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Early European Vampire Killing Kit VERY UNUSUAL!!!!!

Item # 1102093762 . This is a catalog item.

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Bid Currently 2,100.00 USD First Bid 1,600.00 USD

Quantity 1 # of Bids 4 (bid history)

Time Left 10 days, 21 hours + Location CLT
Warehouse Location GR-SHELF-1

Started 12/02/04 00:00:00 Country USA

Ends 03/10/2005 10:20:00 PM EST (mail this auction to a friend)

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Description
This case and contents are very typically early European in style and age. A vampire-slaying kit complete with a wooden stake and 10 silver bullets sold for US$12,000 at Sotheby's last year. These types of kits have been assembled since the early 1800’s and sold to tourists who were traveling in little known countries of Eastern Europe. We date this particular kit to the mid 1850’s and believe it to be all original. This kit is infinitely more detailed and has many more contents offered than the kit sold at Sotheby’s. There is a case within a case which locks and has the key. This smaller box has three crucifixes with rosaries in it of various sizes. There is a hand mirror with a stained cross on the back side. There is also a pair of mallets with two different weights to them. The kit contains two very early Bibles one of which is German and the other is in English. There are six hand planed stakes, a bone saw, two crucifixes, one smaller mirror and a cased percussion pistol with five solid silver bullets. The pistol appears to be Belgian and has a carved cross on one side of the grip and “Free the Soul” carved on the right side. There is also a powder horn, plunger and a bone caped percussion tin in the cased gun box. The entire case is leather wrapped and has a working lock and key. There is also a cross on the top of the kit for easy identification in an emergency. This is probably the most unusual piece of history we have ever offered. Don’t Miss Out.

High estimate: 15000
Low estimate: 3000
Condition: Excellent-


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Early European Vampire Killing Kit VERY UNUSUAL!!!!! (Item #1102093762)

Current Bid 2,100.00 USD
Bid Increment 105.00 USD
Minimum Bid 2,205.00 USD

Vampire slaying kit