![Pietra Dura and Gilt Brass Game Board: Pietra Dura Malachite and Tigers Eye Small Game Board. With rounded metal buffer to edge; one side with checkerboard, the other with nine men's morris. {Approximate dimensions: 8 3/4" wide and deep.}.](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1098/331812/178995526_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717112707)
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![Pietra Dura and Gilt Brass Game Board: Pietra Dura Malachite and Tigers Eye Small Game Board. With rounded metal buffer to edge; one side with checkerboard, the other with nine men's morris. {Approximate dimensions: 8 3/4" wide and deep.}.](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1098/331812/178995526_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717112707)
![Four Georgian-style cockfighting chairs and reading table: Four Georgian-style cockfighting chairs and reading tableMid-20th centuryEach unmarkedThe chairs with red leather broad yolk backs/armrests with brass tacking, raised on harp-style supports with brass](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/255/332540/179372317_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717814560)
![Vintage Hollywood Regency Designer Chess Set in Brass & Copper: Vintage brass, copper and bronze chess set attributed to English retailer Harrods. Measures 17" x 17" board and 2" to 4" pieces.](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/7277/331489/179138284_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718383961)
![Toys: A 19thC mahogany and brass playing card box of horseshoe form with cribbage board to top, with: Toys: A 19thC mahogany and brass playing card box of horseshoe form with cribbage board to top, with engraved suit decoration. Together with an oak cribbage board of rectangular form with six markers](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1605/332684/179715819_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718122008)
![mixed lot of playing cards, tins, 7 pieces, 1 ashtray, top is loose enclosed, height: 25 cm,: mixed lot of playing cards, tins, 7 pieces, 1 ashtray, top is loose enclosed, height: 25 cm, aluminum, casting, brass, silver or silver-plated German Description Konv. Spielkarten, Dosen, 7 Teile, 1 A](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1958/331844/179021270_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717160596)
![CASED CHINESE MAHJONG SET: Early 20th c. Mahjong Set, in a brass mounted wooden case with slide front and five interior drawers, includes (144) bone tiles, plus pegs and blanks, 6 3/4" high, 9 1/2" x 6 1/2".From the Dan Fogelbe](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/957/331421/178761091_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1716928022)
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![George III brass mortar leads our five auction highlights](https://www.liveauctioneers.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Sworders-Dec-13-George-III-brass-mortar.jpg)
George III brass mortar leads our five auction highlights
George III Brass Mortar by Jan Verbruggen, $77,975 STANSTED MOUNTFITCHET, U.K. – Sending the old year out with a bang, a George III brass mortar by Jan Verbruggen hammered for £49,000 and sold for £61,250 ($77,975) with buyer’s premium at Sworders on December 13. The rare example of British military ordnance from the time of the American Revolutionary War was estimated […]
![Mamluk 14th-century brass candlestick lit up Leland Little, selling for $125K](https://www.liveauctioneers.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/165738183_1_x.webp)
Mamluk 14th-century brass candlestick lit up Leland Little, selling for $125K
HILLSBOROUGH, N.C. — Estimated at $5,000-$10,000, a 14th-century candlestick made during the classical period of Mamluk artistic production hammered for $100,000 and sold for $125,000 with buyer’s premium at Leland Little on December 1. The 9in high silver-inlaid brass candlestick was likely used in court ceremonies or celebrations to honor the reigning potentate — either […]
![Toy collectors grabbed ‘many brass rings’ at Bertoia’s $1.95M sale](https://www.liveauctioneers.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/2014_0609_b1191_lead.jpg)
Toy collectors grabbed ‘many brass rings’ at Bertoia’s $1.95M sale
VINELAND, N.J. – There were smiles on many bidders’ faces as they departed Bertoia Auctions’ Spring Toy Break Auction on May 9th and 10th. “It was a terrific sale, and there was a great camaraderie throughout,” said Bertoia Auctions associate Rich Bertoia. “As they headed out the door with their purchases, everybody was chattering about […]
![Furniture Specific: Brass with class](https://www.liveauctioneers.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/2012_0206_Brass_lead.jpg)
Furniture Specific: Brass with class
In the last few months I have been fortunate enough to attend several high-end antique shows, cover some good auctions and visit a well-known museum with a wonderful collection of 18th- and 19th-century American furniture treasures. And while it is fun to sort of let yourself go and just be amazed at all the great […]