When Tiffany & Co. set out to make a chess set, it did so via an unlikely muse—cardboard. “We were playing around with [it], the way it’s corrugated,” says chief artistic officer Reed Krakoff.

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What sets the Chainmail Chess Set apart from other chess sets is its unique material and craftsmanship. Chainmail, historically used in armor, is made by interlinking metal rings to create a mesh.

Lot 93, by contrast, is a Spanish “white metal” set portraying the Conquistadors and Aztecs (€800-€1,200). But the highlights are two Jacques Staunton sets.