🚀 go-pugleaf

RetroBBS NetNews Server

Inspired by RockSolid Light RIP Retro Guy

Article View: gnu.chess
Article #2934

Handcarved Chess Sets

#2934
From: Rob
Date: Thu, 26 Nov 1998 00:00
19 lines
1417 bytes
f anyone has information on stores that carry high-end, collector
grade chess sets, I would appreciate it if you could let me know where
they are.

I have a friend in Moscow, and her father is a well known artists.
Each year he travels to Siberia and selects one million year old
mammoth ivory tusks.  He returns to Moscow and begins the daunting
task of hand carving intricate chess sets.  The chess sets can only be
described as incredible.  He makes a variety of themes.  Each chess
set takes six months to make.  They are works of art.

It is going to take a high-end store to carry this type of chess set.
He sells them for approximately $5,000, but I could see them selling
for $10 -15,000 retail.  The ivory alone has an inherent value.

If anyone can point me in the right direction, it would be greatly
appreciated.  Thank you.

Rob
Technical Details
Message-ID: <365f83b5.6814114@news1.ibm.net>
Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!unknown!not-for-mail

Show Full Headers
Complete Article Headers
X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit
X-Google-Thread: 10d71d,4e9dd4efbea0c665,start
X-Google-Attributes: gid10d71d,public
From: revina@ibm.net (Rob)
Subject: Handcarved Chess Sets
Date: 1998/11/26
Message-ID: <365f83b5.6814114@news1.ibm.net>
X-Deja-AN: 415934993
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
X-Trace: 26 Nov 1998 16:41:37 GMT, 129.37.44.192
Organization: IBM.NET
X-Notice: should be reported to postmaster@ibm.net
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
MIME-Version: 1.0
Newsgroups: gnu.chess
X-Complaints-To: postmaster@ibm.net