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5th April 2005, 02:23 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Greensboro, NC
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One sword caught my attention but I felt it would probably fetch too high a price for me to go for it and it did and as Bill shared the pictures are not that great online but the sword looked to be very similar to the Tipu Sultan sword pictured in Elgood's newest book. It had the same tiger pommel, tiger finials on the cross guard and also a tiger guard facing down the blade. Mounted with an European sword. From what I could tell in the pictures, I was a bit concerned with the casting on the hilt but the piece still went for $8K. Wasn't listed as a Tipu sword and if original may have been a sleeper.
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5th April 2005, 02:31 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2004
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Add in the premium and you're talking almost 10K .
 And how much does the auction house nick the consignor ? 
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5th April 2005, 03:26 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: USA Georgia
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for items under $2500 and slightly less for items over $2500. 17% if you are bidding there. 22% if you are bidding from eBay for the buyer. They got 42% of the purchase price on some items that sold on eBay. Good business being an auction house. 
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