I believe that quality items will always hold and increase in value regardless of the period of time they were manufactured. While many factors play into value such as historic context, provenance, collector interest,and so on, invariably a very well made sword will do well. I do not think the mass produced items of today will hold much future interest but the smiths that take a lot of care to carefully manufacture something of quality, ie a Vince Evans, then you have the same conditions as two hundred years ago except the lack of battlefield experience. Because a smith like Vince maybe will only do a few hundred blades in a lifetime, I think the future collector would prize a well made sword from the late 20th, early 21st century. Quality will always turn the collectors head.
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