I wonder if people in Siberia are still digging them up and eating them?
Isle of Lewis Chess Set
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Jan 21, 2011
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#23
I heard years and years ago that when found frozen, they have been eaten.
Yum!10,000 year-old elephant meat!
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DrSpudnik wrote:
I have heard of the effort to Jurassic Park the Wooly Mammoth back into existence. It's probably just an effort to get the price of a Mammoth Ivory Chess Set down below $13,000
I could swear I just saw the House of Staunton set for around $8,000.00 somewhere online....
Jan 21, 2011
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#26
Crosspinner wrote:
echecs06 wrote:
I need to see a pic of your set. I own a set with its board. They come in different sizes.
Okay, be patient, because I am not the best at posting photos on chess.com.
I do not know how to post this any smaller. Notice the size compared to the bill at the bottom of the photo.
[Image size needs to be no bigger than 600x600. Otherwise it causes problems for certain mobile devices.]
That's a cute set.
Jan 21, 2011
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#28
goldendog wrote:
That's a cute set.
Could someone please tell me how to post photos this size?
Jan 21, 2011
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#29
Load the picture into Paint.
Image -> Resize. 10% or whatever.
Image -> Attributes
until width and height are suitable.
Jan 21, 2011
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#30
artfizz wrote:
Load the picture into Paint.
Image -> Resize. 10% or whatever.
Image -> Attributes
until width and height are suitable.
Thank you.
Yes, very nice indeed!
Jan 24, 2011
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#32
My son-in-law helped me figure out how to post these photos. These are more photos of the set in post #30. The White and Black pieces are the same except for the pawns, that is why I have the White pawn with the Black below.
Goldendog, that is a cute set. The black pieces almost look like they're made of chocolate. I have a small set like that made of white marble & onyx I bought in Mexico a few years ago. It's kind of hard to play a game on, but makes a nice decorative set to display on my shelf.
Jan 30, 2011
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#34
The photos I posted in #35 show up great on my MAC, but not on my wife's Windows laptop. I must do some more figuring all of this out.
Mammoth ivory isn't considered illegal because it's classified as a fossil, and not subject to the current international ban.
Jan 31, 2011
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#36
Niven42 wrote:
Mammoth ivory isn't considered illegal because it's classified as a fossil, and not subject to the current international ban.
Also not convenient to find.
Jan 31, 2011
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#37
Niven42 wrote: Mammoth ivory isn't considered illegal because it's classified as a fossil, and not subject to the current international ban.
Crosspinner wrote: Also not convenient to find.
It's a mammoth tusk.
*groan*
Also very hard to poach mammoth these days. Primarily because there aren't too many pots around that are large enough.
I recently read where Russian authorities confiscated several tons of mammoth tusks. Must have got them from people poaching the rare mammoths or something.