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The Maximalist.(The Good Life)(House of Staunton chess set)(Brief article)

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Chess may not be a game in danger of extinction, but Britain's House of Staunton is offering a set of pieces hand-carved from 40,000-year-old woolly mammoth ivory, excavated from the Siberian tundra. The set consists of 34 figures, ...

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