LONDON – Sultan Tip Sultan sword auctioned in London for a huge sum ofmoney of over one lakh pound.
A rare artefacts from Tipu Sultan’s armoury, one of his personal swords hasbeen auctioned for around 107,000 pounds.
The highlight lot, a silver-mounted 20-bore flintlock gun and bayonet fromthe personal armoury of the last ruler of Mysore, proved hugely popular asit attracted 14 bids before going under the hammer for 60,000 pounds.
“Unlike other Tipu Sultan guns this one exhibits clear signs of having beenbadly damaged in its past…rather than being taken directly from the rackafter the fall of Seringapatam it appears to have been collected from thebattlefield,” the lot description notes.by Taboolalink:Sponsored Linkslink:.linkIn Pakistan At Ridiculously Low PricesSave70.comlink
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The other highlight lot, a gold-encrusted sword and suspension beltensemble believed to be one of Tipu Sultan’s personal swords, attracted asmany as 58 bids before being sold to the winning bidder for 18,500 pounds.
The two centrepieces formed part of a collection of eight items broughtback by Major Thomas Hart of the East India Company after the Tiger ofMysore’s defeat at Seringapatam in 1799. Tipu died in 1799 at the age of 48
