Can Indian Dealers Sell Antiques Out of the Country?

[ariel]

There are scores of old, rusty, and often damaged tulwar and khanda handles.

Are you, guys, saying that they are also newly-made?

[BANDOOK]

Originally Posted by ariel

There are scores of old, rusty, and often damaged tulwar and khanda handles.

Are you, guys, saying that they are also newly-made?

THE COLLECTORS IN INDIA ARE PAYING MORE LOCALLY FOR GENUINE INDIAN ARMS,ITS CHEAPER TO BUY GENUINE ARMS OF INDIAN AND INDO PERSIAN WEAPONS ABROAD IN AUCTIONS ,IMPORTING FROM INDIA WOULD BE A BIG HASSLE IF ITS AN ANTIQUE,ANY WEAPON IS BANNED FROM EXPORT,MOST GET EXPORTED AS HANDICRAFTS MOSTLY FROM RAJASTHAN,MANY ARE MADE TO LOOK OLD AND RUSTY,UNTILL 20 YEARS BACK ONE COULD PICK UP GENUINE GOOD STUFF,BUT NOW WITH THE WEALTH IN INDIA AND MORE KNOWLEDGE THANKS TO THE INTERNET GOOD WEAPONS ARE SOLD IMMEDIATELY BY DEALERS TO COLLECTORS.
ABOUT 6 YEARS BACK THE SWORD OF TIPPU SULTAN [LION OF MYSORE] SOUTHERN INDIA WENT ON AUCTION IN LONDON,IT WAS BOUGHT BY A WEALTHY INDIAN BUSSINESSMAN WHO COULD MANAGE TO EXPORT IT BACK TO INDIA AND PRESENTED IT BACK TO THE GOVERNMENT.ALL WEAPONS ON EBAY ETC ARE FAKE BEING SOLD AS INDO PERSIAN.I WOULD BE CAUTIOUS.,ONLY AN EXPERT COLLECTOR WOULD BE ABLE TO GET A GOOD BUY IF LUCKY AND MANAGE TO TAKE IT OUT OF INDIA

[spiral]

Originally Posted by ariel

There are scores of old, rusty, and often damaged tulwar and khanda handles.

Are you, guys, saying that they are also newly-made?

some are some are not... Each item needs to be appraised individually.

my above post was talking about the cleaned up complete tulwars one often sees, In the UK some dealers have them put them in new scabbards just to import as reproductions .

Of course in the 60s & 70s whole armoury's were cleared out & sold to the west by Mararajahs , I wonder whether that was officially illegal as well?