Lost 600 Year Old Sword Turns Up In Texas

The medieval Italian broadsword — dubbed the Harriet Dean sword — disappeared in the 1940s, while its twin held a hallowed spot in the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art, so you can imagine the shock of arms and armour specialist Howard Dixon spotted it in a small picture. Until that moment, says Dixon, ‘no one knew where it had gone, and the trail had gone cold.’ Hear all about the discovery of a lifetime in this video from Christie’s.

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