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The Parrot's
Show Cage #7
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Reader Ty Kroll writes:
I've been collecting for a while now, connected to a fine
community of chess collectors online, and no matter who I talk to, there
are two sets in my collection I can find no one who has ever seen before.
Both are small 'oddball' sets which I find incredibly charming. It's
possible they are not terribly uncommon, just not high end, so they fly
"under the radar" of many collectors. Neither cost me anything
significant, but they're among my favorites. I'd love to know more
about them if anyone anywhere has seen anything like them.
First there is a little tagua / vegetable ivory set that
came to me in a cigar box.
Hand writing on the box reads: "Spinx Chensis Tongue Out
!Careful!" and "Chess Men Ivory Nut From Bud Remmy 1/1/41"
The form of the pieces appears to be French, close to the
Regence form, but that's all anyone has been able to tell me.
These pics and this information have been up on
my website for
quite a while and no one has offered any further information.
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