You have a great collection. I find lots of vintage chess sets and chess books in thrift stores every month. Seems nobody is into chess and donating them where I live. I also find old wooden boxes, jewelry boxes, music boxes, silverware cases, etc, that I repurpose to store the chess pieces. Crown Royal liquor bags for my plastic loose sets.
Nice paint job on the ceramic set. My favorite set is one I was given for Christmas about fifty years ago. It's a plastic set with tall figures. It was sold by Sears.
Thank you for sharing your collection! I think it is really neat that you still have your childhood sets (We are about the same age, so I know how hard it is to keep something like that through various moves. My hat's off to you.) Neat that you've enjoyed chess for so many years--I'm just getting started.
I had them stored away for many years as I did not have time to play chess. Now they are on display and I am trying to find more time to play. I actually have acquired many more sets since the video was made, so should du a sequel.
You may have noticed the chess set made from water Buffalo horn had a knight that was missing the horse head. I went out to the back yard and cut a piece of wood from a tree that had yellow wood and carved a little horse head. 😀
Very nice! I only have one chess set and it's quite cheap, but both the pieces and board are made out of wood so I'll keep it. I'll aim to have a collection like yours someday
You only need one to play a great game! I prefer wooden pieces, overall. I started looking for unique sets that fit the countries I visited and ended up with these chess sets. I just came back from South Africa and bought a set that had carved wooden animals as the chess pieces: pawns are baboons, king and queens lions, rooks are rhinos, knights donkeys and bishops storks.
Having something in life you are passionate about or interested in is one of the joys of life, whatever it is. Its objectively based, never be ashamed of that. People go their whole life without finding something they like and that must be unfulfilling.
I live in İstanbul and that chess set with Ottomans vs Crusaders is a well-known and popular that you can find it at any gift shop and bazaar. They are even a tourist-attraction piece/souvenir as I see they are usually surrounded by tourists from all around the world. I had always wanted to have one but they are really expensive for us Turks but I'm happy you have that and I hope you enjoy playing with it :) Oh and I have a question- do you usually play as the Ottomans or as the Crusaders? 😅
A little at a time! I started when I was young and bought what I could afford at the time. As I got older, I was able to get better chess sets, but my older ones are still my favorites.
@@nicksaint-erne Yes! Thank you! 💙 , I have 4 chess set and 2 of them was lost in time 🤣 , but i have the magnetic chess to use when im in school and also i buyed a torunament set !
Thank you. I thought a long time how to make them detailed yet each side distinct. I decided to make one side look younger and the other older and wiser.
@@nicksaint-erne reminds me of painting warhammer figures, not a bad interactive way to customize/Personalize your pieces. Im inspired to get a chess set collection now hehe
Some beaitiful sets, i have over 60 themed sets i collected yrs ago to make latex moulds of. SAC do some beautiful sets but tend to be very pricey... edit: I also have a collection of themed tic tac toe sets on the themed 9 square boards. Have you ever seen any ? .....
I have one TicTacToe board I made in Cub Scouts!😆 it has felt X and Os that cling to a felt game board. Did you ever make copies of your sets using the moulds?
Great collection! 👍👍👍 I wonder if you find that some of the sets are difficult to play with? For instance, I would get very confused in differentiating the pieces in the first set you show.
It took some time with the Aztec set, as all pieces are carved the same, only the height is different. Also, sets with smaller pieces are harder to differentiate. That is why you can't beat a good Staunton style set like the wooden set with the Fleur de Lis on the king's crown.
9:46 I ordered that set back in the early 1990's when I lived in an Apartment and the neighbor across the hall Stole the Package when it was delivered to My Apartment Door when I was at Work and then a few weeks later I was coming home from work and they had their door open and I saw My Purchased item sitting on their Coffee Table. I did not say anything, I simply condemned them and their entire Family Bloodline to the Lake of Fire to be Punished for all eternity because I Alone have the Authority and Power to Judge in this manner. Let this be a Lesson to each and every one of you. I said, Thou shall not Covet thy neighbors Stuff. Thou shall not Steal. Remember, No one provokes Me with impunity.
Hi! What a great collection you have. How do you like the Manopoulos greek-chess set that you got in Greece. I am looking at this type of chess set. Any positive and negative feedback? 😊 1:00
Mine is 8” (6.5” actual board size). It is very nice, but I would recommend a bigger size if you plan on playing on it frequently. Sometimes it is hard to differentiate between the silver and gold colored pieces, but okay in good lighting. The set is beautiful overall.
I had not seen that set previously. I just looked and bought one on eBay! It will be in my part 2 video as I have about a dozen new sets since making the first video.
@@nicksaint-erne -awesome. Was my favorite set as a kid. They made two versions. I had the set that was not weighted. My brother and I filled them with sand to make them heavier. I bought a weighted set several years ago that also stand taller. I just got a Noble Collection Harry Potter Chess set that I am hoping will be delivered today.
The set I ordered was packaged poorly and sent back unfortunately. I am looking for a good ceramic set like what you had in this video. Also, looking forward to your updated collection video. I have a square off set I added last year (a table that you can play against people online) and an Isle of Lewis set have been my favorite pick ups.
I’ve got a extremely unique chessboard you might be interested in. I make the pieces as well but it’s the board that I think is very cool and extremely unique. If you’re interested at all, let me know and I’ll send you a link to my website (I’m not sure if RU-vid allows external links or auto deletes the comments).
That 2nd one is exsqusit However I prefer standard Staunton Chess set to the fancy boards as I feel chess should not just be for display but should be played with to truly be enjoyed. Lovely sets
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Hello my name is Alfred. My father left me a set of stone chess pieces that are exactly like those first ones you talked about but no board. Do you by chance know the company name or manufacturer? I would love to purchase the matching board and keep it on display in his honor.
Hi Alfred. Those pieces are made of onyx stone and are hand carved in an Aztec motif. They are made in studios of Herrera Montiel in Puebla, Mexico. The set typically sells for around $150. They are fairly common in the USA from tourist bringing them home. There are often sets or boards available for sale. The pieces will break if dropped, so some sets have broken pieces or board. Look at Facebook Marketplace and search Onyx chess board and see what you find. Good luck. Those are special pieces, as yours, like mine, were from a parent.
Most sets were $50-100, except for the smaller plastic sets that were less. The most expensive one is the Staunton set with the fleur de lis on the king, which was over $250 for the pieces and board, and the antique Sri Lanka set. The giant wooden Mexican set was $125, purchased used. The ceramic set was about $50 unpainted, but worth much more to me now that I painted it.
Awesome collection....kinda jealous (lol). I had been given a set exactly like the one ur parents brought back. can u tell me anything about it as I assumed it was aztec but most likely I'm wrong.
@@justinballard5948 It is based on Aztec motif. It is carved out of onyx stone. The set is still commonly available in Mexico, with the larger size like mine selling for about $175 now. Probably it was under $50 when my parents bought it for me in 1972 on they anniversary trip to Acapulco, or they wouldn't have bought it! Some research on the design attributes the manufacture to Herrera Montiel of Temuacan Puebla, Mexico.
“I have a handcrafted wooden chessboard of which I do not know the origin, can you help me? I'm italian. Gratzie.” Hi Fabio, Thanks for your comment. You can post photos of your chess set on the Facebook group: Staunton Chess Sets Vintage and New And they will help identify your set.
If you like chess, you might like this poem about a famous chess game played by Paul Morphy at the Paris Opera House: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-xxFlm2XrIq4.html
😄Yes I do, but don't get to play as often as I would like. I enjoy playing in person better than playing online or against a computer. It is more fun to socialize while playing chess.
