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jameswright80

I just tried looking for "Jakopovik Dubrovnik Chess Set" but didn't find much info. Can you please help with a bit more info about the same? Like, is this the same as other Dubrovniks or got something different?

mjeman

See https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dubrovnik_chess_set#1970_variants

jameswright80
mjeman wrote:

See https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dubrovnik_chess_set#1970_variants

Thank you for sharing the link. I will check it out.

lighthouse

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/205139826897?https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/205139826897

One for 12K on ebay , Who comes up with this kind of price ? wink

After many discussions on forums, blogs and with all the experts in Dubrovnik style games I managed to set this price for the value of this game For questions contact me privately by ebay messaging and I will be happy to answer you and explain what everyone told me: -

Suboseg

The question is, what is the "Jakopovic" Dubrovnik chess set? It should be like some vague synonym for super high quality chess sets from Yugoslavia in the 50s and 60s. Resellers use it skillfully. Are there really super high quality sets from Yugoslavia from the 50's and 60's? Yes, there are. What do they look like? They look like this:

These sets are extremely rare. You have to be very careful because there are many similar sets but of much lower quality. Unfortunately, they are also sold as the "Original Jakopovic" Dubrovnik chess set.

GrandPatzerDave
Suboseg wrote:

The question is, what is the "Jakopovic" Dubrovnik chess set? It should be like some vague synonym for super high quality chess sets from Yugoslavia in the 50s and 60s. Resellers use it skillfully. Are there really super high quality sets from Yugoslavia from the 50's and 60's? Yes, there are. What do they look like? They look like this:

These sets are extremely rare. You have to be very careful because there are many similar sets but of much lower quality. Unfortunately, they are also sold as the "Original Jakopovic" Dubrovnik chess set.

Do you have more detailed photos to help people to know what they're looking at/for?