Listing # 39775
| Listing Format: | Auction |
| Current price : | €749,00 |
| Starting bid: | €25,00 |
| # of bids: | 33 |
| Closes: | Auction is closed |
| Location: | Sweden |
| Started: | 2023-11-01 01:00:00 |
| Ended: | 2023-11-10 19:00:00 |
| Seller: |
LSAK
(4971)
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| High Bidder(s): | Fedalio (11) |
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David De Lucia's Chess Library. IN MEMORIAM - Special Edition:
2-volume boxed set, only 150 printed of which 100 are for sale. Vol. 1, books and title pages of choice items, 482 pages. Vol. 2, 635 pages, mainly letters and photos. Much material on Lasker, Alekhine, Capablanca, and Fischer, but wonderful material on Steinitz, Botvinnik, andother great players too. There are scarcely enough superlatives to describe this set of fantastically superb books, documents, and photos. The only comparable volumes are the others which DeLucia published on Fischer and the other two volumes of similar items in his wonderful collection. Even for relatively common books such as some of the many books on Fischer, signed by Fischer or others, the copies are beautiful mint or close to mint examples.
But the value does not end with gazing in awe at the treasures every chessaficianado will appreciate, for the letters - many in their entirety - contain much chesshistory which has either been unavailable or only so in dribs and drabs worldwide. The entire production is impeccable in the quality of the photos, color reproduction, binding, paper and layout. Other collectors, particularly in Europe now have been issued a challenge: before your passing into the great beyond, please do something equivalent in terms of giving to the chess world something similar. Even if not on such a grandiose scale,there are other collections around the world with items both precious and significant. In the case of DeLucia he had another noble motive too: the remembrance of his two lovely sisters who tragically passed away within seven months of each other in 2010 and 2011."
Condition: VG. Corners slightly bumped.
Payment Details: Bank transfer or PayPal (+5%)
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