The 600-year-old sword that disappeared for decade

[Puffin]

http://www.christies.com/features/Disco ... 932-3.aspx

I was stunned when the pieces started falling into place,’ recalls specialist Howard Dixon of the moment an unassuming folio of photographs was presented to him in a restaurant in Texas earlier this year.

On the seventh page, a small photograph showed a medieval Italian broadsword — a piece which bore a striking resemblance to another that had been mysteriously missing since the 1940s. Until that moment, says Dixon, ‘no one knew where it had gone, and the trail had gone cold.’

[Hawkstone]

Cotton gloves wouldn't have gone amiss......

[dig-it-pete]

Yes and it sold for £386,500 - WOW

http://www.christies.com/lotfinder/arms ... b5b5d13ff5

Very interesting looking through the ten pages of lots that were sold - thanks puffin

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Yes definitely should have worn gloves - not sure about cotton gloves though as the sweat can actually penetrate right through cotton gloves onto the surface of the object being held - ask me how I know this:g48:

Very surprised that Museums etc still use cotton gloves for this very reason?