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Current Auction: Another “Transitional”

Posted on January 11, 2012 | Leave a comment

A few weeks ago, we examined Eight Dueling Épées.

Today, we noticed a variant of one of the older specimens up for auction: A cousin of “The Transitional”… Continue reading →

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Épées; France, c. 1890

Posted on April 8, 2009 | 1 comment

Rare French épées with circular bronze guards

Rare French épées with circular bronze guards

Rattling the point of the opponent…

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Dueling Épée; France, c. 1890

Posted on January 9, 2009 | 1 comment

Dueling weapon with perforated guard

Trapping a point in a club…

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Tagged degen, dueling epee, dueling sword, duelldegen, french epee, pariser

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