Medieval islamic sword on ebay

B.I · 14th October 2006, 11:19 PM

a friend of mine examined the sword before the owner decided to list it on ebay. he was of the opinion that it was 19thC. i dont know whether his assessment was right, but i am convincing myself that he was correct and the sword was not early. the alternative is too distressing! the sword looks right, but as lee says, there is no way of knowing unless you hold it yourself. the inscriptions seem a little light, and i would have expected it to be deeper, but that is speculation and me looking for fault.
you can sleep easy on the waddington sword, lee. it was genuine, and fetched a high price at auction, and resold afterwards for even more. it was a sleeper, but enough people were aware of it so the price fetched under hammer was in the right ball-park.

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14th October 2006, 11:19 PM	#19
B.I Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 485	a friend of mine examined the sword before the owner decided to list it on ebay. he was of the opinion that it was 19thC. i dont know whether his assessment was right, but i am convincing myself that he was correct and the sword was not early. the alternative is too distressing! the sword looks right, but as lee says, there is no way of knowing unless you hold it yourself. the inscriptions seem a little light, and i would have expected it to be deeper, but that is speculation and me looking for fault. you can sleep easy on the waddington sword, lee. it was genuine, and fetched a high price at auction, and resold afterwards for even more. it was a sleeper, but enough people were aware of it so the price fetched under hammer was in the right ball-park.