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Can anyone help me with the value of my Chess pieces please
Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2025 12:42 am
by Jake Robbins
The chess pieces have been brought over from Vietnam from when my uncle was in the army in the 70's, it has JJ lettering on the Queen, the pieces are a kind of metal i think brass and copper, the pieces together weigh 5.5kg. The rooke is a cathedral and not castle and from what o have researched i cant find anything like them anywhere, the chess board is marble and is also remarkably heavy. I just want pointing in the right direction and to know the history of the pieces. Any comments would be much appreciated, thankyou
Re: Can anyone help me with the value of my Chess pieces please
Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2025 12:46 am
by Jake Robbins
Chess set purchased in Vietnam in the 70"s
Re: Can anyone help me with the value of my Chess pieces please
Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2025 9:50 am
by Ian Thompson
It might be better to ask on Facebook's
Chess Set Collectors group.
Photographs will be needed, on this forum or elsewhere, for anyone to be able to make a meaningful comment.
Re: Can anyone help me with the value of my Chess pieces please
Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2025 1:42 pm
by Jake Robbins
I have tried to post pictures but even just 1 picture it says the file is to large to post, do you know how I can get around this please Ian?
Re: Can anyone help me with the value of my Chess pieces please
Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2025 2:56 pm
by Kevin Thurlow
Any reputable auction house should be able to help, if Ian's suggestion doesn't work. It sounds as if you have something very interesting (but I have stopped collecting things...)
Re: Can anyone help me with the value of my Chess pieces please
Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2025 5:03 pm
by Jake Robbins
I have proceeded with ians suggestion so hopefully I get somewhere but yes uf not Kevin I shall follow your advice, I hope it's got alot of history and a story behind it, it would be fantastic. I'm jist waiting for my post to be authorised by the Facebook page, take a look at the pictures If you are member
Re: Can anyone help me with the value of my Chess pieces please
Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2025 7:02 am
by Carl Hibbard
Jake Robbins wrote: ↑Sat Sep 20, 2025 1:42 pm
I have tried to post pictures but even just 1 picture it says the file is to large to post, do you know how I can get around this please Ian?
Email the photos to me and I will organise it.
Re: Can anyone help me with the value of my Chess pieces please
Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2025 11:37 am
by Geoff Chandler
"...the value of my Chess pieces."
Traditionally;
A pawn £1.00 each
Knights £3.00 each
Bishops £3.00 each
Rooks £5.00 each
Queens £9.00 each
Kings priceless.
Joking aside I've asked an expert I know to check out this site when the pictures appear and I will PM you their opinion. They did tell me there is a good facebook site which appears to have been mentioned, he recommended that as well.
Re: Can anyone help me with the value of my Chess pieces please
Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2025 9:54 am
by Carl Hibbard
Carl Hibbard wrote: ↑Tue Sep 23, 2025 7:02 am
Jake Robbins wrote: ↑Sat Sep 20, 2025 1:42 pm
I have tried to post pictures but even just 1 picture it says the file is to large to post, do you know how I can get around this please Ian?
Email the photos to me and I will organise it.
Re: Can anyone help me with the value of my Chess pieces please
Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2025 10:04 am
by Mike Gunn
Impressive pieces, but can I be the first to point out that the board is the wrong way round?
Re: Can anyone help me with the value of my Chess pieces please
Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2025 11:47 am
by Kevin Thurlow
Set does look amazing - it looks more Mexican to me. The pawns seem to be a Mariachi band!
Re: Can anyone help me with the value of my Chess pieces please
Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2025 11:49 am
by Christopher Kreuzer
I was thinking Mexican too! Wonder how it ended up in Vietnam and where it was made (Vietnam or somewhere else)? Is the rook castle architecture particularly Mexican/Spanish?
Re: Can anyone help me with the value of my Chess pieces please
Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2025 1:04 pm
by Jon D'Souza-Eva
Looks like a similar set sold not that long ago. Unfortunately I don't have an account with WorthPoint to see the details:
https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/ ... 3786517493
Re: Can anyone help me with the value of my Chess pieces please
Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2025 1:47 pm
by Kevin Thurlow
The knight looks like a charro as well and the rook looks a bit like "Castillo Douglas" (a great Mexican name!)
https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Attractio ... Coast.html
A charro is a Mexican cowboy in fine clothes, a vaquero would wear working clothes, and would probably have a reata (rope, the technical name for a lariat) on the saddle. It could be on the left side of course.
Thanks to Jake for providing the entertainment!
Re: Can anyone help me with the value of my Chess pieces please
Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2025 3:18 pm
by Matt Mackenzie
Mike Gunn wrote: ↑Wed Sep 24, 2025 10:04 am
Impressive pieces, but can I be the first to point out that the board is the wrong way round?
Which long ago became something of a tradition tbf
