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28 Sep
Posted by Yehuda Berlinger as Classic Board Games
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Own a piece of cinematic history. The pieces from the most famous movie Chess set, from Ingmar Bergman’s classic The Seventh Seal, are some of many items up for auction from Bergman’s estate. More information here.
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Update: Asking price was between SEK 10,000 – 15,000. Final price was SEK 1,000,000 (around $142,857 USD).
Also auctioned off was a small Ludo board and pieces; asking price was SEK 300 – 500, final SEK 15,000 (over $2000). And a set of dice which Bergman would use in the morning for divination; asking price SEK 500 – 800, final SEK 75,000 (over $10,000).
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Please do share how much this eventually goes for! Thanks in advance!
Asking price was between SEK 10,000 – 15,000. Final price was SEK 1,000,000 (around $142,857 USD). And it was missing a king, too.