Board Games Archives - All Collectible Games https://allcollectiblegames.com/board-games/ Information and Price Guide to Antique and Vintage Collectible Games Tue, 24 Oct 2023 08:27:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 Chess Pieces https://allcollectiblegames.com/chess-pieces/ Sun, 09 May 2021 11:54:34 +0000 https://allcollectiblegames.com/?p=287 Chess pieces can be collectible in their own right. A chess set consists of 32 pieces, 16 on each sides. Normally they are black and white but sometimes they can…

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]]> Chess pieces can be collectible in their own right. A chess set consists of 32 pieces, 16 on each sides. Normally they are black and white but sometimes they can be in other colors such as red and white or made of other materials such as ivory or precious metals.

On each side there is a king, a queen, two knights, two bishops, two rooks and eight pawns.

Below are some examples and price guides of some chess pieces including a Scandinavian king from the 12th century and a parcel-gilt silver knight chess piece.

A 'PAWN' CHESS PIECE BY MARTIN BROTHERS

A ‘PAWN’ CHESS PIECE BY MARTIN BROTHERS unsigned, circa 1900 glazed stoneware 8cm high

Sold for £ 1,530 inc. premium at Bonham’s in 2019

Chess Piece of a Queen

This chess piece of a queen seated inside a castle is modeled on similar pieces made in the Arab world in the 8th and 9th centuries and brought to western Europe as gifts or articles of trade. The queen’s headdress, a close-fitting hood with headband, is typical, though, of royal garments worn in 12th-century Spain. The piece is carved from a walrus tusk, used as a cheaper alternative to elephant ivory. This is the only medieval chess piece of a queen in an American collection.

Reference: The Walters Art Museum

A parcel-gilt silver and ivory chess piece (knight), unmarked, probably Hanau, circa 1900

A parcel-gilt silver and ivory chess piece (knight), unmarked, probably Hanau, circa 1900 resting on a rectangular terrace adorned with a double-headed eagle escutcheon stamped with a count coronet, surrounded with foliage and lion’s muzzle, the horse adorned with ceremonial armor inlaid with cabochons of colored stones, the knight with ivory face wearing a dragon crested helmet

Sold for 8.190 EUR at Sotheby’s in 2020

Chess piece Scandinavian (possibly Denmark) Medieval

Chess piece Scandinavian (possibly Denmark)Medievalearly 12th centuryObject Place: Scandinavia (possibly Denmark)

This king is perhaps the only remaining piece of an unusually elaborate early Romanesque chess set of walrus ivory. The figure is seated in a high-backed throne and holds in his right hand the hair of a warrior in mail who stretches out in submission. The throne back is decorated with intertwined dragon-like beasts, one of which is biting the warrior’s behind. The decoration on the left side of the throne is missing, but one can assume that it continued to the back and right around the throne. The iconography may allude to Sigurd overcoming the wicked Regin, a favorite theme in Norse poetry, or may represent the conquered monsters of the netherworld. The intricate carving with its free and restless rhythmic motion recalls the style of the incised drawings on the earlier Viking tombstone on the Isle of Man and the Swedish runestones of Sparlosa and Ramsund, 3 which depict the story of Sigurd and Regin.

Reference: Museum of Fine Arts Boston

Knight Chess Piece ca. 1250

Knight Chess Piece ca. 1250 British

Although the number of Knights and Bishops on the chessboard is the same, more medieval chess pieces in the form of Knights survive. This example, perfectly poised on his fine horse, battles a dragon, a symbol of evil. But for the lack of a halo and a princess in need of rescue standing nearby, he might be mistaken for Saint George, who, according to legend, slayed a dragon.

Reference: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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]]> 287 Race Board Games https://allcollectiblegames.com/race-board-games/ Thu, 06 May 2021 08:06:57 +0000 https://allcollectiblegames.com/?p=277 Race Board Games. Race games are a large category of board games, in which the object is to be the first to move all one’s pieces to the end of…

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]]> Race Board Games. Race games are a large category of board games, in which the object is to be the first to move all one’s pieces to the end of a track. This is both the earliest type of board game known, with implements and representations dating back to at least the 3rd millennium BC in Egypt, Iraq, and Iran. Race games often use dice to decide game options and how far to move pieces. Reference: Wikipedia

Below are some examples and price guides of race board games including a rare Journey to Mecca and a McLoughlin Bros Automobile Race Game.

Board game journey to Mecca Course de Chevaux Race Game A.R.P. Board Game 1938-39 (published) MAP GAME - GAME OF THE SNAKE Race Game published by Lucchino Gargano Mcloughlin Bros. Game of the Automobile Race

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]]> 277 Senet https://allcollectiblegames.com/senet/ Mon, 12 Apr 2021 15:58:38 +0000 https://allcollectiblegames.com/?p=140 Senet is the oldest known board game. Fragmentary boards that could be senet have been found in First Dynasty burials in Egypt, c. 3100 BCE. The first unequivocal painting of…

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]]> Senet is the oldest known board game. Fragmentary boards that could be senet have been found in First Dynasty burials in Egypt, c. 3100 BCE. The first unequivocal painting of this ancient game is from the Third Dynasty tomb of Hesy (c. 2686–2613 BCE). People are depicted playing senet in a painting in the tomb of Rashepes, as well as from other tombs of the Fifth and Sixth Dynasties (c. 2500 BCE). The oldest intact senet boards date to the Middle Kingdom, but graffiti on Fifth and Sixth Dynasty monuments could date as early as the Old Kingdom. Reference: Wikipedia

Below are some examples and price guides of Senet games including a faience board and a group of Ancient Egyptian gaming pieces.

Senet Board Senet Fragment Senet Game Pieces Game Box for Playing Senet and Twenty Squares ca. 1635–1458 B.C. Game pieces Egyptian New Kingdom, early Dynasty 181539–1458 B.C. Two Egyptian Alabaster SENET Gaming Pieces

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]]> 140 War Chess Sets https://allcollectiblegames.com/war-chess-sets/ Fri, 09 Apr 2021 13:48:38 +0000 https://allcollectiblegames.com/?p=40 War Chess Sets. Chess sets which depict wars are very collectible. Some were made during the war years while others commemorate wars. Both antique and modern chess sets in these…

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]]> War Chess Sets. Chess sets which depict wars are very collectible. Some were made during the war years while others commemorate wars. Both antique and modern chess sets in these themes can be found. Antique ones were often made to be played but modern ones tend to be more for collectors.

Below are some examples and price guides of war chess sets including an early 19th prisoner of war chess set and a rare Soviet “Reds against Whites” chess set made from porcelain.

A RARE SOVIET PORCELAIN CHESS SET 'THE REDS AGAINST THE WHITES'

A RARE SOVIET PORCELAIN CHESS SET ‘THE REDS AGAINST THE WHITES’
State Porcelain Factory, Leningrad, USSR, 1933-1934, after design by Natalia Danko (1892-1942)
On the White side: the King is designed as Death draped in black ermine-lined cloak and holding a sword and long bone; the Queen as Fortuna with a cornucopia spilling gold coins: the Knights as White Army officers dressed in gold and black uniforms; the Bishops as armoured horses surmounted with double-headed eagles, the Rooks as sail boats with crowed masts and sails decorated with pole axe within chain garland; and the Pawns as chained serfs; on the Red side: the King is designed as a blacksmith leaning on a large hammer, the Queen as a peasant maiden holding stalk of wheat and field flowers in one arm and a sickle in the other; the Knights as soldiers dressed in uniform of the Red Army and standing next to the hammer and sickle on the star-shaped pedestal; the Bishops as horses rising from overlapping red stars; the Rooks as sail boats of two slightly varying designs with masts supporting sails in shape of pink stars; and the Pawns as young male peasants holding golden stalks of wheat and silver sickles, all marked underside with blue factory mark

Sold for £ 47,750 (US$ 55,821) inc. premium at Bonham’s in 2020

SET OF PRISONER-OF-WAR CARVED BONE AND WOOD CHESS PIECES

SET OF PRISONER-OF-WAR CARVED BONE AND WOOD CHESS PIECES
Britain/France, Early 19th Century
Complete set of 32 pieces, the black pieces carved from wood or with wood plinths, and the white pieces entirely in bone. Some polychroming. Includes a lift-top mirrored shadow box for display.
Heights from 1.5″ to 2.5″. Box height 5″. Length 14″. Width 12″.

Sold for US$2,500 at Eldred’s in 2022

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]]> 40 Porcelain Chess Sets https://allcollectiblegames.com/porcelain-chess-sets/ Thu, 08 Apr 2021 13:26:52 +0000 https://allcollectiblegames.com/?p=18 Porcelain chess sets can be extremely collectible and antique ones can be very rare. Companies such as Meissen and The Royal Porcelain Manufactory, Berlin produced them. Below are some examples…

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]]> Porcelain chess sets can be extremely collectible and antique ones can be very rare. Companies such as Meissen and The Royal Porcelain Manufactory, Berlin produced them.

Below are some examples and price guides of antique and vintage porcelain chess sets including a Soviet Chess Set and a Herend Chess Set

A RARE SOVIET PORCELAIN CHESS SET 'THE REDS AGAINST THE WHITES'

A RARE SOVIET PORCELAIN CHESS SET ‘THE REDS AGAINST THE WHITES’
State Porcelain Factory, Leningrad, USSR, 1933-1934, after design by Natalia Danko (1892-1942)
On the White side: the King is designed as Death draped in black ermine-lined cloak and holding a sword and long bone; the Queen as Fortuna with a cornucopia spilling gold coins: the Knights as White Army officers dressed in gold and black uniforms; the Bishops as armoured horses surmounted with double-headed eagles, the Rooks as sail boats with crowed masts and sails decorated with pole axe within chain garland; and the Pawns as chained serfs; on the Red side: the King is designed as a blacksmith leaning on a large hammer, the Queen as a peasant maiden holding stalk of wheat and field flowers in one arm and a sickle in the other; the Knights as soldiers dressed in uniform of the Red Army and standing next to the hammer and sickle on the star-shaped pedestal; the Bishops as horses rising from overlapping red stars; the Rooks as sail boats of two slightly varying designs with masts supporting sails in shape of pink stars; and the Pawns as young male peasants holding golden stalks of wheat and silver sickles, all marked underside with blue factory mark

Sold for £ 47,750 (US$ 55,821) inc. premium at Bonham’s in 2020

Chess Set (32 Pieces) 1004833.3 - Lladro Porcelain

Chess Set (32 Pieces) 1004833.3 – Lladro Porcelain

Glossy finish; Lladro backstamp.

Artist: Julio Fernandez
Issued: 1972-1985
Dimensions: 7.75″H
Manufacturer: Lladro
Country of Origin: Spain
Condition
Good. Board not included.

Sold for $800 at Lion and Unicorn in 2022

Wedgwood 32 pc Porcelain Chess Set w/ Marble Base

Wedgwood 32 pc Porcelain Chess Set w/ Marble Base

Set includes 16 matte blue Wedgwood and 16 matte white Wedgwood playing pieces. Accompanied with a green variegated border black and white square marble board. Pieces measure from 3 3/4″ – 5 3.4″. Board measures 18″ x 18″. Signed with the impressed Wedgwood Made in England stamp on all the 32 pieces. No apparent markings on the board.

Sold for US$840 at MiddleManBrokers Inc in 2022

Herend chess set depicting Hungarian royalty against Austrian peasant workers

Herend chess set depicting Hungarian royalty against Austrian peasant workers, the kings measures 3.5″ h. Total of 32 pieces.

Sold for US$1,100 at Amero Auctions in 2022

Vista Alegre Porcelain Orientalist Style Chess SET

Vista Alegre Porcelain Orientalist Style Chess SET

Orientalist Blackamoor themed 32 piece chess set. Crafted of fine quality porcelain. Mid century modern whimsical design with Moorish influence. Hand painted in colorful themes on white porcelain. Comes in a lucite divided holder. Chess board doubles as container measures 13 inches high 18 inches wide and 2.25 inches deep. Pawn chess pieces measure 3.5 inches high 1.25 inches wide. King chess pieces measure 4.5 inches high 1.25 inches wide. Vista Alegre Portugal marks on bottom.

Sold for US$2,000 at Hill Auction Gallery in 2022

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