FAMOUS WEAPONS WITH PROVENANCE

VANDOO · 1st November 2012, 08:25 PM

IT OCCURED TO ME A POST ON FAMOUS WEAPONS WOULD BE INTERESTING. SOME OF THESE WEAPONS ARE NO DOUBT IN VARIOUS MUSEUMS WITH GOOD PROVENANCE OTHERS MAY STILL BE IN THE FAMILIES.
SOME WEAPONS ONLY EXHIST IN LEGEND SUCH AS EXCALIBER BUT MANY WERE JUST LOST. THE SWORD OF JOAN OF ARK FOR INSTANCE, IS THERE SWORD OR ARMOR THAT IS REPUTED TO HAVE BEEN HERS SOMEWHERE?
ALEXANDER THE GREAT'S WEAPONS, GENGIS KHAN AND MANY OTHERS THRUOUT HISTORY WHAT OF THIER WEAPONS?
AMERICA IS A YOUNG COUNTRY BUT EVEN HERE WE HAVE PROBLEMS IDENTIFYING WEAPONS WITH GOOD PROVENANCE. THERE ARE MANY EXAMPLES OF DAVID BOWIES BOWIE KNIFE AS WELL AS MANY EXAMPLES OF GUNS OWNED BY FAMOUS OUTLAWS AND LAWMEN BUT GOOD PROVENANCE IS OFTEN DIFFICULT TO COME BY.
PERHAPS SOME MEMBERS HAVE DONE RESEARCH IN SOME OF THESE AREAS AND CAN ADD INFORMATION AND PERHAPS PICTURES OF SUCH ITEMS WITH OR WITHOUT PROVENANCE. IT SHOULD MAKE AN INTERESTING TOPIC.

JUST TO GET THE BALL ROLLING HERE IS A PAINTING DONE IN 1485 IT IS AN ARTISTS INTERPRETATION OF THE ONLY ORIGINAL PAINTING DONE OF HER, UNFORTUNATELY THE ORIGINAL DID NOT SURVIVE. THIS WOULD LIKELY BE THE CLOSEST DEPICTION OF HER STILL SURVIVING.

1st November 2012, 08:25 PM	#1
VANDOO (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: OKLAHOMA, USA Posts: 3,138	FAMOUS WEAPONS WITH PROVENANCE IT OCCURED TO ME A POST ON FAMOUS WEAPONS WOULD BE INTERESTING. SOME OF THESE WEAPONS ARE NO DOUBT IN VARIOUS MUSEUMS WITH GOOD PROVENANCE OTHERS MAY STILL BE IN THE FAMILIES. SOME WEAPONS ONLY EXHIST IN LEGEND SUCH AS EXCALIBER BUT MANY WERE JUST LOST. THE SWORD OF JOAN OF ARK FOR INSTANCE, IS THERE SWORD OR ARMOR THAT IS REPUTED TO HAVE BEEN HERS SOMEWHERE? ALEXANDER THE GREAT'S WEAPONS, GENGIS KHAN AND MANY OTHERS THRUOUT HISTORY WHAT OF THIER WEAPONS? AMERICA IS A YOUNG COUNTRY BUT EVEN HERE WE HAVE PROBLEMS IDENTIFYING WEAPONS WITH GOOD PROVENANCE. THERE ARE MANY EXAMPLES OF DAVID BOWIES BOWIE KNIFE AS WELL AS MANY EXAMPLES OF GUNS OWNED BY FAMOUS OUTLAWS AND LAWMEN BUT GOOD PROVENANCE IS OFTEN DIFFICULT TO COME BY. PERHAPS SOME MEMBERS HAVE DONE RESEARCH IN SOME OF THESE AREAS AND CAN ADD INFORMATION AND PERHAPS PICTURES OF SUCH ITEMS WITH OR WITHOUT PROVENANCE. IT SHOULD MAKE AN INTERESTING TOPIC. JUST TO GET THE BALL ROLLING HERE IS A PAINTING DONE IN 1485 IT IS AN ARTISTS INTERPRETATION OF THE ONLY ORIGINAL PAINTING DONE OF HER, UNFORTUNATELY THE ORIGINAL DID NOT SURVIVE. THIS WOULD LIKELY BE THE CLOSEST DEPICTION OF HER STILL SURVIVING. Attached Images Last edited by VANDOO; 1st November 2012 at 08:39 PM.