Lot 5

3753358: Group of 3 Middle Eastern Knives, 19th Century and Later E3RDJ

Estimate: $300 - $500

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $10
$100 $25
$500 $50
$1,000 $100
$3,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$30,000 $2,500
$100,000 $5,000
$300,000 $10,000
Property of a Former U.S. Air Force Military Attache to the American Embassy, Cairo, Egypt Group of 3 Middle Eastern Knives, 19th Century and Later, comprising an Arabian knife or Jambiya (wear to velvet with some pushed back areas, some rust and pitting to scabbard and blade, age cracks and small chips to handle, some fittings looses), Middle Eastern ivory hilted dagger, 21 in., probably Turkish (some losses and repairs to silvered metal, some whitening to metal, missing decorative screw covers, some minor pitting to blade, tip of blade bent) and possibly a Cossack Shashqa, 13 1/2 in., 19th Century (with worn velvet, some pitting and rust to scabbard, handle with small losses and age cracks, wear to wood of interior of scabbard, wear to gilding on handle, minor pitting to blade)