Warning: more "rare" swords from china on ebay

FenrisWolf · 28th January 2007, 07:50 AM

I'm sure most of us are aware by now of the flood of 'rare' swords pouring into the collector's market from China via ebay. Well, there's two new ones surfacing. I've seen half a dozen listings for ' ultra rare' FRENCH cavalry sabers in iron scabbards, straight from the Bastille by way of Beijing.

Yeah, right.

I also spotted a

700 year old bronze Sword from Angkor

for sale out of Thailand, for the bargain starting price of only 99 cents!

Be still my beating heart.

Sorry to sound so cranky, but I just spent an hour coming up with the right combination of exclusions to shave the 1200 listings under 'asian antiques' for 'sword' down to a manageable 100 and over half of those are junk as well. Gods-rotted con artists..... Odin's curse on the lot of them.... grumble grumble grumble......

28th January 2007, 07:50 AM	#1
FenrisWolf Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 181	Warning: more "rare" swords from china on ebay I'm sure most of us are aware by now of the flood of 'rare' swords pouring into the collector's market from China via ebay. Well, there's two new ones surfacing. I've seen half a dozen listings for ' ultra rare' FRENCH cavalry sabers in iron scabbards, straight from the Bastille by way of Beijing. Yeah, right. I also spotted a 700 year old bronze Sword from Angkor for sale out of Thailand, for the bargain starting price of only 99 cents! Be still my beating heart. Sorry to sound so cranky, but I just spent an hour coming up with the right combination of exclusions to shave the 1200 listings under 'asian antiques' for 'sword' down to a manageable 100 and over half of those are junk as well. Gods-rotted con artists..... Odin's curse on the lot of them.... grumble grumble grumble......