Roaming through Grand Bazaar in Istanbul be like…

[u/mongoanalyst]

[u/Brilliant_Fold_2272]

Wow, could spend hours in that store! Impressive sets. Wonder how the pricing is?

[u/SituationMediocre642]

Immediately Jealous

[u/vastzero → u/SituationMediocre642]

Same

[u/Queen-Blunder]

Love it

[u/JonasRabb]

Brilliant, wanna go there to buy the left (partial in sight) set on picture 2

[u/Jamminnav → u/JonasRabb]

Looks like lapis lazuli on the chessboard!

[u/JonasRabb → u/Jamminnav]

Added pleasure 😊

[u/Domeriko648]

Nice!

[u/oswaler]

I am so pissed off that I wasn't interested in chess when I was in Istanbul. Now I'm looking at paying three times as much for a custom set that's half as nice has what you get there for a way lower price.

[u/Some-Passenger4219]

Oh nice, I want.

[u/spiffy_erday]

How was the price?

[u/Subject_Duty_8913]

How costly they are?

[u/mongoanalyst → u/Subject_Duty_8913]

Depends on which set ofc. The sellers ask ridiculous prices, so it depends on your negotiating skills. One small set I was kind of interested in, they asked 6000TRY but were willing to let it go for 2000TRY. I tried 1500 but they were done with me so I left. Other seller was similar, but was willing to let same-ish set go for 2500 and after I left he chases after me and says 2000. So it really depends.

[u/Red2Green]

All flash. Nothing really playable

[u/mongoanalyst → u/Red2Green]

Agreed. There were some playable sets too, but I thought that these were interesting to post. I think that most buyers here shop mainly for souvenir set of sorts. Something flashy in oriental style. If you want a serious set, there are great shops out there on the internet to get anything you want.

[u/Merlinfrost]

Looks like heaven