Jaques of London Antique Chess sets
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I have 2 antique Jacques London chess sets, 1 set ivory circa 1880 - king height 7.4cm and 1 set ebony and boxwood circa 1930 - king height 9cm any idea of the value of these sets
1 does and 1 doesn’t unfortunately, I’ve heard the ivory one will be harder to sell, thanks for your reply
Label is in excellent condition like you said and the box does have a key. 😂😂😂 I’ll pass on the £35 😂😂😂
Any idea on value of these? Estimates? I’ve been offered £600 for the wooden one
Thanks for your reply’s mate, really appreciated. I will give these a call tomorrow and see what that set went for
Sep 2, 2019
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SKM1986 wrote:
Any idea on value of these? Estimates? I’ve been offered £600 for the wooden one
Just looking at the condition of the pieces and box and label my guess is way north of that price but I am not an expert in antique Jaques sets. I would think you can get $1500 for it in a flash or even more. This is on the wooden set. Ivory in perfect condition there are experts in this field. Maybe email Jon Cruniller. Like his page says he is not a dealer only a collector, he would be glad to answer any of your questions on antique chess sets. He is considered tops in this field. He is the expert for BOTH sets
http://www.chessantique.com/chess/chess_pages/chess_jon.htm
Thanks for all the reply’s guys
😂😂😂😂😂 I’ll keep it in mind
I might have to get it appraised
The wooden one looks to be in excellent condition. If you take many photos, including the undersides to show that the baize is likely to be original and stick it on eBay you will get a good price. If you look closely at each piece is there any evidence of restoration? If it's in as good a condition as it appears then you should get £600 or more. But it's post 1895 so won't be super valuable.
Post here to let us know if you put it on eBay - it's about time I bought another chess set, I'm starting to get withdrawal symptoms.
Sep 5, 2019
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When I used to work in a chess shop (quite a number of years ago) that’s the set (the non-Ivory one)that we sold for £995 (new), so something around the £600 mark or just over wouldn’t seem unreasonable.
It is on eBay and the baize is original and no restoration has taken place, completely original 😎
Depends on offer and if your willing to cover postage and packing costs
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