CAMPAIGN 1972 GOP AND DEMS FIGURAL PERSONALITIES BOXED CHESS SET.
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$118.00 (Includes 18% Buyer's Premium)
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Wednesday, November 6, 2019 9:00:00 PM (20 Minute Clock Begins At Wednesday, November 6, 2019 9:00:00 PM)
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Auction #228 - Part 1
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Item Description
12x22x4.5" cardboard box reads "The Contemporary Game Chess '72 By LRH." Box lid has a few tiny nicks and lower box has one partial corner split. Board and contents are essentially Mint. Playing pieces are solid vinyl w/eight elephant pawns in gold and eight donkey pawns in silver. The other 16 pieces portray politicians including: McGovern as King; Edward Kennedy; Lindsay; Humphrey; McCarthy; Henry Jackson; Sam Yorty; Muskie; Nixon as King;  J. Edgar Hoover; Agnew; Laird; Kissinger; Rogers; Connally and John Mitchell. Includes 8.5 x 11" folder w/info on sculptor Alexander Silveri of Gras, Austria. An elaborate 1972 campaign item featuring the most famous politicians of the pre-Watergate scandal.
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