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Balinese Chess set in casket- box, 20th Century
Located in Delft, NL
Balinese Chess set in box, 20th Century
A chess set in a box, this hand-carved wooden set with
Category
Mid-20th Century Balinese Games
Materials
Wood
Marble Chess Set
Located in Richmond, VA
Beautiful vintage black and white marble chess board with brass inlay and 32 chess pieces
Category
20th Century Modern Game Boards
Materials
Marble, Brass
Antique Venetian Early 20th Century Ceramic Reynard the Fox Chess Set
Located in Doha, QA
This incredibly animated and amusing Reynard the Fox design Antique Venetian Ceramic Chess Set is a
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Games
Materials
Ceramic
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H 18.12 in W 18.12 in D 0.08 in
Marble Chess Set
Located in Denton, TX
Black and white marble chess board. A classic for chess lovers that also looks great as a home
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Game Boards
Materials
Marble
African chess set of Namibia
Located in Delft, NL
African chess set of Namibia
An African chess set with figures of Namibia, made by hand of walnut
Category
Late 20th Century Namibian Games
Materials
Plastic, Wood
Mid-Century Chess Set by Robert Rosenwald
Located in Brooklyn, NY
chess sets in his life, including four sets that were featured on the cover of Chess Review magazine
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Games
Materials
Paper
Grey Marble Chess Set
Located in Richmond, VA
Beautiful vintage grey and black marble chess board with brass inlay and 32 chess pieces.
Category
20th Century Games
Materials
Marble
Jacques Staunton Chess Set
By Jaques of London
Located in Flower Mound, TX
Jaques of London. Original Staunton limited edition chess set, no. 035184 (kings 9cm), in original
Category
20th Century English Other Games
Materials
Wood, Boxwood
Pair of 20th Century Wood Chess Piece Column Table Lamps
Located in New York, NY
A pair of 20th century wood table lamps set on lacquered, black cube bases. They are spare in their
Category
Late 20th Century Table Lamps
Materials
Silk, Wood
Mid-20th Century English Camelot/King Arthur Chess Set in Hand-Painted Ceramic
Located in North Miami, FL
Mid-20th century english Camelot/King Arthur chess set made in hand-painted ceramic
By: unknown
Category
Vintage 1960s English Mid-Century Modern Games
Materials
Enamel
Vintage Honey Oak Chess Board Coffee Table with Vintage Ebonised Chess Set
Located in GB
period ebonised chess set
A good looking and well made piece, it can be used as a normal coffee table
Category
20th Century English Art Deco Game Tables
Materials
Oak
H 17.72 in W 29.93 in D 19.3 in
German Continental Hand-Carved Wooden Chess Set
Located in New York, NY
German Continental (1sts quarter 20th Century) hand-carved wooden chess set with 32 pieces. (two
Category
20th Century German Other Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Vintage Staunton Design Chess Set
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Antique Staunton Style Chess Figures.
A Staunton style chess set with wooden chess pieces with wide
Category
Mid-20th Century English Edwardian Games
Materials
Wood
Russian Gardner Porcelain Chess Set
By Francis Gardner
Located in Delft, NL
Francis Gardner porcelain chess set
A Russian chess set in Caricature, representing the Czarist
Category
20th Century Russian Games
Materials
Wood, Porcelain
Italian Chess Set and Table
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Vintage Italian enameled chess set and table. Italfama Renaissance complete chess set made of solid
Category
Late 20th Century European Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Metal
Russian Dolerite, Malachite & Kascholong Opal Chess Set
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Russian dolerite, malachite and Kascholong opal chess set. Consists of black dolerite squares
Category
Late 20th Century Russian Games
Materials
Stone, Malachite, Opal, Gold Plate, Brass
A Gothic chess set made in cast clay
Located in Delft, NL
A Gothic chess set made in cast clay
A Gothic chess set with a conversion of a standing wall
Category
Late 20th Century European Games
Materials
Clay
A medieval style chess set made in cast clay
Located in Delft, NL
A medieval style chess set made in cast clay
A cast clay chess set in medieval style with 4 loose
Category
Late 20th Century European Games
Materials
Clay
Antique Chess Table, English Oak, Games Table, Cotswold School, Mid 20th Century
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
School taste, dating to the mid 20th century, circa 1950.
Delightfully presented table with accompanying
Category
Mid-20th Century British Game Tables
Materials
Satinwood, Walnut
H 28.15 in W 23.82 in D 23.82 in
Mid-20th Century MCM Carved Wood Bishop Chess Piece Table Lamp Black Paper Shade
Located in Topeka, KS
Handsome Mid-20th Century MCM (a.k.a. Mid Century Modern) carved wood Bishop chess piece table lamp
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
H 24.5 in W 18 in D 18 in
Michael Graves Postmodern Chess and Checkers Set
By Michael Graves (b.1934)
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Michael Graves Postmodern Chess and Checkers Set.
Original postmodern Michael Graves chess and
Category
Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Games
Materials
Resin, Wood
Mid-Century Blue and White Marble Chess Set Game with Board
Located in Dallas, TX
This complete set is skillfully handcrafted, featuring a heavy chess board in blue and white
Category
Mid-20th Century American Games
Materials
Marble
Signed Acrylic Modernist Bauhaus Inspired Chess Set
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A large, and quite spectacular acrylic MidCentury chess set. The board is very thick and
Category
20th Century Bauhaus Games
Materials
Acrylic
Franklin Mint Star Trek 25th Anniversary Chess Set
By Franklin MInt
Located in New York, NY
Commemorative Star Trek chess set by Franklin Mint, 25th Anniversary Special Edition, with finely
Category
Late 20th Century American Games
Materials
Metal
Handcarved & Crafted Mid Century Wood Chess Table! Teak Maple Walnut Set 1950s
Located in Peoria, AZ
PASTIME OF KINGS!
MID CENTURY HANDCRAFTED
CUSTOM CHESS TABLE
A MID CENTURY MASTERPIECE
Category
Mid-20th Century American Arts and Crafts Game Tables
Materials
Wood, Birdseye Maple, Teak, Walnut
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H 16 in W 17 in D 17 in
Modernist Chess Set #5606 by Carl Auböck
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Berlin, DE
A chessboard made from black and natural leather with 32 nickel pieces.
Designed in the 1950s by Carl Auböck. Made in Vienna.
Category
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Games
Materials
Nickel
Large Vintage Rajasthani / Indian Chess Set with Board
Located in San Diego, CA
Large hand carved vintage Rajasthani / Indian chess set with foldable wooden board, circa 1960s
Category
20th Century Indian Games
Materials
Resin, Wood
Giant Hand Carved Wood Chess Set Tallest Piece Beautiful Timber Patina
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this extremely well crafted Giant Chess Set in hand carved
Category
20th Century European Country Games
Materials
Hardwood
Vintage English Brass, Copper, and Pewter Chess Set
By Harrods
Located in Skokie, IL
pewter gaming set, dating to the late 20th century, circa 1980. The chess board is constructed of 64
Category
Vintage 1980s English British Colonial Games
Materials
Brass, Copper, Pewter
Gino Cenedese Ultra Rare Murano Glass Chess Set 1960s
By Cenedese, Gino Cenedese
Located in Tilburg, NL
Gino Cenedese Ultra Rare Murano Glass Chess Set, Venice, Italy, 1960s.
This is a highly rare
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Games
Materials
Metal
Arthur Elliott for ANRI "Universum" Space Age Chess Set
By ANRI
Located in Skokie, IL
ANRI "Universum" Space Age Walnut and Maple Chess Set
A strikingly modern "Universum" or Space Age
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Space Age Vases
Materials
Brass
Unusual Antique Austrian Bronze Chess Set by Franz Bergman
By Franz Bergmann
Located in London, GB
Unusual antique Austrian bronze chess set by Franz Bergman
Austrian, circa 1905
Largest piece
Category
Early 20th Century Austrian Games
Materials
Bronze
Vintage Chess & Draughts Board, English, Hardstone, Marble, Gaming Set, C.1970
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
the late 20th century, circa 1970.
Dual purpose gaming set with fascinating natural detail
Displays a
Category
Late 20th Century British Games
Materials
Marble
H 3.55 in W 13.59 in D 13.59 in
Vintage Marble Large Chess Set with Hand Carved Turquoise Onyx Pieces
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage Marble Large Chess Set with hand carved Turquoise Onyx Pieces
Vintage mid 20th century
Category
Mid-20th Century Mexican Mid-Century Modern Games
Materials
Onyx, Marble
Handmade Miniature Travelling Chess Set Game walnut Inlaid box, circa 1920
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a good quality handmade Miniature or travelling wood chess set game of 32 pieces in its own
Category
Early 20th Century British Folk Art Games
Materials
Brass
Fine Vintage Large French Polished Santos Mahogany Satinwood Folding Chess Set
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Chess Set of outstanding quality, good weight and seldom offered generous proportions (20" square
Category
Late 20th Century British Victorian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Mahogany
H 3.25 in W 20 in D 20 in
Vintage Bisque Porcelain Chess Set with Etched Glass Board by Furstenberg
By Furstenberg Porcelain
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful and rare bisque porcelain chess set “Made in Germany” by Fürstenberg Porcelain, circa
Category
Early 20th Century German Games
Materials
Porcelain, Glass
H 0.75 in W 17.25 in D 17.25 in
Vintage Marble Chess Set with Hand Carved Turquoise and White Onyx Pieces
Located in North Hollywood, CA
mid 20th century Mexican stone marble chess set complete chess board in white and black and grey
Category
Mid-20th Century Mexican Mid-Century Modern Games
Materials
Onyx, Marble
H 0.75 in W 14.25 in D 14.25 in
Weighted Resin Chess Set Game in Jointed Wood Box Kings, Ca 1930s
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
jointed pine box, all dating to the early/ mid 20th century, Circa 1930's.
The chess pieces are made of
Category
Early 20th Century British Medieval Games
Materials
Resin, Pine
Weighted Club Chess Set Kings Staunton Pattern No. 5 Boxed, Circa 1930
By House of Staunton
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a very good, high quality vintage English handmade, boxwood "weighted" chess set club game
Category
Early 20th Century British Victorian Games
Materials
Hardwood
Bobyrug’s Wonderful mid century French Aubusson Tapestry medieval play chess
By Royal Manufacture of Aubusson
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
and queen playing chess, with beautiful colours, with yellow, green , brown, blue and, pink and red
Category
Mid-20th Century French Aubusson Tapestries
Materials
Wool, Silk
H 44.89 in W 55.91 in D 0.2 in
Games Chess Set of Handcrafted and Painted Wood Pieces with Table and Board
Located in Antwerp, BE
Rare Italian chess table set from early 20th century in carved, lacquered, gilded and hand painted
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Game Tables
Materials
Wood
H 31.11 in W 27.17 in D 27.17 in
Set of Green Armchairs by E. Homa and Chess Table, Europe, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
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Beautiful antique chess table from the 1960s. It was manufactured in Poland in 1960s. The table was made of
Category
20th Century Polish Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Velvet, Beech
Art Deco Single Pedestal Square Game Table Pull Out Trays Chess Board Set Mint!
By Gilbert Rohde
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Art Deco single pedestal square game table pull out trays dovetail drawers chess board set mint!
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Game Tables
Materials
Brass, Pewter
H 28 in W 25 in D 25 in
Set of 4 Rare Polished Weighed Composite Pawn Form Chess Pieces Bar Stool
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Set of unique studio made polished composite weighted bottoms round bar stools.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Stools
Materials
Composition
Weighted Wood Chess Set by John Jaques of London in Wood Box Kings, ca 1950
By Jaques of London
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a good and complete English handmade wood "weighted" chess set game of 32 pieces, in its
Category
Early 20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Games
Materials
Wood
H 2.25 in W 7.8 in D 6 in
Moroccan Moorish Middle Eastern Inlaid Micro Mosaic Backgammon and Chess Board
Located in Studio City, CA
various wood inlays. A genuine work of art. A set of backgammon and chess pieces are included (please note
Category
20th Century Moorish Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
H 1.5 in W 19.5 in D 19.5 in
Syrian Moorish Inlaid Mosaic Backgammon and Chess Wooden Game Board Box
Located in Studio City, CA
-pearl, and bone inlays. A genuine work of art. A set of backgammon pieces are included (likely made and
Category
20th Century Syrian Moorish Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
The Figure Game "The Original Game of Chess" Set in Bronze by Gary Sahl Rare
Located in San Diego, CA
One of a kind! The Figure Game (Siang Ki in Chinese), "The Original Game of Chess as Played in
Category
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Games
Materials
Bronze
H 3.5 in W 16 in D 11.5 in
Mid-Century Modern Chess Table of Wood with Stunning Tree Knots Pattern & Light
Located in Lisse, NL
living room, study or library. Especially with a set of quality chess pieces on top, this rare table will
Category
Mid-20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Game Tables
Materials
Nutwood, Bakelite
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H 24 in Dm 22.6 in
Moorish Persian Inlaid Micro Mosaic Backgammon and Chess Board
Located in North Hollywood, CA
with this exceptional backgammon and chess game set.
Closed the box measure: 2.5in. H x 7.5in x 16in
Category
Mid-20th Century Turkish Moorish Games
Materials
Fruitwood
Middle Eastern Damascus Inlaid Card Chess Backgammon Game Table
Located in North Hollywood, CA
dice set as well as a hand carved wooden chess set.
This can be removed to reveal the stunning inset
Category
Mid-20th Century Lebanese Islamic Game Tables
Materials
Fruitwood
Arturo Pani Onyx Interchangeable Chess Checkers and Backgammon Game Table
By Arturo Pani, Muller's Onyx
Located in Los Angeles, CA
be flipped to create a chess or checker board, and if left removed can be used as a back gammon board
Category
20th Century Mexican Mid-Century Modern Game Tables
Materials
Onyx, Marble
H 32 in W 39.5 in D 28.5 in
18k Yellow Gold Wide "Chess Piece" Link Bracelet with Rubies & Sapphires
Located in Southport, CT
is a wide linked chess piece motif style, set with alternating oval links, set with alternating
Category
Late 20th Century Unknown Contemporary Link Bracelets
Materials
Ruby, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
The Chess Players 1970s Academy Cinema London UK Quad Film Poster, Strausfeld
By Peter Strausfeld 1
Located in Bath, Somerset
1970s Academy Cinema film poster for Satyajit Ray's Shatranj Ke Khilari (The Chess Players). Fab
Category
20th Century British Posters
Materials
Paper
H 29.88 in W 40 in D 0.1 in
The Raj Hand Painted India-British War 1857 Game Chess with Table
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Rare – 1987 Franklin Mint ‘The Raj’ Chess Set
"The RAJ" hand painted India-British War 1857
Category
20th Century Malaysian Anglo Raj Games
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Hand Painted Fantasy Chess Pieces with Kings Queens Jesters Castles Unicorns
Located in Ferndale, MI
Board not included. Interesting set of lead soldier type figures each hand painted and mounted on
Category
Mid-20th Century American American Craftsman Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Lead
3 piece 20th century burr birch games table and armchairs
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
3 piece 20th century burr birch games table and armchairs circa 1980.
Good quality games table and
Category
Late 20th Century Swedish Biedermeier Armchairs
Materials
Birch
Early 1900s Dutch Arts and Crafts Chess Table with Drawer and Embossed Brass Top
Located in Lisse, NL
designed, solid oak chess table comes with a drawer that is specially made for two sets of chess pieces
Category
Early 20th Century Dutch Arts and Crafts Game Tables
Materials
Brass
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H 25 in Dm 21.5 in
Antique Marble Bust of Iullette by Prof G.Bessi Early 20th Century
Located in London, GB
chess sets made of alabaster and onyx and lamps.
Major museums have today works by Bessi in their
Category
Antique Early 1900s Italian Busts
Materials
Marble
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Prices for 20th century chess sets start at $175 and top out at $97,500 with the average selling for $1,400.
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