Moro Kris ebay

[Battara]

Greetings folks!

One or two dealers have told me in the past year that Moro has plateaued and interest has dropped. Although low end and perhaps some mid-range pieces have plateaued, this ebay Moro kris makes me question this assumption.

It just went for $1177. The pommel is wood, the hilt bands are silver and woven rattan, and the baka-baka are steel and silver.

Here are the pictures.

Enjoy!

[Amuk Murugul]

Hullo everybody!

Some of the bidders were prepared to bid higher than they would normally because they felt that they could 'see' a twist-core in the making.

Best,

[kino]

I placed what I thought was a high bid but got left in the dust rubbing my eyes in awe of the closing bid
I like this Kris with the double fuller. I wonder if the steel clamp is a replacement, it's just constructed and attached in a different manner than the silver one.

[Spunjer]

amuk, that would be an expensive gamble, lol.
Al, I don't think it is. the patina around the asang2x appears to be correct. also the clamp that hold it appears to be original. if it was a replacement, it must have been done a long time ago.
what was the item number on this?

[mross]

Yeah, I had what I thought was a high bid but did not win. I think it is a very nice kris and would of loved to add it to my collection. However unless the pictures are really bad I do not see a twist core in there.

Item #321095356329

[Battara]

Originally Posted by mross

However unless the pictures are really bad I do not see a twist core in there.

I'm with you - I did not see a twist core in this. Is this the reason it went for so much do you think, a twist core blade possibility?

[Gustav]

I cannot imagine somebody had an expectation this could be a twistcore blade looking at this picture.

[kai]

Hello Jose,

Nice kris - I do like the blade, neat work! Definitely not twistcore as pointed out by Gustav and others already. I wouldn't place high hopes on the goldish spot either...

One or two dealers have told me in the past year that Moro has plateaued and interest has dropped.

I don't think that the interest has dropped - aside from the more seasoned collectors with sizable collections who may have become somewhat selective, I still do see quite a few "newcomers" here and elsewhere. IMHO the general economic situation may be limiting the lower end market at the moment but I continue to see all sorts of Moro pieces priced pretty high on many dealers' websites.

I'm also with you that (despite continued interest in the traditional collecting communities) interest in the countries of origin is going to rise more and more in the future.

The pommel is wood, the hilt bands are silver and woven rattan, and the baka-baka are steel and silver.

That looks very much like a brass asang-asang to me?

I'm with Albert that the upper one from steel looks like a replacement: it's of rather thin material and lesser craftmanship; also the brass strip attaching it looks like somewhat later work (placed on top the silver bands and older braided twine under the rattan). However, like Ron, I believe both to be genuine Moro replacements and already in use for considerable time before this piece got "collected"...

Regards,
Kai

[Battara]

Originally Posted by kai

IMHO the general economic situation may be limiting the lower end market at the moment but I continue to see all sorts of Moro pieces priced pretty high on many dealers' websites.

Good point Kai, I forgot about the global economy.....

That looks very much like a brass asang-asang to me?

To my eye the one asang-asang is tarnished silver, matching the tarnished silver bands on the hilt.