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I don't normally post on this topic but check out eBay items #260584406750 and #280484279580. Just finished. It goes to show what a story will do. I hope whoever has bought this is not a forum member and refuses to pay.
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I see your point - should be reported to ebay
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the marvellous should be not only for "Thousand and one night"
![]() other sale (not yet ended), I sent a message to the sailer request him to be serious, to don't sale a contemporaneous Indian dagger copy, as an antique Syrian one shall see the reaction ... ![]() à + Dom |
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There is a recent plethora of obviously fake " Arab/Persian/Turkish" swords on e-bay.
I would like to show 2 very suspicious ones: look at the blade pattern ( both ended for a LOT of money) Am I totally mistaken? |
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that last number no longer is valid. maybe dom's message worked.
i found the other interesting, as i have worked for aramco & spent 10 years in dhahran, ksa. i remember a sword similar to that ebay one (in post no. 1) in a souk in one of the main new modern shopping centres in al khobar, it was priced at around a hundred dollars and was obviously artificially antiqued and distressed. the shopkeeper admitted he bought them from a dealer in syria that had them made as 'turkish' decorators. i did not buy one. ![]() |
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Ariel, you're certainly not mistaken. The second sword you showed is undoubtedly new. The first one is old - the fittings look proper as well as the pattern. it's just seller's reputation makes it difficult to see:-) as this is not the first time he's selling similar items.
See this, folks: http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...ighlight=syria Erlikhan warned us (the second link from above post shows more pictures -- see the same cartouche template was used on the Pala i.e. the same workshop). As Kronckew mentioned, these swords sell for $100-$200 from the source:-) They are souvenirs... a costly mistake. But the main mistake here is buyer's ignorance!!! |
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