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candylab1 · 11-17-2012

An interesting soapstone chess set sold on eBay last week, the description of which threw up the question of where these sets were actually made. This is a link to a Picasa album that gives more information on these sets. If anyone can throw any ligh...

candylab1 · 07-13-2012

Hello Everyone, It is some time since I logged into the group and was disappointed in the lack of activity/discussion in the period I was away. In most organisations there is a timescale where new/old "officials" are voted in /out. I would be interes...

candylab1 · 04-17-2008

Hello All, I recently bought,at great expense!,an item on ebay described as " old wooden chess pieces with a canvas storage bag" or similar.The old green canvas bag was printed with "Spalding Chessmen" and a Reg.Design no.Each of the white pieces,inc...

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candylab1 · 11-15-2012

Hello All, After several years of intermittent effort I have managed to put together a fairly (I think) coherent Picasa album on Early American made Staunton chess sets with the help of a few other collectors. It hasn't been possible (yet) to identif...

candylab1 · 07-24-2012

Ty, This kind of selling behaviour is, in my opinion.the bane of eBay. It is about time that they took a stick out to deal with it, or their position as an auction site will become a laughing stock to genuine collectors. As Clay suggested there is li...

candylab1 · 07-19-2012

Hello All, There has been such a flurry of interest since the original posting on this subject that I thought it might be useful to examine the dating evidence; 1. The knights in the set have pierced eyes. According to Alan Fersht the first sets to c...

candylab1 · 07-17-2012

For the first time in history no-one seems to have a view on the dating of a Jaques set! Whilst I would claim no special expertise, this set appears to be one that would be characterised under the "Camaratta Codex" as a "Steinitz" or "Megamouth" set,...

candylab1 · 07-16-2012

Hello Clay, I did not intend to suggest that the group was mis-managed,simply to opine that new people often bring new impetus. Having thought about it,though, I think you are probably correct. There are certainly very few active "lookers" and even f...

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