AFTER years of political point-scoring over their rightful home, more than 30 of the historic Lewis chessmen go on show in Edinburgh today in an exhibition expected to draw tens of thousands of ...

A newly discovered medieval chess piece attributed to the Lewis Chessmen trove, which had been tucked away in a drawer for years after being purchased for just £5 (about $6) in 1964, sold for £735,000 ...

A £5 ($6) purchase turned into a major windfall for one family following an auction in London on Tuesday. The Lewis Warder, one of the most famous chess pieces in the world, sold for £735,000 ...

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LONDON (AP) — A chess piece purchased for a few pounds (dollars) by an antiques dealer in Scotland in 1964 has been identified as one of the 900-year-old Lewis Chessmen, among the greatest artifacts ...

When an antiques dealer in Scotland bought an ivory chessman for £5 ($6) in 1964, he probably had no inkling that he had taken possession of one of the most famous chess pieces in the world. Stored in ...

It’s a million-dollar find — right in their own home. One family’s discovery of a lost Lewis Chessman found in a drawer could fetch up to $1.2 million at auction. The game piece was bought for GBP5, ...

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A medieval chess piece missing for almost 200 years has sold for £735,000 at auction. The piece, bought for £5 in 1964 by an antiques dealer and passed down through their family, has hit a new record ...

The Lewis Chessmen are the most famous and important chess pieces in history. They have a long historical and scholarly record, part of which is that they were made in Norway roughly 800 years ago.

A MEDIEVAL chess piece that was bought for just £5 and kept in a drawer for 55 years has been sold for £735,000. An Edinburgh family's grandfather purchased the chess piece in 1964 and had no idea of ...