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23rd April 2006, 04:43 AM
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Alam Shah:
Are these types peculiar to a certain region? Because I've seen similar shoddy pieces being sold online from someone in Malaysian Borneo. |
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23rd April 2006, 04:58 AM
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An educated buyer is an astute buyer . If you would collect antique arms first buy books . Also buy from honest Sellers . |
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23rd April 2006, 05:17 AM
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Thank you for your post and advice though. Chance |
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23rd April 2006, 05:04 AM
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Yeah i think they were seperated at birth
Yeah, i think it is a cousin of your blade there Manolo, its blade is about 20cm give or take, I haven't really cleaned it up to see the traces of color in the blade (and now i will clean it up since it is a recently made mass produced product).
I know that value is a touchy thing on this forum sometimes, but if you don't mind, Manolo, how much did you give for that one in US$? Since everyone agrees that it is recently made is there anyway to find out how recently it was made? I figure it is going to be hard to pinpoint the age of this one but i am going to say it is around 20 years or so. Chance Last edited by Disturbedone2004; 23rd April 2006 at 05:14 AM. |
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23rd April 2006, 05:09 AM
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Probably less .
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23rd April 2006, 10:59 AM
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Rick told you less. Rick is friendly. I would say last week. In this forum we don't discuss money, but the item. Nevertheless I hope you didn't payed to much, but everything you payed for this one was too much, sorry. If it comforts you, almost every collector started in this way. |
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23rd April 2006, 11:59 AM
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 But I've seen an authentic piece in Balinese dress. The real ones are rather rare.The touristy ones are plenty online...and the seller you mentioned seems to have plenty of these... 
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23rd April 2006, 02:23 PM
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Alam Shah: I PM'd you. Thnx.
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26th April 2006, 11:03 PM
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It's Over
Well this should only be viewed to get an idea of what not to do for the new collectors. I got my money back since the seller made false claims on the Keris (should have known this though, never seen a real one with gold adornments and i doubt i ever will).
Thank you to everyone who helped me identify this keris as a tourist peice posing as an antique. Also i have other weapons such as arrowheads, stone knives, and a really old shotgun that i know aren't fakes, not sure if they are allowed on this site, but if they are i will put up some pics. Chance |
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