I always loved this set. Especially now since the spaceX IPO are in the news and space tourism in the coming future. I think space chess sets will be in high demand. This is one best space designs I've see so far in my opinion.
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stumOnner wrote:
I always loved this set. Especially now since the spaceX IPO are in the news and space tourism in the coming future. I think space chess sets will be in high demand. This is one best space designs I've see so far in my opinion.
Of course, it appeared in 1958 just as the ‘space race’ had begun - Soviet Union vs USA (back when education meant something to the country). It’s amazing that a workshop in Val Gardena, Italy is where the collaboration with the Disney designer Arthur Elliott came together… Just a wonderful story (not to mention the history of the workshop and the experiences of Anton Rifeser (AnRi) as a soldier and prisoner of war in the Soviet Union… They produced beautiful chess sets - the Elsinore is another (harder to find because fewer produced over a shorter period of time).
ANRI Space Age: Ended up with two sets, so selling one:
https://ebay.us/m/9Dr7ZN