High dollar Garab/Talibon

Lew · 22nd March 2006, 05:25 PM

Speaking of high prices. I passed by a table at Timonium last week and the seller had a selection of what looked like some old Bowie knives. I stop and picked one up it had a $975 price tag with a description saying Texas Civil War Bowie knife. It really was a recent cheap copy made in India with a yataghan style blade that was buried in the ground and rusted to make it look old. At least the person who won the auction on those two Philippine knives got the real deal. I would hate to have bought that Bowie to find out that it was really worth $19.95

Lew

22nd March 2006, 05:25 PM	#5
Lew (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: East Coast USA Posts: 3,191	Speaking of high prices. I passed by a table at Timonium last week and the seller had a selection of what looked like some old Bowie knives. I stop and picked one up it had a $975 price tag with a description saying Texas Civil War Bowie knife. It really was a recent cheap copy made in India with a yataghan style blade that was buried in the ground and rusted to make it look old. At least the person who won the auction on those two Philippine knives got the real deal. I would hate to have bought that Bowie to find out that it was really worth $19.95 Lew