A medieval chess piece missing for almost 200 years has sold for £735,000 at auction. The piece, bought for £5 in 1964 by an antiques dealer and passed down through their family, has hit a new record ...

LONDON (AP) — A chess piece purchased for a few pounds (dollars) by an antiques dealer in Scotland in 1964 has been identified as one of the 900-year-old Lewis Chessmen, among the greatest artifacts ...

LONDON (AP) — A chess piece purchased for a few pounds (dollars) by an antiques dealer in Scotland in 1964 has been identified as one of the 900-year-old Lewis Chessmen, among the greatest artifacts ...

When an antiques dealer in Scotland bought an ivory chessman for £5 ($6) in 1964, he probably had no inkling that he had taken possession of one of the most famous chess pieces in the world. Stored in ...

The mystery-thriller combines DNA science, historical mystery, and the search for a missing medieval treasure. “Ivory Bones” challenges us to consider how much of our past defines who we are, and how ...

Sotheby's has determined that a figurine a Scottish antique dealer bought in 1964 is actually a 900-year-old Viking chess piece — one of five missing from 4 chess sets. . A small carved figure sat in ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. When an antiques dealer in Scotland bought ...