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6. "Eighty-two pieces of the set"

Mon Jun 3, 2019, 08:17 PM

Jun 2019

Eighty-two?

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Chess piece bought for $6, expected to sell for $1.2 million. [View all] Tanuki Jun 2019 OP

Just love stories like this. LakeArenal Jun 2019 #1

This guy is cool looking n/t hibbing Jun 2019 #2

one of the kings pawns, capable of slaughtering entire villages for certainot Jun 2019 #12

Very, very cool. Baitball Blogger Jun 2019 #5

I love chess, and have played since I was young. panader0 Jun 2019 #4

You can get a replica set via the British Museum. Reader Rabbit Jun 2019 #20

"Eighty-two pieces of the set" jberryhill Jun 2019 #6

Three dimensional... panader0 Jun 2019 #8

Ah, well, there you go jberryhill Jun 2019 #13

It should've been me! nt Honeycombe8 Jun 2019 #7

Well, make a habit of buying stuff for love. Maybe it will be you. Blue_true Jun 2019 #11

If only. That's a rare thing to happen, I think. Honeycombe8 Jun 2019 #16

So who will step up and buy this for 1.2 mill ? YOHABLO Jun 2019 #9

Likely how the rest ended up in a museum. Blue_true Jun 2019 #14

Last year I bought an old baseball for a quarter at a yard sale. safeinOhio Jun 2019 #10

I hope so. safeinOhio Jun 2019 #17

Something like that happened in Texas ten of fifteen years ago. DFW Jun 2019 #18

I feel sorry for the guy who had bought it for $10 DFW Jun 2019 #23

Amazing story! calimary Jun 2019 #19

Oh, my. I likewise love stories like this. PoindexterOglethorpe Jun 2019 #21