
Archive Gallery
These archive pages feature a complete list of artistically restored sets and commissions that have passed through our galleries over the years and moved on to do battle in the homes of discerning collectors and chess enthusiasts throughout the world.
If one of our sets reappears on the market without a signed ‘Certificate of Artistry’ or doesn’t appear within these pages then I would err on the side of caution regarding its authenticity. Special commissions and gifted/traded sets will say this specifically on the CoA.
“Expectations surpassed with this gorgeous set. Even better than the pictures.
I wish I’d found his site sooner before buying so many modern pieces.”
I wish I’d found his site sooner before buying so many modern pieces.”
Cameron K.
(Plymouth, MN)
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Drueke’s American-Made Chessmen, No.22, c.1955-1965
✨SET OF THE MONTH✨ Mordor (Field of Shadows); Classic Mordovian U.S.S.R. Chessmen with Hand-Painted Board, c.1952
Alumni (The Scholars); Soviet ‘Shkolnik’ Metal Chess Set, c.1960
The Noblemen (‘Boyarin’) Soviet Valdai ‘Nobles’ Chessmen, c.1955
Americana: Drueke American Made Chessmen, c.1950
Ovolo Militaris (The Oval Officers); Soviet ‘Egg & Dart’ Chess Set, c.1955
Nekva’s Legacy: Austrian ‘Old Vienna’ Coffee House Chess Set, post-WWI
Stabulum Victores (‘Champions of the Dorm’); Soviet ‘Averbakh Style’ Egg-Bishop Chess set, c.1950s
Brutalis (The Beasts); Soviet GM1 Chess Set, c.1960
Alekhine’s Army; Classic German ‘Bundesform’ Wooden Tournament Chess Set, c.1975-1985
Draconis (The Jackals); Soviet Tournament & Club Set, c.1945-1955
Figuli Lapis Milites (Stone Army): Hand-Painted ‘One-Off’ Isle of Lewis Chess Set, c.1990
The Monochrome Set: Soviet ‘Mordovian Style’ Gulag Chessmen, c.1955
Sangua Oculos (Old Red Eyes); Spanish Escardibul Staunton c.1965-1975
Fandangi Militibus (The Dancing Army); Spanish Escardibul “Ajedrez Stawton No.5” Chess Set, c.1960-1975
Comrade Druekski (Soviet Drueke); Latvian ‘Staunton’ Plastic Chess Set, c.1960-1975
Farceurs Enragé (Jokers Wild); Faux Silver and Bronze Hand-Painted French Chess Set, c.1970
Soviet ‘Kyivan Rus’ Hand-Painted, Plastic Silhouette Chess Set, c.1970
The Whiteheads (Albo Capita); Reimagined Soviet ‘Young Pioneers’ Analysis Set, c.1960s
Tartari (The Mongols); Central Asian ‘Folk-Art’ Chess Set, c.1980-1990
Erectii Rus (Soviet Upright); Small Weighted Averbakh Chess Set, Stalin Era, c.1940-1953
Cupri Columni (Copper Necks); Soviet Botvinnik-Flohr (BFII) Tournament Chess Set, c.1950-1960
Et Densi (‘Tusk’); Weighted Soviet Carbolite Chess Set, c.1965-1975
Red Wolves (Lupus Rufae); Soviet GM1 ‘Wolf-Eared Knights’ Tournament Chess Set, c.1965
Cosaccorum (The Cossacks); Khatman ‘Bohdan Khmelnytsky’ Ukrainian Figural Chess Set, c.1980
Dogues of War (Domini Bellum); Rare Soviet Analysis Chess Set, c.1945
Régence de la Habsburg; French ‘Regency’ Style Wooden Chess Set, c.1930s
Rufus et Albus; Soviet GM4 "Champion" Cold War Chess Set, c.1980