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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;the blacksmith, post: 10185879, member: 20148&quot;]Similarly, I&nbsp; was at a market where one of the dealers showed a breastplate to a dealer friend of mine. It had been uncovered when they were digging to extend a runway at an airport. He wanted £1000 for it, which it clearly wasnt worth. </p><p>Another dealer, who sold cheap, cr#p repro armour from India on the opposite stall to us walked over, he stated quite clearly and authoritatively that it was a WWII Russian snipers breastplate! </p><p>It was in fact clearly a 17th century Duplex peascod harqubusiers breastplate! Albeit slightly deformed by the digger! I told him my thoughts and that the Russian idea was total rubbish and left it at that</p><p>At a market a few weeks later, the dealer who owned it came over and told us that he had sold it at auction.&nbsp; The auction house had confirmed my ID and sold it..............................for £300! </p><p>Had the dealer originally said £500, I would have bought it myself! I did at the time have a very similar breastplete in my collection, and they would have gone well together. Oh well................[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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