Searching For Answers

The family now wanted to know how did an antique and rare piece of chess ended up with their grandpa.

They started to find out for answers but in many trials, they reached a dead-end and were not able to decipher anything about how the grandpa had acquired that.

The Journal

Then at a point in time when everybody was ready to give up on finding out the acquisition part of that piece, a family member ended up with Grandpa’s journal. And the journal told them some intriguing facts about that piece.

The Antique Sales Shop

The journal revealed that the piece of chess was acquired by the grandpa back in the year 1964. But what left everyone in awe was the amount for which he acquired that piece. The piece was acquired by grandpa from an antique sales shop for just 5 pounds!

Five Pounds

Nobody could believe that a piece of chess which is worth millions today was acquired in just 5 pounds. The English Historian Museum has been looking for this piece for a very long time and it is valued by the museum very highly.

History

The most significant feature of this piece is that it belongs to the oldest chess set in the world. This may be a little hard to believe but according to the historians, the proofs they have points out to the only fact that this is the oldest chess set.

Lewis Chessmen

The chess set goes by the name Lewis Chessmen and when the family was told that they had a piece that belonged to the oldest chess set in the world. The Lewis Chessmen set holds great historical value as per the historians.