where to evaluate and sell large chess collection?
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Hello everyone, my uncle left my family a large collection of antique, reproduced and scholastic (?) chess sets, boards and clocks. I am having a hard time understanding their value - but a few must have some value because he was very proud of them and kept them in glass cases. Any advice on where and how to start would be very much appreciated. eBay, Etsy and google searches etc don’t help me much because I don’t know how to identify what I’m looking at. I hope to find an expert. Many thanks!
Oct 27, 2021
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If you post some pictures here then people will give you an idea of the value.
I think eBay is a good place to sell chess stuff, but you will need to describe them properly in order to get your listings visible to the right buyers. Lots of knowledgeable collectors haunt these forums so we will be able to help with this.
Thank you IpswichMatt! I am away from the collection right now, but will post a couple things I did take pictures of, and more next week when I can take more. Thanks again :)
Unfortunately, I can’t figure out how to post a photo on this forum! Maybe my account is too new? I will keep trying, because I’d love some knowledgeable feedback.
Oct 28, 2021
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I don't think you can do it from the App, if that's how you've connected. If you're connected via a browser you should be able to do this via the "Insert Image" Icon - see pic below...
Oct 28, 2021
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Alternatively you could join the Facebook group "STAUNTON CHESS SETS VINTAGE & NEW Post your sets". Lots of knowledgeable people there.
IpswichMatt hat geschrieben:
Alternatively you could join the Facebook group "STAUNTON CHESS SETS VINTAGE & NEW Post your sets". Lots of knowledgeable people there.
Very valuable recommendation by @IpswichMatt, as the number of collectors active on Facebook is significantly larger than on the chess.com forums. I might only add that the "STAUNTON CHESS SETS VINTAGE & NEW" group on Facebook is mainly dedicated to Staunton type chess sets as the name already suggests. Should the collection consist of different types of sets, which I can only assume, I suggest to (also) join the "CLASSICAL CHESS SETS NEW & OLD" Facebook group (run by me, inter alia) or the "Chess Collectors" group.