That's how I got my first pair! Some older couple was selling them at an antiques fair I went to. They didn't really know what it was, they just...
I shall have to pay closer attention - I've never seen any solid gold ones, not even in museums!
There was another pair online for obscene amounts of money...I ain't that desperate!! But these were just-about-affordable, so I decided to...
Here they are next to my rectangular ones... [ATTACH]
Michael Backman is an excellent resource for stuff like this. His website is fascinating to read.
A bolster is a long, padded pillow, usually cylindrical or oblong in shape... [ATTACH] [ATTACH] The bolster plates are sewn onto the ends for...
My last purchase for 2024!! Or at least, the last addition to my collection for the year... [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Like the other pair I bought, my...
I wouldn't worry. I've been playing mahjong over 20 years, and I've never known anybody who ever uses them.
I find it interesting that so many of them have windows in the front, instead of just wooden slats...but they still wanted to lock them up??...
Maybe it's Russian and they were trying to protect the Faberge Eggs?
We were playing nonstop between about 1-30 to 5-30/6-00. Soooo...4, 4.5 hours, maybe??
One of my vintage sets got a solid workout today!! My brother, my cousin, her husband, and I, all know how to play mahjong, having learned it at...
I hope @Marote doesn't mind -- but I picked this up today at my local charity shop! Bone & Bamboo, a vintage souvenir set, probably from Hong...
It was really common (especially in older times) to mark products with the name of the reigning monarch of the time. For example, public mailboxes...
That Bakelite set is beautiful, definitely vintage, and worth the price.
Yeah, they're knocked-up cheaply in China, and sold overseas. I mean if you don't care what it is, then it's just a cheap, cheerful mahjong set,...
Set 3 is almost certainly modern. They make them up that way to make them look older, but it's not very convincing.
The two solid silver Peranakan Chinese belts I bought. All-up, it's about a pound of silver! [ATTACH]
Yes, looks complete.
Mahjong tiles were traditionally made by hand, by dovetailing bone tops and bamboo bases together. The more BONE you have, the higher quality...
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