Royal chess board fetches 600,000 pounds at auction
13 Dec 2012 6:48 AM IST
An amber chess board taken by King Charles I to his execution has sold for a record 600,000 pounds at an auction here.
The board was owned by the controversial King, who was such an enthusiast for chess he was engrossed in a game when a messenger told him he had been betrayed by the Scots to the Parliamentarians during the English Civil War. The news sealed the royal's fate and he was executed on January 30, 1649. Charles I was King of England, King of Scotland, and King of Ireland from 27 March 1625 until his execution. It is known the King took with him two precious possessions to the scaffold where he was beheaded: a Bible and an amber games board, believed to be the one that has now sold for 601,250 pounds, the 'Daily Mail' reported.
The board was owned by the controversial King, who was such an enthusiast for chess he was engrossed in a game when a messenger told him he had been betrayed by the Scots to the Parliamentarians during the English Civil War. The news sealed the royal's fate and he was executed on January 30, 1649. Charles I was King of England, King of Scotland, and King of Ireland from 27 March 1625 until his execution. It is known the King took with him two precious possessions to the scaffold where he was beheaded: a Bible and an amber games board, believed to be the one that has now sold for 601,250 pounds, the 'Daily Mail' reported.
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