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| Long Island Chess Museum maintained by Sarisohn Family in New York |
| If you would like to contact us to learn more information about our Museum or the CCI you can reach us at: Long Island Chess Museum Sarisohn Family PO Box 166 Commack, NY 11725 Ph 631-543-1330 Email Address: LIchess@aol.com |
| So, you've decided that a couple of Indian ivory chess sets would look great over the fireplace, but you don't want to get burned trying to acquire them. Fortunately, a world of information is available from Chess Collectors International or CCI ( www.chesscollectors.com ), an orgainization devoted to keeping the serious collector informed about all aspects of the chess marketplace. CCI was formed 12 years ago in Fort Lauderdale, Flordia to help it's members understand the vagaries of the chess marketplace and how to accurately determine the value of sets and other collectibles. A newsletter is published twice a year with auction results and information from collectors around the world. Members of the group personally own , on average , 100 to 125 chess sets each, according to Floyd Sarisohn , who serves as the American contact for the organization. Sarisohn and his wife , Bernice, have been collecting sets for over 43 years and own, as of last count, what is believed to be the largest collection in the United States with 673 sets in their Long Island home . The site doubles as the Long Island Chess Museum , the the Sarisohns open informally on weekends and by appointment. The heart of the CCI is found in its biennial conventions. On each occasion, the group has persuaded a major museum to trot out its chess collection. When the convention came to New York in 1990, Sarisohn says, the Metropolitan Museum of Art "grudgingly" agreed to to display i't collection for six weeks (it hadn't been shown since 1964), but ultimately kept the exhibit up for 18 months! The national groups within the CCI occasionally get together between conventions. In April of 1996, members of the US contingent were schduled to attend a special exhibition of chess sets and books at the Cleveland Public Library, which houses the world's largest collections of chess books. "We want to produce a collector's book with reproductions of cigar ads, liquor ads and other industries that have used the game of chess to advertise in newspapers and magazines, " says Sarisohn If you would like to read the entire 1996 article in Cigar Aficionado about us click here: www.cigaraficionado.com/Cigar/CA_Archives/CA_Show_Article/0,2322,641,00.html |
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