOAK Artisan clay Denmark Monarchy chess set Pieces marked Design Kobaek, Made in Denmark (Kobaek Strand?). Sold
enlarge | Set | Porcelain-Ceramics | Denmark | No | 3.5 |
425 | | Vintage beautiful wooden Chess set Charming wooden chess chess set of European origin, likely Germany. The pieces are heavily weighted and good size and not only are beautiful and well crafted but also very pleasant to play with. New condition. In original wooden box. Sold.
enlarge | Set | Wood | Germany | No | 3.5 |
426 | | Man Ray Chess Set A 20th century licensed reproduction of the iconic 1920 Man Ray chess set. Made in Germany from solid beech wood with clear lacquered and black painted finishes. In Original box. Excellent condition.For Sold. 2022.
enlarge | Set | Wood | Germany | No | 3.25 |
427 | | Rare, Vintage Alcoa Aluminum Alice in Wonderland Chess Set 1970 Alcoa Aluminum "Alice in Wonderland" Chess Set. The chess pieces represent characters from "Alice in Wonderland" in design authentic to the original "Through the Looking Glass" book by Lewis Carroll. Manufactured by the Aluminum Company of America (ALCOA). The pieces are nested in a custom made (more...)
enlarge | Set | Aluminum | USA | No | 4.25 |
429 | | OOAK artisan Chess set - Copper, Brass, Wood by Andrzej Nowakowscy A wonderful hand made chess set by Magda and Andrzej Nowakowscy of Warsaw Poland in 1977. The two camps represent Medieval-Viking figures. One side in copper, the other side in brass. Each piece is made of Brass and Copper and elaborated in details with decorative materials as needed. The 19" x 19" (more...)
enlarge | Set | Brass-Copper-Bronze | Poland | No | 7.25 |
430 | | OOAK Painted Rocks Chess Set This Chess set is the creation of New Jersey rock artist Tracey Banach. The process starts by selecting sorting and sizing the proper natural rocks. Each is then primed and a base color coating is applied. This is followed by meticulously hand painting, marking and decorating each chess piece. Final (more...)
enlarge | Set | Marble-Onyx-Stone | USA | No | 1.25 |
431 | | Classical Isle of Lewis Chess set in custom box/board Vintage, large size Isle of Lewis Chess set. Stored is a custom chess box, doubles as a chess board, depicting matching design and art.
enlarge | Set | Composite | USA | No | 3.75 |
432 | | OOAK Artisan Alice in Wonderland Chess Set Amazingly beautiful and creative work by talented New Jersey artist Brittany Morgan Pochick. This fantastic chess set brings to life a modern interpretation of a classic tale, created in mix media. Rebellion art from the heart. Composed of compartmentalized storage box with beautiful Chess board, Ch (more...)
enlarge | Set | Other | USA | No | 3.25 |
433 | | Anri Elsinores Chess Set Fantastic Anri Chess set in original cardboard box. Light pieces made of Teak, the other Maple (Ahorn) wood. Condition is used and both box and pieces exhibit significant wear. One dark pawn seems to have been restored. Nothing that takes away from the beauty of this rare and unique set. Production (more...)
enlarge | Set | Wood | Italy | No | 4 |
435 | | Most beautiful vintage silver filigree Chess Set Yemenite filigree work, Beautiful. Made of Silver - all pieces are stamped "Israel Silver 925" (possibly 800, in Hebrew). One side Gold plated and topped with small Rubies. The other natural silver topped with Turquoise stones from the dead sea. Knights in shape of horse s heads have small matching (more...) | Set | Silver | Israel | No | 3.5 |
441 | | Complete Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse Chess Set. Fantastic. Great, colorful, excellent condition. In original box (a little worn out), original board included. The entire gang - Mickey Mouse, Minny, Donal Duck, Goofy, Pig and the Huey, Dewey or Louie as pawns. One side red base the other light blue. Hand Painted. Board slightly worn out. Sold
enlarge | Set | Metal | USA | No | 2.75 |
446 | | Circus Wagon Chess Set art by Michael Ricker This is a fantastic sculpture-art piece. Scene from Michael Ricker artistic vision depicting life in the US at the turn of the 20th century. "Turn of the century City Park", later "Park City", was created between 1975 and 1985. Made in pewter, signed and numbered 156 in a limited edition of 250, thi (more...)
enlarge | Set | Metal | USA | No | 5 |
451 | | Trophies Chess Set Original Trophies Chess Set. Limited edition. Kings marked CCI. Sold.
enlarge | Set | Brass-Copper-Bronze | India | No | 4 |
453 | | One-of-a-kind Chess Mid-Century Chess Set Metal unknown but looks Aluminum. Beautifully done. Thematic.
enlarge | Set | Metal | | No | 3.25 |
459 | | Vintage 50s Anri Space Age Chess Set modern design An early mid century & beautiful chess set by Anri the master wood carvers from Italy in the Black Forest Tradition. This set is called SPACE AGE / Universum, was designed by Arthur Elliot (former Disney Designer / Imagineer) and very much echoes the work of Brancusi. The chessmen each represent a " (more...)
enlarge | Set | Wood | Italy | No | 4 |
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 |
615 | | Locks and keys Chess Set - fantastic art By artisans Matvey Solovyev and Nina Tsypina. 2001. Storage box / Board 10" x 10" x 1.25" (when closed), square 1.25" x 1.25".
enlarge | Set | Metal | USA | No | 2.375 |
465 | | Complete Set Of Vintage Bakelite Chess Pieces Mid Century or likely much earlier. In original custom box "simulated" leather 9" x 6.75" x 3.5" with two insert custom trays for the pieces. Real beauty. Excellent condition. Sold.
enlarge | Set | Bakelite-Plastic | USA | No | 3 |
466 | | International Chess Set - Bamboo Vintage International Chess Set - Bamboo. Made in the peoples republic of China. In fitted box. With Folding board included. Excellent condition. One pieces age-cracked bamboo. Board is stained in a couple of places. Sold.
enlarge | Set | Wood | China | No | 4 |
945 | | research Asterix Limited Series Chess Set Charming chess set of Asterix and Obelix of Uderzo with the most famous characters of the famous Comic, Romans vs Vikings. Limited edition, hand painted in vivid colors, made in metal with all the details designed by Stuat Harris. All the pieces are marked on the bottom and marked on the underside o (more...)
enlarge | Set | Metal | Germany | No | 2.75 |
472 | | A HAND MADE ONE OF A KING PYREX GLASS CHESS SET A HAND MADE ONE OF A KING PYREX GLASS CHESS SET AND BOARD, KING IS APPROX 3.0 TALL BOARD IS APPROX 9.5 X 9.5 ALL IN FINE CONDITION,GREAT GLASS COLLECTOR OR CHESS COLLECTORS SET! Artist Cory Hubert, 1995. On display at the Museum of American Glass at Wheaton Village, NJ 2002. Sold
enlarge | Set | Glass-Crystal | USA | No | 0 |
575 | | Beautiful Stained glass Chess board and storage. Hand made. Mirrored bottom. 12" x 12" x 3.25", square size 1.5" x 1.5". Mirrored. sold
enlarge | Set | Glass-Crystal | USA | No | 0 |
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 |
474 | | Mazzetti Grappa Chess Set in Wooden Case sold
enlarge | Set | Glass-Crystal | Italy | No | 0 |
479 | | The Contemporary Game Chess 72 Presidential Designed by Alexander Silveri of Graz, Austria. Produced by LRH Enterprises, NY - planning for the 72 Presidential Election. Includes 32 large size pieces in two camps and a board. Also included is an interesting brochure describing the philosophy of the company and the set, the importance of the el (more...)
enlarge | Set | Bakelite-Plastic | USA | No | 7 |
481 | | Large Cast Bronze/Brass Minoan Ancient Greek Chess Set Rare. Est. 1960s-1970s (1973). Hand made, signed by Greece artist Selavenitis in the Ninoan figures tradition of work of art. Numbered 97. One side Copper/Bronze the other Brass. With beautifully matching board, hand made and etched. Approx. board 23.5" x 23.5", square 2.25" x 2.25". Pieces in exce (more...)
enlarge | Set | Brass-Copper-Bronze | Greece | No | 5.5 |
482 | | One-of-a-kind, artist made hardware pegged Chess Set This beautiful set was purchased in the late 1980s during one of my visits to Israel. The artist who committed to never produce the same set more than once, has later suffered a stroke and is no longer active. The pegged pieces are made of common hardware, welded and beautifully shaped to represent (more...)
enlarge | Set | Metal | Israel | No | 5 |
484 | | Whimsical Vikings Chess Set Large, artistic. sold
enlarge | Set | Composite | | No | 5 |
488 | | Unique "Maccabies" Chess Set sold
enlarge | Set | Wood | Russia | No | 0 |
565 | | Vintage, artisan, one-of-a-kind, large size, stained glass Chess set Incredible. All hand made. Board included made with matching glass colors. True centerpiece. Approx aboard size 17" with about 2" squares. Sold.
enlarge | Set | Glass-Crystal | | No | 5.625 |
490 | | Fantastic, precision cut wooden Chess Set Circa 1950-60. Rud Thygesen & Johhney Sorensen modern design wood Chess set. Heavily weighted and felted. Sold
enlarge | Set | Wood | Denmark | No | 3.25 |
498 | | Stunning, Antique Chinese Ivory Chess set Stunning Chinese Ivory Chess set. Pre-ban era most likely early 20th century.
Extremely detailed, beautiful carving large set. Incredible Knight, horse, Rook, kings and other pieces. Not the early set likely late 1800 early 1900. Genuine elephant Ivory was used to make this set. Included manufact (more...)
enlarge | Set | Ivory | China | No | 5 |
514 | | Beautiful Vintage Chinese Ivory Chess Set Chinese, pre-ban, ivory chess set. Hand carved in extreme details. Clear Shreger lines visible. Perfect-Mint condition. Box/board size 16"x16"x3" high when closed. Unique features to note: Unique images of the kings, queens and bishops of opposing camps; Two styles bishops of each camp; Thoughtful c (more...)
enlarge | Set | Ivory | China | No | 3 |
533 | | Umbra Playmate Chess Set Hard to find fun chess set will inspire your child to become a great chess master. Playful funny faced , molded rubber playing pieces and chessboard. Measures 11.5 x 11.5 inches (29 x 29 cm). Sold
enlarge | Set | Composite | Italy | No | 0 |
516 | | Antique Chess Set Significant breakage over time.
enlarge | Set | Bone | | No | 0 |
519 | | Franklin Mint King Tut Chess Set Incredible beauty. All pieces in perfect condition. No board. No glass dome (pyramid). In custom made fitted wooden box for display and protection. Sold
enlarge | Set | Metal | USA | No | 2.125 |
528 | | Solid Chess board / table top Solid wood. Two sided, single blocks wood. Likely Oak. Weight about 30Lb. Overall size 28.5", Square 3", Thickness 1.5", Border 2".
enlarge | Set | Wood | | No | 1.5 |
532 | | Unique Alcoa Modernistic Aluminum-Lucite Chess Set 1986 Alcoa Aluminum Company of America / Alcoa Laboratories. Modernistic Aluminum-Lucite Chess Set. Fantastic chess set compendium created especially for select guests of the Alcoa Laboratories Symposia 1986-1988. The chess pieces are a Josef Hartwig minimalist Bauhaus design from 1924. The pieces a (more...)
enlarge | Set | Aluminum | USA | No | 0 |
843 | | A Barbara Winrow designs pottery Chess set Figural, Circa 1960. One side with tan glaze the other light. Kings with beards and crowns; Queens wearing coronets; Bishops with beards and wearing mitres; Knights as dark age warriors with round shields; Rooks as turrets; Pawns with triple baluster knops. Sold.
enlarge | Set | Porcelain-Ceramics | England | No | 3.5 |
844 | | Fantastic geometry and incredible precision chess set Incredible art of symmetry and asymmetry. Veneered with sycamore maple and African Padauk.
Designed and handcrafted in France. Signed and Marked #1. Sold.
enlarge | Set | Wood | France | No | 0 |
537 | | Beautiful Italian Chess Set Solid Brass. Marked Vero Ottone. Pieces are felted with manufacturer logo imprinted. "Half moon" shape of the knight. sold
enlarge | Set | Metal | Italy | No | 2.75 |
543 | | Wild west Chess Set with wagon Cowboys etc. With old wagon included. Signed MC. Sold
enlarge | Set | Porcelain-Ceramics | | No | 6 |
571 | | Vintage wooden German Chess Set Heavily Lacquered, Weighted and Felted. With hand carved wooden board / storage box 18" x 18" x 3.5" when closed with 1.75" x 1.75" squares. sold
enlarge | Set | Wood | Germany | No | 3.25 |
544 | | Ultra minimalist chess set / puzzle designed by Gad Almaliah This chess set is a reproduction of the hand-crafted ultra minimalist chess set designed by the late Gad Almaliah. The set sells at museum gift shops and galleries for $360. The original version was a limited edition of 10 and sold in museums and galleries for $5,000 each.
The set is made of die (more...)
enlarge | Set | Metal | Israel | No | 0 |