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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;SBSVC, post: 423698, member: 136&quot;]Ah... there&#039;s the rub, for sure!</p><p><br /></p><p>The one and <u>only</u> thing I honestly regret passing up was a hand-carved chess set. It wasn&#039;t anything truly special, in and of itself, (and I am NOT a chess aficionado) <b><u>but</u></b> it was made for my own gg-grandfather by one of his &quot;men&quot; when he was a POW in Texas during the Civil War.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s the description from the auction, back in 2009:</p><p><br /></p><p><font size="4"><i>This is supposed to be a civil war chess set, i can&#039;t prove it, am selling it as found, but it looks to me like it very well could be, i just don&#039;t know if prisoners would have had access to a lathe of some kind, or could have rigged one up, and this one is definitely turned, and then lightly carved. pieces are very consistent as to size and style, which may mean possibly not, i just don&#039;t know. is a full set with one extra pawn for each side, the pieces measure as follows, king, 1 7/8&quot;; queen, 1 13/16&quot;; bishop, 1 11/16&quot;; knight, 1 9/16&quot;; rook, 1 1/2&quot;; pawn, 1 1/8&quot;. one black rook is missing 4 points at the top of the tower. rest of set is good and is lightly soiled, as the pieces have no finish on them. the note in the top of the box reads &quot; Chess Made by 2nd Lieut. Chas. Bailey Co G 23rd Conn Vol Inft. For 1st Lieut. Oscar H Hibbard Co G 23rd Conn Vol Inft. These chess were made while they were Prisoners of War at Tyler Smith Co Texas 1863 + 64&quot;. someone wrote in pencil civil war at end of note. this note is glued to the inside of the box lid. the family who possessed the set have no knowledge of where it came from, they found it in the attic of the father&#039;s house after he died. none of the names on the note are anything they can trace in their family, so another mystery. if you have any questions, please let me know, i will do my best to help. thanx for looking and good luck. as an added note the knights do have line carved manes on the other sides. </i> </font></p><p><br /></p><p>I later exchanged a number of emails with the person who DID purchase it (the seller, with the buyer&#039;s permission, put us in touch with each other.) All indications were that it truly HAD been made for and belonged to my gg-grandfather. At the time, I simply felt that the price being asked was far too high for the<i> possibility </i>of a family connection. Sigh. I have always felt that I really should have bought it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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