854 | | Dolfi Farmers Bust Chess Set Beautiful Chess set made in South Tyrol region in northern Italy. Hand carved from European wood, finished and painted by hand. Dolfi Land in Val Gardena, carving Traditions since 1892.
enlarge | Set | Wood | Italy | No | 3 |
855 | | Vintage Dolfi (?) Chess Set Vintage Chess Set, Likely Dolfi.
Notice the unusually large bases ("add on"; not carved with the piece), assume done to "make it bigger" as well as provide room for heavier weights without sacrificing with a much larger diameter bases. Seen many German-Italian-Swiss-Austrian carved sets that are (more...)
enlarge | Set | Wood | Italy | No | 5.5 |
856 | | Mid Century Brass and Aluminum Chess Set Beautiful design and exceptional production. Unusual and rare Chess set. One side Aluminum the other Brass. Modernistic Art Deco design. Pieces are six sided, providing many alternatives to puzzle the set together as a sculpture. Outstanding. Shows aging patina but no damage to the pieces other than (more...)
enlarge | Set | Metal | | No | 2.5 |
795 | | Modern Wooden Chess Set, Vintage from Israel Modern Wooden Chess Set, Complete Vintage Set from Israel with Wood Pieces and Case. Sale.
enlarge | Set | Wood | Israel | Yes | 0 |
797 | | Charming Chess set hand made of straw Charming chess set hand made and painted. Wooden bases, wire skeleton wrapped in strings of straw. 2019. Sale.
enlarge | Set | Other | Mexico | Yes | 0 |
798 | | Hand Painted Metal Unicorn Fantasy Chess Set, 32 Heavy Lead Pieces, 3" Castle Nicely painted and perfect set of fantasy or unicorn themed chess pieces.
These are very heavy because theyre made from lead.
Great collectible set! Sale.
enlarge | Set | Metal | | Yes | 0 |
799 | | Medieval Style Tin Pewter Spanish Galleon Chess Set with Travel Mat What an awesome and very unique chess set! This is a replica set of an original set found in the Captains cabin of a sunken Spanish Galleon off the Florida coast, or so the story goes.
It is still a really fun set. The mat rolls up and has its own carrying case. The mat and pouch are a synthetic (more...)
enlarge | Set | Metal | Spain | No | 3 |
800 | | Turned Wooden Chess Set
enlarge | Set | Wood | | No | 0 |
801 | | Vintage Anri Mediolanum Bust chess set Made from 1966 to 1984. Reasonably rare. Hand painted wood. Excellent condition. Original box 11 5/8" x 7 7/8" x 3 3/8". Sold
enlarge | Set | Wood | Italy | No | 3.75 |
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 |
804 | | Vintage Tag Visual Chess set, Modern design, 1960s Nice looking example of this unusual chess set. Pieces is excellent condition. Box and board showing age but in fair original condition. Complete, impressive vintage chess set. Sale.
enlarge | Set | Bakelite-Plastic | | Yes | 0 |
806 | | Chess Set Hand Made and Beautifully Crafted Sale.
enlarge | Set | Wood | England | Yes | 0 |
810 | | Vintage Black & Butterscotch Bakelite Chess Men A Full Set of 32 Vintage Black & Butterscotch Bakelite Chess Men Circa 1930s. Sale.
enlarge | Set | Bakelite-Plastic | England | Yes | 0 |
811 | | Original exclusive handmade chess set made of USSR vintage coins Original exclusive handmade chess set made of USSR vintage coins - KOPEKS, various denominations. Sale.
enlarge | Set | Metal | Russia | Yes | 0 |
812 | | Vintage 1974 Handcrafted Brass & Aluminum One of a Kind Chess Set One of a Kind, handcrafted Brass & Aluminum Chess set in custom made Tin/Zinc case. Beautifully engineered and machined. The case is painted black and has inside metal divider to keep the pieces upright. Etched on the cover: "Happy Birthday..." and the date 3/1/74. Excellent Condition like new. Sol (more...)
enlarge | Set | Metal | | No | 0 |
813 | | German Black Forest Hand Carved Chess Set Late 1800-early 1900.
enlarge | Set | Wood | Germany | No | 0 |
817 | | Fantastic, vintage Swarovski Silver Crystal Chess set Excellent condition. In two original boxes, one for board the other for the pieces. Board size 13.5" x 13.5" with 1.25" x 1.25" squares. Sold.
enlarge | Set | Glass-Crystal | Austria | No | 2.25 |
818 | | Unique Gaudi Chess set - streets of Barcelona Limited edition Gaudi chess set, one of the best and largest made. Stunning beauty. Modeled after genius Gaudi architectural theme present in Barcelona. Themes from Barcelona building tops, chimneys and ventilations of the Palacio, Casa Mila (La Pedrera), Casa Vicens, Parque Guell, La Sagrada Famil (more...)
enlarge | Set | Composite | Spain | No | 3 |
819 | | Fantastic Greek Chess Set with matching board Outstanding. In the tradition of ancient statues. Likely made of marble-resin. Board size 17" x 17" with 2" x 2" squares. Board and pieces heavy, weigh about 30 Lb, heavy 15lb. Sold.
enlarge | Set | Composite | Greece | No | 6.25 |
820 | | Very Cute and Interesting Chess Set Origin unknown. Beautiful art. Note pawns that almost look like the digit 2 are actually a person kneeling to the king. Sale.
enlarge | Set | Wood | | Yes | 0 |
821 | | Beautiful, Ornate, Large Chess set Hand painted in extreme details and contracting colors. Sold.
enlarge | Set | Wood | Russia | No | 4.375 |
822 | | Vintage Richard Synek Broze-Nickel Chess set The Chales Martel.
A tour de force of simplicity and elegance.
Handcrafted by Richard Synek.
Composed of solid metal with bronze and nickel for the contrasting sides.
Dedicated to the elan of Charles Martel, prince of the Franks, who defeated the Moslem at Tours, 732 A.D. Hand made 1965. Displa (more...)
enlarge | Set | Metal | USA | No | 4.125 |
823 | | Vintage Russian Chess Set, double-head horses Beautiful, outstanding design, traditional Russian Chess set. Likely Bakelite or other old-solid plastic material. Double headed horses for knights, boats for rooks. Sale.
enlarge | Set | Bakelite-Plastic | Russia | Yes | 4.25 |
824 | | American Civil War Chess Set Excellent condition. Sale.
enlarge | Set | Composite | China | Yes | 3.25 |
825 | | Very cute and colorful, hand painted Schtrounpf (Smurfs) Chess set Superb highly collectible. Mini Jeu DEches. Schtroumpf (Smurfs). Limited Edition, Pewter chess set by Plastoy Collectoys. Hand painted in extreme details. Board included. Edition #502. Excellent condition. Sale.
enlarge | Set | Metal | France | Yes | 1 |
826 | | Incredible String Art Chess Set Custom Made by Local Artist Dhana Boyle. Fantastic, creative art in two-tone stained wood using a single string art techniques. Sale.
enlarge | Set | Wood | USA | Yes | 3.375 |
828 | | Vintage Sparkling Glass Chess set GlassGlo brand Leaded Art Glass By Glass House Studio inc. 1971. Was sold as a kit for self-art cementing glass marbles, selected for size. Piece of American history. Original documents included. Sale.
enlarge | Set | Glass-Crystal | USA | Yes | 4 |
829 | | Carton Pierre Casket with Large Staunton Chess set Fantastic Limited-Edition Production by House of Stanton. Probably one of the most beautiful reproductions of Jaques 4" chess sets in one of the most stunning reproductions of storage caskets ever made.
The chess set design is of the House of Staunton collector series chessmen. From the HOS descr (more...)
enlarge | Set | Composite | USA | Yes | 4 |
963 | | Research Chess Set Puzzle Structure Art Cubo, French Chess sculpture, thirty-two brass-copper-bronze pieces assembled into a single, elongated cube. Designed by French sculptor Jean Claude Laporte (Yanko). The chess pieces are fully functional and when game is over, can be assembled into a multi-layer cuboid. Assembly is somewhat complex - the pieces (more...) | Set | Brass-Copper-Bronze | France | Yes | 3.5 |
830 | | Rare wooded "Bears of Berne" chess set circa late 1800s Rare "Bears of Berne" chess set circa late 1800s. Detailed, beautiful and exceptional wood carvings of bears made in Bern, Switzerland. Kings wearing crowns and holding scepters; Queens wearing crowns and holding baby bears; Bishops as runners with strapped mail pouches; Knights as baby bears riding (more...)
enlarge | Set | Wood | Switzerland | No | 3.5 |
831 | | Antique, Rare, Sapolio Grocery Promotion Chess from 1895 A piece of American history providing both Chess and Life advice. Very rare chess set. Copyright 1985. Promotion for the Grocery Trade only.
This set consists of two very thick card boards, holding a complete set of 16 lithographed thick cardboard game piece tokens. One set printed in red the ot (more...)
enlarge | Set | Cardboard-Paper | USA | No | 0 |
832 | | Cute Wooden painted chess set Rare handcrafted and hand painted Chess Set with a flip over board. Hand-made in Sri Lanka. Sale.
enlarge | Set | Wood | | Yes | 4.2 |
833 | | Stunning, porcelain, large, Henry the VIII chess set by Rudolph Kammer A Field of Cloth of Gold porcelain chess set by Rudolph Kammer, German, 20th century. Outstanding quality pristine condition. Most beautiful chess set. From Bonhams and Christies auctions:
Gilt-heightened and polychrome, featuring Henry VIII and Francis I of France, English side with troubadour bi (more...)
enlarge | Set | Porcelain-Ceramics | Germany | No | 7.125 |
834 | | Stunning, Rare, Thuringer Frogs Chess set Thuringen Factory. Design by Albert Stahl. One side brown frogs the other green. Kings with crowns riding on turtles; Queens with crowns Squatting; Bishops with arms out-raised in mitre shape; Knight as frogs with clubs; Rooks as turrets with tiny frogs and pawns tiny frogs with clubs. All marked (more...)
enlarge | Set | Porcelain-Ceramics | Germany | No | 2.5 |
835 | | Vintage Indonesian Polychrome Carved Wood, Figural chess set Indonesian Polychrome Carved Wood, Figural chess set, Modern style Rama. Likely Java early 20th century. Modeled as various dieties. Beautifully painted. Ref Christies Catalog Sep 20, 2006 lot 53. Sold
enlarge | Set | Wood | Bali | No | 4.5 |
836 | | Vintage Porcelain Chess Set, CMielow Rare porcelain chess set. Made in Poland, in the tradition of fine German, Austrian and French porcelain work by Meissen, Limoges and others. Marked 1790 CMielow. CMielow was established in 1790 and is considered on of the oldest operating porcelain factory in the world. One side blackened the other (more...) | Set | Porcelain-Ceramics | Poland | Yes | 0 |
837 | | Vintage Chess Set Made in Sri Lanka. Hand painted. Board & Pieces. outstanding. Board 21" x 21" x 2". for sale
enlarge | Set | Wood | Sri Lanka | Yes | 3.75 |
838 | | Metal Chess Set/Game, Inlaid Wood Board w/ Storage, Very Attractive Very attractive Aluminum Metal Chess Set whose board has built-in storage.Board measures 10 1/4" and 2 1/4" inches tall. Excellent condition. The sliding door that houses the pieces has a spring-loaded ball-bearing latch that keeps the door closed. Pieces are stored in two bags for protection. There (more...) | Set | Metal | | Yes | 1.875 |
852 | | Stunning Mid Century Aubock Chess Set Beautiful. Artistic. One side coated Gold the other Black color. Very stylish, precision outstanding art. Excellent condition, some aging patina but no dent or damage to the pieces. Carl Aubock, Austria.
enlarge | Set | Metal | Austria | No | 4 |
845 | | Rare hand carved John Biccard Chess set This beautiful set was hand carved in marble dust impregnated resin. It the creation of John Biccard, a South African artist-sculptor, who s shop produce many highly-collectible small sculptures of characters taken from literature or history, many whimsical. High quality. Production of the Biccard M (more...)
enlarge | Set | Composite | South Africa | No | 3 |
847 | | Artistic Chess Set by Spanish artist Javier Mariscal Original chess set by great Javier Mariscal, Spanish graphic designer and furniture designer. He was born in Valencia in 1950. In 1992, he was involved with the design of the logos and game symbols for the Olympic Games in Barcelona, notably Cobi, Barcelona 92 mascot. Unique design of the chess piec (more...)
enlarge | Set | Metal | Spain | No | 3 |
848 | | Fantastic Chess set of musicians in the nude Nude Musician Clay Orchestra Set by Louis Rizzo - Hollis, ME 1970s. Background "After establishing the Hollis Center Pottery and Sculpting Studio, Louis and his wife Marjorie successfully ran the business for 28 exciting years. Sculpting became his life and clay, water, and fire the means to express (more...)
enlarge | Set | Porcelain-Ceramics | USA | No | 0 |
849 | | One of a kind NJM legacy chess set My retirement legacy, NJM 06/30/2017. 2006 to 2017.
enlarge | Set | Composite | USA | No | 0 |
850 | | Cubic Chess - an Intriguing Puzzle Chess Set In Walnut and Maple Pieces for Chess Players by Gorman Kembar production LTD. Made in Canada. A very interesting, minimalistic chess sets. Pieces shapes resemble their move. Packed cleverly into a puzzle-cube of size 3 3/8 for storage and display.
enlarge | Set | Wood | Canada | No | 3.25 |
853 | | Unknown maker Aluminium Mid Century Modern Eames Chess set Vintage Aluminum Chess Set 1960s-1970s. Mid-Century modernist (EAMES) styled extruded aluminum chess set, Art Deco inspired Design. Similar to period sets made by Alcoa. This set is rare and in extreme beautiful and elegance. The pieces were cut from extruded aluminum bars and range in height from 1 (more...)
enlarge | Set | Aluminum | | Yes | 3 |
857 | | Interesting Chess Set made of wrapped wood This Chess set is hand made by wrapping around a string of wood - birch bark and pine root then embellishing with white and black to differentiate the camps. Interesting design and interpretation of the traditional "Staunton" design. Sold.
enlarge | Set | Wood | Russia | No | 3 |
858 | | Original Chess Set art made of processed bread Very original Chess Set hand made by a prisoner-artist in Russian jail using materials available mainly wood, bread then meticulously painted in lively acrylic colors. Almost caricature style, the two camps represent fully uniformed army / guards units. Sale.
enlarge | Set | Composite | Russia | Yes | 4 |
859 | | Musical Notes Chess Set Beautiful. Made with 3D printing by Mexican artist. Sale
enlarge | Set | Bakelite-Plastic | Mexico | Yes | 3.25 |
860 | | Beautiful Vintage wooden Chess Set First half 1900s, made in Denmark. Style resembles the German Knubbel Chess Sets.
The pieces are originally shaped, colored red and white/yellowish, very nice and skillfully made. The designs are quite intricate yet easy to distinguish. Sale.
enlarge | Set | Wood | Denmark | Yes | 2.5 |
861 | | Custom Lucite Chess Set in presentation box Custom made. Very Original and well done. Sale.
enlarge | Set | Bakelite-Plastic | England | Yes | 0 |