Chess Sale

By Anri One side predominantly black, the other side cream, the figures in traditional dress, kings with swords, pawns as footsoldiers, the king 3 1/2

Circa 1950 The pieces of a stylized design, one side in a darker colored wood, kings and queens of Medieval form, bishops with crosses to the front, k

The silver side as the Spanish Conquistadors, the silver-gilt side as Aztecs, kings as Cortes and Montezuma, knights as horses' heads and eagles...

One side with a dark brown patination, the other side with a metallic patination, kings and queens as monarchs, knights as horses' heads, rooks ...

One side a gold color, the other side black, kings and queens as monarchs, bishops holding swords aloft, knights as stylized Cretan horses, pawns as t

One side with red bases, the other side with yellow bases, kings as matadors, queens as flamenco dancers, bishops holding staffs, knights as bulls, ro

One side predominantly white, the other side predominantly black, kings and queens wearing crowns, bishops wearing caps, knights as horses' head...

One side stained a purple-brown color, the other side in a lighter color, the king 5 1/2 inches high, the pawn 3 1/4 inches high. $150-200

19th Century One side stained black, the other side left natural, the king 3 3/4 inches high, the pawn 1 3/4 inches high. $1,200-1,600

Circa 1920 The Inca Empire versus the Spanish conqueror Pizarro; the king as Atahualpha, queen as Pacha, bishops as 'chasqui,' knights as ll...

Early 19th Century One side stained black, the other side left natural, kings and queens with reeded, conical finials, the king 3 1/2 inches high, the

Late 19th Century, in the Zimmerman style Romans versus Gauls, the Roman side with black stained bases, the Gaulish side with a brown colored patinati

One side an orange color, the other side blue, the king wearing pantaloons, queens cross-legged on cushions, bishops as counsellors, knights as rearin

One side stained brown, the other side left natural, kings and queens with baluster knops and carved human faces, bishops with finials, capped to one

One side in a lighter colored amber, the amber with many inclusions, kings with petalled crowns, queens with petalled crowns, bishops similar, but of

20th Century The pieces representing different arctic animals, kings and queens as eagles, bishops as polar bears, knights as dolphins, rooks as walru

By Dennis Fairweather Good versus Evil, kings as Aragon and Sauron, the Dark Lord; queens as Lady Galadriel and Shelob, bishops as Treebeard, Gollum,

By Piero Benzoni One side 'silver-plated,' the other side in gilt, the cowboys standing on hats, Indians on buffalo heads, knights as braves...

One side gilded, the king 4 inches high, the pawn 2 inches high; together with an Italian wooden games table, the fitted chess board revealing an inse

Hand-painted with green and red highlights, the king 3 1/2 inches high, the pawn 2 inches high; together with a blue-painted games table, the decorate