Lewis chessman for sale

[Duncan Head]

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/jun/03/lewis-chessmen-piece-bought-for-5-pounds-in-1964-could-sell-for-1m-pounds

I didn't know that there were any outside a museum.

[Erpingham]

The guide books have always noted there were more pieces originally and some were lost.  This appears to be one.  Nice to think of it in a Scottish museum but bit of a hefty price tag. 

[Duncan Head]

Nice to think of it in a Scottish museum but bit of a hefty price tag.

And predictably seems to have gone to a private collector - an "anonymous buyer". £735,000 is indeed a high price for what is essentially a single wargames figure!

[Erpingham]

We can but hope that the figure has been properly documented before it disappears again. 

[Jim Webster]

Nice to think of it in a Scottish museum but bit of a hefty price tag.

And predictably seems to have gone to a private collector - an "anonymous buyer". £735,000 is indeed a high price for what is essentially a single wargames figure!

You've obviously not being buying much Games Workshop stuff recently 

[Duncan Head]

You've obviously not being buying much Games Workshop stuff recently 

Or ever, as it happens 

[Jim Webster]

You've obviously not being buying much Games Workshop stuff recently 

Or ever, as it happens 

Occasionally I pick up fun stuff remarkably cheap on bring and buys