AUCTIONS IMPERIAL NOVEMBER 2022 ARMS & ARMOR
By Auctions Imperial
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Nov 28, 2022
1910 Thomes Ave, Cheyenne WY 82001, United States
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LOT 122:
A RARE PAIR OF DUELING SWORDS
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Start price:
$
200
Estimated price :
$400 - $600
Buyer's Premium: 24.9%
sales tax: 6%
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A RARE PAIR OF DUELING SWORDS
With white metal cruciform hilts, the grips decorated, and characteristic quadrangular blades, with rarely-encountered sharpened tips. Each struck at the fort with numerous marks including SOLINGEN and G. LOHSE & CIE, and at one forte, E MARIA DEL RIO, suggesting they may have come from the city of that name near San Juan Potosi, Mexico. C. 1870. Overall length of each 99cm. Condition II
