Reproduction and Real Jaques of London Chess Set
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Mar 27, 2024
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#5022
Seems odd … black knight missing bottom half of jaw … 5 other flawed pieces. 🤔
Mar 27, 2024
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#5023
Exactly! It's like if you break a few bits off you get a better price
Mar 27, 2024
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#5024
Some collectors requested a non weighted version of our 1850 -
Mar 28, 2024
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#5025
Optimissed wrote:
IpswichMatt wrote:
This is a bit off-topic, but a set sold last night on eBay for £820:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/375321073324?mkevt=1&plmtId=1110100101&mesgId=4001&mkpid=0&emsid=enull.m161499.l174139&mkcid=7&ch=osgood&euid&bu=44412977735&trkId=8b3cf623-01b1-4709-a030-f0c0faee6d2c&cnvId=a7fb74a1-c76a-4a5d-81a4-a4efd73d9c0c&osub=-1%7E1&crd=20240326103104&segname&recoId=375321073324&recoPos=1
Anyone got any idea why this went for so much? It's not a Jaques, I don't think it's a BCC or an Ayres. it's not even a marked set. It's nice enough but something special.
What am I missing?
Nothing much except that you don't get sets like that so much. They have an appeal to people who are a bit older and who remember sets like that from the 50s and 60s. Sets which were quite old then, maybe in a chess club's spare equipment cabinet. It seems to be in perfect condition. I would have thought £300 tops but when you have two people both wanting it and both determined to get it .... I think I have a set like it. Maybe should sell it.
I looks to be from about 1900 to me. It wasn't in perfect condition.
Mar 28, 2024
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#5026
Value is such a strange beast …5 flawed pieces and a knight with a busted jaw … even in ebony - not my cuppa but someone enjoyed the sip.., good luck to them! I’m sure they will enjoy their purchase. Some people wouldn’t go near some of the sets I buy - one man’s trash is another man’s treasure. Never has a saying been so true than in this forum. 👍
Yes, the Gaboon ebony does look jet black indeed.
I have had some pieces of ebony break off but it was lighter and greyish black in colour.
For now, I dont see any seller selling brand new chess sets in Gaboon Ebony.
Jun 3, 2024
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#5029
DesperateKingWalk wrote:
My vintage JoL chess set...
Very nice set, thank you for posting!
Jun 3, 2024
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#5030
The Gaboon Ebony is available but quite expensive. For example one piece at 1.25"x 3.75" x 36" would cost me $229 US.
Jun 4, 2024
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#5031
DesperateKingWalk, it's not that I don't like your "vintage JoL" set, but it's certainly not the traditional Jaques pattern 😮
This is a bit off-topic, but a set sold last night on eBay for £820:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/375321073324?mkevt=1&plmtId=1110100101&mesgId=4001&mkpid=0&emsid=enull.m161499.l174139&mkcid=7&ch=osgood&euid&bu=44412977735&trkId=8b3cf623-01b1-4709-a030-f0c0faee6d2c&cnvId=a7fb74a1-c76a-4a5d-81a4-a4efd73d9c0c&osub=-1%7E1&crd=20240326103104&segname&recoId=375321073324&recoPos=1
Anyone got any idea why this went for so much? It's not a Jaques, I don't think it's a BCC or an Ayres. it's not even a marked set. It's nice enough but something special.
What am I missing?