Now it's the Span-Am/Phil. bolo craze

[Ian]

Hang on to those 1900-1945 Philippine bolos!!! Even a pretty ordinary one can bring a bunch of dollars if you vaguely link it to the Span-Am War.

This one seemed to have a very tenuous link to that particular war but sold like it was a fully provenanced piece: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tem=6523751341 Ouch!

Perhaps that one had something to do with the Philippine War of Independence from Spain, but that would not sell so well on eBay. It could just as easily have been a GI bring back from WWII.

I like the way the seller put the suggestion of a Span-Am connection up front, and then disavowed knowledge of an actual age in the description. Nice piece of marketing. It's not fraud, just good marketing.

'scuse me while I figure the additional insurance I'll need on the Span-Am War bolo collection under the bed.