[…] Persian saber sold for SEK 1,2 million This Monday evening Stockholms Auktionsverk sold an extremely rare Persian saber for more than SEK 1,2 million (USD 130,000) plus fees. The saber is a so called “shamshir”, a type of saber with a very curved blade. The name comes from the Persian word for sword. Early on it stood clear that there was a great interest in the shamshir, and the advance bidding was extensive. After an intense bidding war at the end of the auction between ten bidders from […] weiterlesen …