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Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk
Wow, that third link you posted Jim shows $1000.00 for some of those knives.
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That's right Chris, daggers, swords and bayonets etc. from that era can fetch a tidy sum.
Even if not considering selling for sentimental or whatever reason, it might be worth a valuation.
A week or so ago I read a post here on SS about the anniversary of the sinking of HMS Hood.
A short while ago (after the passing of my father) I brought a framed print home from my mothers of the Hood, signed by Ted Briggs, one of the three survivors.
This got me thinking and I Googled the artist Robert Taylor.
I soon discovered the link below was that of none other than my print.
Look at the link below and read of the condition (colours slightly faded) sold for £350. My father had it hung for years after I had left home so the condition is probably similar.
http://www.military-art.com/mall/more.php?ProdID=16029
I knew I had purchased one or two others nearly thirty years back so I went up into the loft and it soon became quite apparent that the framed print was my fathers and not mine, I had originally purchased two.
I was absolutely awestruck to find the same HMS HOOD print but this time in absolutely mint condition, still in its cardboard delivery tube, plus the HMS Belfast print in identical condition:
http://www.military-art.com/mall/more.php?ProdID=3594
Tis always worthwhile valuing things, even if just for insurance purposes
