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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;journeymagazine, post: 4530774, member: 84&quot;]Going to my local thrift store yesterday I actually didn&#039;t find/buy any art(!) but I did find a bunch of cool things including a Fold O Matic table &amp; 4 chairs (for Winnebagos I think?), 5 old individual hop a long cassidy comic book pages in frames &amp; a couple of old cast iron bookends (1 looks like bull mastiff dogs!) and a couple of Barbies in their boxes - but these 2 I wanted to check here for help/info before I did anything with them.</p><p>The sword if real must be a ceremonial sword because the edge is not sharpened. When I first saw it I looked for a made in china or made in pakistan stamp but this one has no mark at all! So I googled how to tell a real from a fake sword &amp; the first two were make sure it had the wrapped handle &amp; there were wood pegs in the handle. </p><p>When I saw it had those 2 I went ahead &amp; bought it since it was not expensive ($24.95 + there was a line of people behind me waiting to pay!).</p><p>So did I find a real sword or is it just a copy - and if a copy is it better than the made in china/pakistan swords I&#039;ve seen before?</p><p><br /></p><p>The 2nd one is a old? violin with tags on the inside that says</p><p>Joseph Guarnius Fecit</p><p>Cremonae anno 1736 IHS</p><p>Rappodi</p><p><br /></p><p>I found a few googling it but none with Rappodi?</p><p>It isn&#039;t from 1736 is it?</p><p>What is the Rappodi mean?</p><p><br /></p><p>Thank you!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]400372[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]400376[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]400377[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]400378[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]400379[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]400380[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]400381[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]400382[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]400384[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]400385[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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