On Auction: Game Counters Owned by Frank Marshall

From Sotheby's, on auction October 18, 2008: Sale: N08478 Location: New York Auction Dates: Session 1: Fri, 17 Oct 08 10:00 AM LOT 106 A SET OF THIRTY SILVER AND ENAMEL AND IVORY GAMING COUNTERS, PROBABLY AUSTRIAN, LATE 19TH CENTURY 5,000—7,000 USD MEASUREMENTS diameter 1 3/8 in. (3.6cm) DESCRIPTION the ivory discs applied with crowned cartouches enameled in translucent green or red with pellets, stars or crescents on ermine backgrounds, each with blue enamel ribbon suspending a crescent, fitted case CATALOGUE NOTE Stated to have been given as a chess prize to Frank Marshall, American chess champion.