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Found this beautiful instrument at the Kamloops fleamarket. We had our booth setup, as did most everyone else. A late arrival pulls up and starts to setup. I went over and when I saw this I knew it was a winner. I paid $7 dollars and after researching it found that it was made in 1918. Posting it on EBAY saw it sell for $600 in US funds. It took less then 1 month to sell. One of the greatest treasures I have ever found, at least in the top 20. These types of “things” can touch a person and invoke emotions. It is like treasure hunting, and this item was genuine treasure.

Bought these at a garage sale and suspected they were pretty good. Each one had a hole drilled it it to allow for hanging on the wall, but other than that they were really nice, great patina.

I didn’t know how to price them, and thought that the holes would make a huge price issue. I posted them for $399.99 and they sold within a couple hours, They were going right back to their origins – to Australia. Turned out that  customs in Australia discovered bugs in one of the pieces (the shield) and held it for fumigation. The buyer was still really happen. Was really nice item and experience to own and sell it.