These results are avaliable from Bonhams website to download.
£432
£16,800
Showing the very handsome knights of #86. No one has thought of a sensible descriptive codex for identifying the differing styles of carving on the Jaques Stauntons. Calling them after famous chess players is no help as it adds nothing to our knowledge of the genre.
Showing the 'straight' stamp, very early sets, (with J.Jaques stamps) were curved at this stage, (1849), as the only metal stamp was the one used on the (upper side) foot rim of the wood sets.
£720
107, front, £24, very cheap for a nice set.
£240
94, unsold 95, rear, £780
100, £1, 320!! Yes, So it seems the buyer of this delightful set really does take from the rich to give to the poor!!
104, £120. That is cheap fo a good ivory 19c set with well carved knights! I really cannot see that a good set like this is worth less than a plain old English bone set.
103, rear, £900
108, £144. A good result for a plain old English bone set.
109, £192, Again, a good result for a plain bone set.
110 £1,200.
114, £1,140
112, £744
115, £900
121, £240, cheap for a good 'true' Barleycorn bone set.
124, £2040
122, £264
126, £720
128, £216
129, £264
130, £264
132, £2040.
133, £840.
138, £312
144, £2,280
141, Part set, £720
140, £2,400. very cheap for an early example Geislingen. Nice early period box.
145, £5,760 It was suggested to me by a well known chess researcher that this set was in ivory and by Bertram Jones A similar set has been copied in metal in the last few years, new casting techniques make this possible.
149, £1020, Nice early set
150, 1 white rook, has no 'brickwork' marks to body. Left most wp has a moustache. However still made £8,400. Rare and desirable. note the rooks on the Pequia side are correct due to a void inside which means they will not make to the size of the mutton bone white side. occasionally found with same size rooks where the nuts have been specially selected by the turner perhaps.
151, £9,000. What's to say, rare, early, expensive, delightful.
153, £264.
154, £420, I'm a bit suprised, as these are avaliable from the Indian maker. I suppose this set is meant to be acopy of the Munich set in Schakpartie durch Zeiten und Welten, (the Hamburgh chess club catalogue page 222 for the real thing.)
156, £6,600. Super quality, leather hats etc.
160, £420.
161, £840
165, £1080.
171, £480, I've seen a few of these wood sets that look as if they are copies of bone plain English/German sets. One like this is in Schakpartie page 233
172, £336
179, £576
176, £120
183, £360
185, £600 ! Remakable, was everyone asleep?
Probably made from a large Jonchets set with added bases. Or a modern Indian copy of a Dieppe bust set
31, £192 (~~)
#205, £2,040, Might really be 9th c then!
#209, £1,620
213, £480
212, £360
#202, £5,760
#59 £384
Remnants of label under #186 Regence set
Hmm. dont like the look of this stamp.
