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by Barticle » Sat Sep 19, 2020 10:59 am
This kept coming up when I was searching earlier.
https://www.thels.co/st-dupont-haute-creation/st-dupont-haute-creation-the-worlds-most-luxurious-mahjong-set
A hand-made high-end mahjong tile-set priced at 795k UKP (currently over one million US$).
The tiles and dice are made from solid ruby ("carving it represents a challenging endeavor in which only the gifted and strong of body and mind achieve success"!) - with inset diamonds and rubies - and the chips are mother-of-pearl, all enclosed in gold vermeil.
This auction-house listing for the same shows the plain but nicely curved case. Mahogany with ebony veneer of course.
https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/21819/lot/1106/
Kinda fancy!
No red fives though so you'll have to hand-paint them.
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by Barticle » Sat Sep 19, 2020 11:09 am
PS Just noticed there's also a video linked showing the manufacture.
https://vimeo.com/109857962
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by Shirluban » Sun Sep 20, 2020 1:42 pm
Awesomely beautiful!
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by Barticle » Tue Oct 13, 2020 6:24 pm
Four weeks after seeing this and I'm still getting served ads on Facebook and Reddit for posh chess and backgammon sets.
I guess they'll lose interest eventually and start spamming me with different things I also don't want...
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by Ozball » Tue Oct 20, 2020 1:40 am
You mean if you looked at one fancy board game set you're NOT interested in ALL fancy board game sets?
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by Barticle » Sat Oct 31, 2020 11:12 pm
Joke's on them, mahjong isn't even a board game (unless you count junk mats).
