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<p>[QUOTE="wlwhittier, post: 9544677, member: 76316"]Resin replicas, to be sure...but so evocative!</p><p>The pawn is marked BMPL; the other 2 are marked BM. I gotta find out who's marks those are. The originals are in the British Museum.</p><p>I can't imagine filling this onesy-twosy; I'll try to find a high-quality contemporary, or better yet a vintage, replica set complete. Costly, probably...but they're pretty special, so worth splashing on even if I never play them. Thanks for lookin'!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]454169[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]454170[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]454171[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]454172[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="wlwhittier, post: 9544677, member: 76316"]Resin replicas, to be sure...but so evocative! The pawn is marked BMPL; the other 2 are marked BM. I gotta find out who's marks those are. The originals are in the British Museum. I can't imagine filling this onesy-twosy; I'll try to find a high-quality contemporary, or better yet a vintage, replica set complete. Costly, probably...but they're pretty special, so worth splashing on even if I never play them. Thanks for lookin'! [ATTACH=full]454169[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]454170[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]454171[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]454172[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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