Tipu Sultan Sale

B.I · 26th June 2005, 11:20 AM

hi rick,
unfortunately no. the pieces that were estimated high, and of great importance went for around, if not slightly over the estimates.
the lower end pieces went for ridiculous money.
as always, politics were involved and there was a reason which i'll happily tell later (breakfast calls).
aqtai, the fabric armour was stunning, and the quiver/amrmguards were absolutely wonderful. also, there is more to tell about this set, that the auction house, nor the buyers knew (some information i stumbled across a few years back). it fetched a good price, as the set was of such high quality.
the majority of the collection were long guns, all inscribed with tipu connections and all fetched good money.
the total price of the collection was around £1.2million

26th June 2005, 11:20 AM	#7
B.I Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 485	hi rick, unfortunately no. the pieces that were estimated high, and of great importance went for around, if not slightly over the estimates. the lower end pieces went for ridiculous money. as always, politics were involved and there was a reason which i'll happily tell later (breakfast calls). aqtai, the fabric armour was stunning, and the quiver/amrmguards were absolutely wonderful. also, there is more to tell about this set, that the auction house, nor the buyers knew (some information i stumbled across a few years back). it fetched a good price, as the set was of such high quality. the majority of the collection were long guns, all inscribed with tipu connections and all fetched good money. the total price of the collection was around £1.2million