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Long-lost Lewis Chessman found
Posted: Mon Jun 03, 2019 8:24 am
by popsandme
BBC News - Long-lost Lewis Chessman found in Edinburgh family's drawer
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland- ... -48494885
Re: Long-lost Lewis Chessman found
Posted: Mon Jun 03, 2019 9:05 am
by dig-it-pete
WOW!
Re: Long-lost Lewis Chessman found
Posted: Mon Jun 03, 2019 9:31 am
by popsandme
Yeah, wouldn’t mind having one of them in a drawer
Re: Long-lost Lewis Chessman found
Posted: Mon Jun 03, 2019 10:21 am
by Hectorsfarm_
Oh my word...need to go to more bootfairs!
Re: Long-lost Lewis Chessman found
Posted: Mon Jun 03, 2019 4:18 pm
by kev woodward
Re: Long-lost Lewis Chessman found
Posted: Mon Jun 03, 2019 4:23 pm
by arfrape
amazing story, thanks
Re: Long-lost Lewis Chessman found
Posted: Tue Jun 04, 2019 3:50 am
by john p
This is our set, my wife recreated them from pictures to 3d print.
Re: Long-lost Lewis Chessman found
Posted: Tue Jun 04, 2019 6:52 am
by JBM
I heard about this on Radio Bristol this morning.
Surely if it was stolen it belongs to the original owners or their beneficiaries.?
I watch with interest.
Jerry.
Re: Long-lost Lewis Chessman found
Posted: Tue Jun 04, 2019 5:18 pm
by lee greagsbey
Wow thanks for this Pops...
Here's another article linked to your orignal thread...
"Lewis chessmen piece bought for £5 in 1964 could sell for £1m"
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/201 ... -1m-pounds
Re: Long-lost Lewis Chessman found
Posted: Wed Jul 03, 2019 8:10 am
by lee greagsbey
More on the Chessman...
"Lost Lewis Chessman piece bought for £5 sells for £735,000 at auction"
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland- ... s-48824712
Re: Long-lost Lewis Chessman found
Posted: Wed Jul 17, 2019 4:00 pm
by lee greagsbey
And again...
"A Medieval Chess Piece Auctioned for Over £700,000"
https://www.barnebys.co.uk/blog/on-july ... ivory-from