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Subject: Re: OT - Drueke Player's Choice Sells for $200 (?)

Author: Ricardo Gibert

Date: 04:24:36 04/01/05

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On March 31, 2005 at 19:30:23, Robert C. Maddox wrote:

>Mr. Moderator, you are freely forgiven if you nuke this post.
>
>I see where a garden variety Drueke Player's Choice plastic tournament set just
>sold on eBay for a little over $200.00. Is it just me, or does this sound a
>little high?
>
>http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5178728138
>
>There's nothing in the product description suggesting the set was ever licked by
>Alexandra Kosteniuk, used by Sam Sloan or urinated upon by Bobby Fischer. Please
>don't misunderstand -- I really like those old Drueke sets. If I didn't already
>own one I might be willing to pay $70.00 or so to add one to my personal
>collection.
>
>It's possible I'm missing something and, if so, I would appreciate the
>education.
>
>In any event, I hope both buyer and seller are happy with the transaction.

Is this the same set?

http://www.chessusa.com/cgi-bin/store.cgi?page=6/65-907.jpg&item=65-907



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