Eric,
As far as I see it, the problem is more, that some curators are interested in Oriental arms, while others are more interested in European arms - so even if you have the money, the problem is about interests and about space.
Have you ever thought about why Wallace Collection does not give out a catalogue about their Oriental collection? Their last catalogue on this subject is, if I recall correctly, from 1914 and reprinted in 1964, without pictures at all - only short texts, and they are not the only museum avoiding to publish Oriental arms, other than army museums. To this comes that in the last decade museums seem to have avoided to exhibit arms, likely as they are war like subjects.
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