Displaying My American Sets

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Moriarty_697 wrote:

What else is there to say?  Great sets and great staging.  The tiered racks work wonderfully.  Of course, this almost makes me thankful for my much more modest collection.  With so much greatness to choose from, I think I'd spend more time deciding which amazing set to play with at any given time than actually playing.

Thanks, Remi! I'd bet I've only played with a tenth of the American, Soviet, and Lardy sets shown.

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Rsava wrote:

@Moriarity_697 - Exactly. Chuck has an incredible collection but with 9 sets (plus 2 plastic sets I love)  right now and another on the way I can have trouble as it is picking one to play with.

I am stuck on one set right now but with all of those sets Chuck has ... I don't know.

You'd figure it out.

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Noswals wrote:

Chuck, very well staged!

 

Many thanks, Walt!

Audioq

Very nice sets and photographs cgrau. Is there any set you yearn for but don't currently have?

Ronbo710

Great display Chuck. I especially like the Lisa Lane Drueke set. Here's my favorite female player and set ... null

UpcountryRain

Very nice, cgrau! Quite impressive.

htdavid

On the first post  i was kind of disappointed that you did not mention the Mechanics Institute, but then I see you wanted to have a nice close up at it, I really like that set.

 

Also, nice red Druek...

 

And I see you don't have here the infamous 2014 Official FIDE set, I am not sure if that is because it is no worth of collecting, or because it is not American, lol.

 

Great collection.

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UpcountryRain wrote:

Very nice, cgrau! Quite impressive.

Thanks, Up!

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Audioq wrote:

Very nice sets and photographs cgrau. Is there any set you yearn for but don't currently have?

Thanks, AQ. Two that come to mind are a Japanese Craftsman, and the 1966 Havana Olympic set.

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rcmacmillan wrote:
cgrau wrote:
 

Thanks, Remi! I'd bet I've only played with a tenth of the American, Soviet, and Lardy sets shown.

That is the challenge, isn't it, Chuck? I would bet that my percentage is about the same, or possibly less in the travel set category. And let me repeat myself... you are doing a wonderful job displaying your sets. I wish I had the room.

Thanks, RC. Yeah. I hope my strategy of hiding in plain site works.

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Ronbo710 wrote:

Great display Chuck. I especially like the Lisa Lane Drueke set. Here's my favorite female player and set ... 

Thanks, Ron. Oh my.

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htdavid wrote:

On the first post  i was kind of disappointed that you did not mention the Mechanics Institute, but then I see you wanted to have a nice close up at it, I really like that set.

 

Also, nice red Druek...

 

And I see you don't have here the infamous 2014 Official FIDE set, I am not sure if that is because it is no worth of collecting, or because it is not American, lol.

 

Great collection.

Thanks, HT. I have no plans to acquire the FIDE set. Maybe if I could get one cheap. I love the Mechanics Institute set, too.

 

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I've redone the early American section to include my Sterling Furniture Co. pieces circa 1930. They're in the back row.

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Here is some of the detail on the tiny Drueke set in the front row...

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Rsava

Great detail pics Chuck. I so enjoy the posts of sets and boards here. Your collection is incredible, almost like a satellite of the World Chess Hall of Fame in St Louis.

And of course, I envy both the collection and the space to display them. Since I work from home, my spare room is my office so until the kids move out and I get my game room/library setup, mine get stored in coffers until I use them.