Recovery of a family sword

VANDOO · 2nd December 2005, 09:46 PM

THATS QUITE A STORY!! IT IS GREAT THAT IT HAD A HAPPY ENDING ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING THE WAY IT WENT DOWN. CONGRADULATIONS!!

NOW YOU HAVE SOMETHING IN YOUR COLLECTION WITH REAL PROVENANCE AND IF YOU HAVE A AUCTION HOUSE CATALOG LISTING AND SHOWING THE OTHER ITEMS THAT WILL BE GOOD PROVENANCE ALSO. YOU PROBABLY GOT IT CHEAPER THAN YOU WOULD HAVE IF YOU HAD BEEN AT THE AUCTION AS KNOWING THERE WAS FAMILY THERE SOMEONE MIGHT HAVE RAN YOU UP, WAY TO GO MARK

ariel · 2nd December 2005, 11:06 PM

Mark,
I think you have to quit your law practice a write a Hollywood script ( every lawyer I knew has already done both...)
Fascinating story! In this day and age it is not easy to dig that deep into your genealogy and to get an important relic to boot!
Congratulations!
And remember: thanks Heaven your ancestor was not from the South. Otherwise, a provenanced Confederate sword would have been bought in a flash by some reenactor of The War of Northern Aggression, no matter the reserve price

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2nd December 2005, 09:46 PM	#1
VANDOO (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: OKLAHOMA, USA Posts: 3,138	THATS QUITE A STORY!! IT IS GREAT THAT IT HAD A HAPPY ENDING ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING THE WAY IT WENT DOWN. CONGRADULATIONS!! NOW YOU HAVE SOMETHING IN YOUR COLLECTION WITH REAL PROVENANCE AND IF YOU HAVE A AUCTION HOUSE CATALOG LISTING AND SHOWING THE OTHER ITEMS THAT WILL BE GOOD PROVENANCE ALSO. YOU PROBABLY GOT IT CHEAPER THAN YOU WOULD HAVE IF YOU HAD BEEN AT THE AUCTION AS KNOWING THERE WAS FAMILY THERE SOMEONE MIGHT HAVE RAN YOU UP, WAY TO GO MARK

2nd December 2005, 11:06 PM	#2
ariel Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 5,503	Mark, I think you have to quit your law practice a write a Hollywood script ( every lawyer I knew has already done both...) Fascinating story! In this day and age it is not easy to dig that deep into your genealogy and to get an important relic to boot! Congratulations! And remember: thanks Heaven your ancestor was not from the South. Otherwise, a provenanced Confederate sword would have been bought in a flash by some reenactor of The War of Northern Aggression, no matter the reserve price .