High dollar Garab/Talibon

Ferguson · 22nd March 2006, 04:03 PM

Whoa! I've apparently got a lot to learn! I never would have guessed.

Steve

Lew · 22nd March 2006, 05:06 PM

The big one is nice but the smaller one is pretty beat up. The starting price is way to high and the problem is if you try and sell it you will most likely get half of what you paid which is what I think it's true value really is. Ebay can be a double edged sword and on occasion one gets cut

I attribute the high selling prices seen of late to the "I gotta have have that one syndrome". I have a few friends that hit some of the local gun shows and pick up the same items for fairly reasonable prices.

Lew

Tim Simmons · 22nd March 2006, 05:14 PM

I think even half the price is still a bit strong.

Lew · 22nd March 2006, 05:25 PM

Speaking of high prices. I passed by a table at Timonium last week and the seller had a selection of what looked like some old Bowie knives. I stop and picked one up it had a $975 price tag with a description saying Texas Civil War Bowie knife. It really was a recent cheap copy made in India with a yataghan style blade that was buried in the ground and rusted to make it look old. At least the person who won the auction on those two Philippine knives got the real deal. I would hate to have bought that Bowie to find out that it was really worth $19.95

Lew

Tim Simmons · 22nd March 2006, 05:31 PM

ouch!!!!

Rick · 22nd March 2006, 07:07 PM

There's something wrong with paying twice what something is worth ; the large old talibon/garabs are getting scarce though .

Blame it on ebay fever ....

zelbone · 23rd March 2006, 08:15 AM

It's all supply and demand...simple economics

!

But consider that the more we learn about a weapon and the people who used them, the more valuable that weapon becomes. Such is the case of the garab....the favored sundang of the notorious Pulahan. That fact alone can justify that price to certain collectors. If we didn't know about the Pulahan or their notoriety, then the garab wouldn't be worth as much

.

And look what happened to the tenegre in recent years....prices have almost tripled since their first discussion on this forum.

Fortunately, there are other sundang just as notorious as those.....

...that have yet to be spoken of here

!

22nd March 2006, 04:03 PM	#1
Ferguson Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Kernersville, NC, USA Posts: 793	Whoa! I've apparently got a lot to learn! I never would have guessed. Steve

22nd March 2006, 05:06 PM	#2
Lew (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: East Coast USA Posts: 3,191	The big one is nice but the smaller one is pretty beat up. The starting price is way to high and the problem is if you try and sell it you will most likely get half of what you paid which is what I think it's true value really is. Ebay can be a double edged sword and on occasion one gets cut I attribute the high selling prices seen of late to the "I gotta have have that one syndrome". I have a few friends that hit some of the local gun shows and pick up the same items for fairly reasonable prices. Lew

22nd March 2006, 05:14 PM	#3
Tim Simmons Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: What is still UK Posts: 5,875	I think even half the price is still a bit strong.

22nd March 2006, 05:25 PM	#4
Lew (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: East Coast USA Posts: 3,191	Speaking of high prices. I passed by a table at Timonium last week and the seller had a selection of what looked like some old Bowie knives. I stop and picked one up it had a $975 price tag with a description saying Texas Civil War Bowie knife. It really was a recent cheap copy made in India with a yataghan style blade that was buried in the ground and rusted to make it look old. At least the person who won the auction on those two Philippine knives got the real deal. I would hate to have bought that Bowie to find out that it was really worth $19.95 Lew

22nd March 2006, 05:31 PM	#5
Tim Simmons Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: What is still UK Posts: 5,875	ouch!!!!

22nd March 2006, 07:07 PM	#6
Rick Vikingsword Staff Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 6,347	There's something wrong with paying twice what something is worth ; the large old talibon/garabs are getting scarce though . Blame it on ebay fever ....

23rd March 2006, 08:15 AM	#7
zelbone Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: VISAYAS and MINDANAO Posts: 169	It's all supply and demand...simple economics ! But consider that the more we learn about a weapon and the people who used them, the more valuable that weapon becomes. Such is the case of the garab....the favored sundang of the notorious Pulahan. That fact alone can justify that price to certain collectors. If we didn't know about the Pulahan or their notoriety, then the garab wouldn't be worth as much . And look what happened to the tenegre in recent years....prices have almost tripled since their first discussion on this forum. Fortunately, there are other sundang just as notorious as those..... ...that have yet to be spoken of here !