Robert -- thanks for the note inviting us back into the Chess Collectors
group. All -- I'm going to the CCI meeting in Princeton and I'm
thrilled. It's the first such event for me and I'm much looking forward
to meeting some of you and them -- whom I...
Anyone who knows about courier chess has seen the famous painting by
Lucas van Leyden ("Chess Players", 1508). Great painting! My question is
this: has anyone got images of other courier chessmen? Any other source
at all? I have read that there is a ...
Hey Chess Collecting Friends, I just listed a whole bunch of new and
interesting chess items on my eBay store, including: MANY NEW MONGOLIAN
CHESS SETS NEW TRADITIONAL KOREAN CHESS SETS (THE GAME OF JANGGI) NEW
MORO CHESS SETS (TRADITIONAL MUSLIM SOU...
If you've been watching chess listings on eBay for a while, You look
through a lot of junk to find the special things you're after. This
thread is to point out items of special interest to other collectors.
You might not want to mention the items you...
Chess pieces have captured our imaginations in some very particular
ways. One collector's trash is anther's treasure. Let's talk about what
makes our particular interests so SPECIAL! I'll start: I collect not so
much chess sets as "chesses". Differen...
I've read the post and have read the responses. I've clicked the links.
I just made a shipping label earlier today -- and VOID does not appear
as an option in when I review my Shipping Labels list. Only Print
Another Label, Reprint Label, and Print P...
Thanks for your comments, John. It was you who inspired me to extend my
inventory just a little and include the Derby knights - thanks! Please
contact me directly and we'll chat more about them. I release the floor
here to discussion of Muslim sets. ...
Wow, that was a stab from the past. Many years ago, when I was just
beginning to first collect and then sell chess. I am reminded of two
things by the recent post from thechesspiece. 1) whatever you say on the
internet essentially 'lasts forever', an...
Thanks Lots, Guy! Say, you don't know of any pictures of those early
Uprights, do you? It's 'too bad' the Edinburgh club isn't all prepared
to give a locally informed scholarly account of the history of the sets.
It seems this happens a lot -- a styl...
Hey Guy, Thanks for giving me a glimpse from across the Atlantic! I've
never been to England or Scotland, and it's hard to grasp the lay-out
and history from over here. If I understand you correctly, you've found
from your first-hand observations at ...
