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Just ended.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...MEWA:IT&ih=012 This is the absolute must for anybody traveling to Transylvania: you never know what may come into your hotel room in the middle of the night. This box was valuated by a Romanian specialist at $26,600. Surprisingly, it was sold for much less. The seller even provided the official export certificate. The only problem: my mother-in-law, who was visiting with us, is fluent in Romanian. The certificate says: "No national cultural value. Pictures are not needed" Well, for $1,500 the new proud owner may use it to store kindlings. Some are already included with the masterpiece. ![]() ![]() |
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"There's a sucker born every minute...."
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Hahaha nice one Ariel. Maybe it was worth 26000 old Lei
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Wonderful
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I was in the Ripley's Believe It or Not Museum in Florida two weeks ago, and tere was one in a case there. According to the the card that accompanied it, these were authentic kits sold in Europe in the mid-19th century. The one at Ripley's though had no stakes, but included a flintlock pistol with a pack of three silver bullets.
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Always enjoy the light side Ariel!!!!
![]() After a good chuckle with this interesting piece of European folklore ![]() Jim |
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Ottomar Rudolphe Vlad Dracula Prinz Kretzulesco (Cretulescu) Hah!
Jim, I'm thinking that Vlad Tepes had some nice Ottoman blades as well. I don't recall ever hearing about or seeing his personal effects but I'll look into it. Last year I saw a gorgeous gilded pala in the presidential palace in Bucharest. I don't recall the name of its past owner. Emanuel |
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Hi Emanuel,
He certainly must have indeed have Ottoman swords, and I'd really like to see illustrations of weapons attributed to him, or for that matter any of Transylvanian provenance. Thats quite a handle he had there! ![]() all best regards, Jim |
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Hi Jim,
At the national Military Museum in Bucharest there were quite a few items from various princes and from other heroes. I will post in a separate thread the pics I took...I can't find my notes on the attributions though ![]() Best regards, Emanuel |
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Haha it seems that this kit has been sold before and it has a history in the collectors' world and Bram Stocker fans
http://infocult.typepad.com/dracula/...ekilling_.html http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...ayphotohosting This time around it went for 200$ more ![]() |
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Ariel:
You need to be hired by Myth Busters. Seems that a guy purporting to be the buyer actually still believes it is genuine. ![]() ian. Quote:
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I've had Vampire Slaying 101....and I make my own stakes! ![]() |
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Lets call Buffy.
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Interestingly the idea of vampires is know by many cultures ...albeit with slightly differing descriptions. It seems that there was a genuine scare in Eastern Europe in the 18th C, that vampires were 'everywhere', bearing in mind the lack of education and the superstitions that pervaded society at that time, it is easy to see why every 'unusual' death (including animals) was 'the work of a vampire'.
So conceivably the 'well to do' could have indeed 'comissioned' the manufacture of 'Vampire killing kits'. Although it is likely the 'kit' that started the thread is 'spawned' from the popularity of Bram Stoker's book....early merchandising? Also, some of these so called kits have a firearm and silver bullets...I cannot find any reference (pre-dating Stoker's book) that mentions their use against vampires....definately suggests that these are 'made up'. Surely a crossbow would have been better....to shoot your Hawthorn (the best wood to use) stakes....from a distance or.... an Uzi with 'wood-tipped' bullets ![]() |
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In many neolithic / animistic cultures it is thought that the blood carries the vital energy of the body. This is why a person dies when a certain amount of blood leaves their body.
So it is thought that ingesting blood gives greater vitality. I like katanas suggestion that a crossbow would be a good vampire weapon, if they existed, which I am sure is a fiction, at least in the Hollywood / Bollywood traditions. I saw an old cowboy movie where the bad guy was a vampire and people could shoot him and he would not die. The hero figured this out, carved a cross into the head of one of his bullets, inserted a tiny wood cross and ended the menace. Speaking of weird, anyone seen the India version of "Thriller?" There is also a Philippine prisoner's version. I'll post the English subtitle version for those who do not speak Hindi. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtJRNyPK-lc And for our Pinoy contingency ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5nZcFIf3qc |
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ALL OF US ARE NOW SAFE FROM DRACULA BILL HAS HIS SKULL AND JUST TO BE SAFE HAS REMOVED ALL HIS TEETH. FOR PICTURE PROOF SEE AVATAR
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I can't wait for Radu to see this thread.
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That Indian Thriller clip is Genius Bill!!
![]() ![]() ![]() The star is a guy called Rajni, and although getting on in years now (whats with the Blonde wig?!), he did play a massive star in Bollywood film while I was growing up in the 80's. I spent many an hour practiving his cigarette flick into the mouth trick with a biro ![]() ![]() ![]() Couldn't find many from his Bollywood days but here is one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfpCLtHk_Ao Cheers, Runjeet |
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