Drueke Chess Set

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lenslens1

When I was a kid I remember British Chess magazine has a close-out fire sale on sets made of ivory for 5 pounds each. 

tammystone411
dWF5Gt wrote:
tammystone411 wrote:

Who is Wisewarrior and why is he/she asking me to put them on my friends list??? I've been a member all of 15 minutes lol! Ohhh nooo... are there "loons/trolls" on here?

You could say that:

 

http://www.chess.com/forum/view/general/goodbye2

wow... thanks for that heads up dWF5Gt.... and that chess set sold within an hour of me posting it locally... so thank you for your help with that! Wish you the best, goodbye and I'd say good luck but we all know it's about the skill with chess lol... take care. :)

dWF5Gt
tammystone411 wrote:

wow... thanks for that heads up dWF5Gt.... and that chess set sold within an hour of me posting it locally... so thank you for your help with that! Wish you the best, goodbye and I'd say good luck but we all know it's about the skill with chess lol... take care. :)

Good deal. :)

tammystone411
dWF5Gt wrote:
tammystone411 wrote:

wow... thanks for that heads up dWF5Gt.... and that chess set sold within an hour of me posting it locally... so thank you for your help with that! Wish you the best, goodbye and I'd say good luck but we all know it's about the skill with chess lol... take care. :)

Good deal. :)

...spoke too soon lol... person suddenly backed out without even coming to see it... oh well.  Uhmmmm... how do I "unjoin" this group? Suddenly I'm receiving unreal amounts of spam.  I can not find a "quit group" or "close my account" button anywhere??

Rishi9

This is the one I am getting,

21 Inch Drueke Tournament Chess Set (3-3/4″ KIng) $245.00

There are still two 15 inch boards for sale.

dWF5Gt
Rishi9 wrote:

This is the one I am getting,
21 Inch Drueke Tournament Chess Set (3-3/4″ KIng) $245.00
There are still two 15 inch boards for sale.

Good to see you got one. I'm tracking my shipment in from Canada.

dWF5Gt
dWF5Gt wrote:

I emailed Regency Canada and got a reply from David Lawless, saying he had a 21" board, and that he was heading out to ship a 23" board and would be right back with shipping info. Ordered the 21" board - he said he would ship it out asap. I'm a happy camper. :)

Expected Delivery Day: Wednesday, May 7, 2014 !

Rishi9

Looks like you are counting the minutes until delivery :)

dWF5Gt

Arrived today. Bullet proof packaging; outer box, double bubble wrap, original factory box. All the Drueke paperwork - the board is pristine. Kudos to David Lawless of Regency Chess, Canada.

 21 Inch Drueke Tournament Chess Board

Extra Heavy Chessmen
35-H
Simulated Wood Chess
3 1/2" King

 

Rishi9

How did all the Drueke fan boys miss this auction ? There were eight brand new Drueke's sold at less than $100.

A 23 inch for $73 . They look brand new, not used.

http://auctionmasters.com/cgi-bin/mnlist.cgi

23 inch http://auctionmasters.com/cgi-bin/mnlist.cgi?amasters8/4189

A 15 inch Drueke for $23.

http://auctionmasters.com/cgi-bin/mnlist.cgi?amasters8/4226

I found this while doing a google search for Drueke chess board but narrow google search down to last one month. Missed a nice find by just three days. :(

andy277

That auction did not offer shipping, so you would have had to arrange for a third party to pick up, pack, and ship the boards. This is usually quite expensive, so you need to factor that cost in, and this was probably at least partly why the boards went cheap.

Rishi9

Agreed Andy, shipping charges makes this a complicated process for international buyers, but this was a good bargain for someone in US.