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Lot of 12 steel rapier blades, some conserved.

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Knives, Swords & Blades Start Price:600.00 USD Estimated At:900.00 - 1,200.00 USD
Lot of 12 steel rapier blades, some conserved.
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This item SOLD at 2009 Oct 16 @ 13:07UTC-4 : AST/EDT
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Lot of 12 steel rapier blades, some conserved. 8 lb total, 46" long. While we have had several individual specimens of these interesting items in previous sales, this is the first time we have been able to offer a wholesale lot, each sword typically thin and a dark rusty color but intact and sharp, several with markings in the blood-groove (including one with INRI for Jesus of Nazareth King of the Jews), a few stabilized with lacquer but most in need of long-term conservation. Recovered from: 1681 Fleet off Porto Bello, Panama