One sword caught my attention but I felt it would probably fetch too high a price for me to go for it and it did and as Bill shared the pictures are not that great online but the sword looked to be very similar to the Tipu Sultan sword pictured in Elgood's newest book. It had the same tiger pommel, tiger finials on the cross guard and also a tiger guard facing down the blade. Mounted with an European sword. From what I could tell in the pictures, I was a bit concerned with the casting on the hilt but the piece still went for $8K. Wasn't listed as a Tipu sword and if original may have been a sleeper.
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