Frank actually had numerous Ivory original Jaques/Staunton sets at one time, because I almost bought one from him, and one of them I was going to buy was the Morphy set. I should have bought it, I am sure it is worth a lot more today, by the way your set is sweet, may it bring you good fortune.
House of Staunton's Morphy Set
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Aug 17, 2016
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CrimsonKnight7 wrote:
Frank actually had numerous Ivory original Jaques/Staunton sets at one time, because I almost bought one from him, and one of them I was going to buy was the Morphy set. I should have bought it, I am sure it is worth a lot more today, by the way your set is sweet, may it bring you good fortune.
Thanks, CK!
What a great looking set. That is a beaut!
I also like the large rooks, the knights are I believe copies of original Jaques/Staunton Morphy style knights. Each set was patterned after the original Jaques-Staunton style sets. The named ones any way. His old site was better than the one today, the site today leads you to an ebay store, Yuck. It has some scroll feature, that you can't even tell what you are getting.
I own a club set, its almost 20 years old, it doesn't have any cracks in the ebony pieces either. However I live in Fl, and it is almost 100 percent humidity here most of the time, its like your breathing under water, lol. I guess that kept my pieces moist enough. I only have wiped off the pieces with a very light damp lint rag a few times.
I liked their Morphy set also, Anderson was another one I liked. The old club had all leather bases, thats the main reason I chose it over the Morphy, and Anderson sets. Not all their pieces had leather bases. The knights were slightly different, but the rest of the pieces looked very similar. I think they changed to mainly felt 2 or 3 years later on all their sets.
I have used my set about 10 times. I also have the brief case, it has a couple dings on it, and the inside felt has separated slightly from the foam in certain areas, but it really isn't a big deal, and it came free with the set. I didn't want to pay 200 bucks for a box.
Overall it was a decent purchase, that still is beautiful almost 20 years later.
Aug 17, 2016
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#27
Chuck, it took a while before I was able to comment on this one. It is a beauty!
As always, thanks for sharing.
More pics of the 4.4" Morphy
Aug 17, 2016
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#29
The pawns are nicely sized--neither to fat nor too skinny, and the height is good--tall enough for a scary phalanx
A beautiful set. Simply magnifico, thanks for posting these guys, it never gets old checking out great looking chess sets.
#28
that is a nice looking set, Mike😊
Aug 18, 2016
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#32
CrimsonKnight7 wrote:
I also like the large rooks, the knights are I believe copies of original Jaques/Staunton Morphy style knights. Each set was patterned after the original Jaques-Staunton style sets. The named ones any way. His old site was better than the one today, the site today leads you to an ebay store, Yuck. It has some scroll feature, that you can't even tell what you are getting.
I own a club set, its almost 20 years old, it doesn't have any cracks in the ebony pieces either. However I live in Fl, and it is almost 100 percent humidity here most of the time, its like your breathing under water, lol. I guess that kept my pieces moist enough. I only have wiped off the pieces with a very light damp lint rag a few times.
I liked their Morphy set also, Anderson was another one I liked. The old club had all leather bases, thats the main reason I chose it over the Morphy, and Anderson sets. Not all their pieces had leather bases. The knights were slightly different, but the rest of the pieces looked very similar. I think they changed to mainly felt 2 or 3 years later on all their sets.
I have used my set about 10 times. I also have the brief case, it has a couple dings on it, and the inside felt has separated slightly from the foam in certain areas, but it really isn't a big deal, and it came free with the set. I didn't want to pay 200 bucks for a box.
Overall it was a decent purchase, that still is beautiful almost 20 years later.
Great story, CK!
Aug 18, 2016
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#33
Noswals wrote:
Chuck, it took a while before I was able to comment on this one. It is a beauty!
As always, thanks for sharing.
You're very welcome!
Aug 18, 2016
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#34
goodknightmike wrote:
More pics of the 4.4" Morphy
Great photos, Mike! You give an especially good sense of the proportional size of the rooks.
Aug 18, 2016
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#35
Impractical wrote:
The pawns are nicely sized--neither to fat nor too skinny, and the height is good--tall enough for a scary phalanx
Thanks, Mark!
However, House of Staunton has many upright chess boards that hang on walls like picture frames to display all the pieces. You can even change the board position from time to time to interest your friends
I've considered those, but they're an expensive way to display one set at a time (two if you put a piece on every square), and they don't accomodate larger sets.