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3rd November 2008, 05:31 PM
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More to come ... Michael |
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3rd November 2008, 05:55 PM
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The bundle of quarrels bound with an old cord respresent a true sensation: The accompaying document of 1858 states that they are six of 10,000, found in a ruined section of the former city arsenal in Bamberg/Franconia. The text further cites that in 1435, 10,000 war quarrels were made in Bamberg and the city archive even records the names of the makers and what they got paid!!! A detailed image shows the singular condition of some quarrel heads retaining much of their original fire blued or blackened surface. Michael |
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3rd November 2008, 06:09 PM
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3rd November 2008, 07:08 PM
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BTW, that fine Gothic halberd is now in my collection.
 I posted it in my thread on halberds. Michael |
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3rd November 2008, 07:33 PM
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Or did he think it looked misplaced in that corner ?  Fernando |
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3rd November 2008, 07:59 PM
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...."................." (speechless  )Regards David |
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3rd November 2008, 08:35 PM
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No, serious, as I wrote, he got a lot of things from me and we sometimes interchange pieces. Each of us faces times when something really important for our respective collections turns up and has to bought quickly, mostly at auction; as we are not rich people we are then forced to deaccession of things that serve more or less decorative purposes in our specialzied collections. As we are close friends, we inform each other when such a situation arises and mostly the other party then acquires the item that has to go. It's just that easy - and the best way, too, I guess. Michael
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3rd November 2008, 09:37 PM
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Some better details of the cranequins and the arrangement.
And some images of the 'humble' beginning of his collection, 6-12 years ago. Michael |
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