hey how's it going good how are you give
me one second here sure Thank You Chum
come check this out
is that a crossbow yes it is yeah
that's freaking sweet have you ever shot
one of these
yeah that's not one so did you do that
yeah when at the archery range well I
don't remember that you don't remember a
lot of things I'm here at the pawn shop
today to sell my very old crossbow my
uncle gave miss Rosco years ago he's a
collector of antique weapons and figured
me being an archer he might appreciate
it
I've had the crossbow for about two
years now and it is very cool but it
would be nice to get some money for it
this thing looks pretty old do you know
where it's from
you know actually I'm not too sure but
obviously it's not from this century
well no it's not from this century for
sure you know these things have been
around over 2,000 years crossbows were
like the first powered weapon they're
pretty amazing for what they are you
know basically somebody figured out
problem with bow and arrow is you know
you've got fatigue but with something
like this you could actually do a lot of
damage with it the Pope actually had
them banned from civilian use you know
anybody with a simple amount of training
could take out nobility with one of
these right oh and all really really
really scary weapon for someone to have
yeah yeah you mind if I take a look at
it go for it yeah
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this is pretty cool man some type of
Shield of arms or something right there
have you seen that before Cory I don't
know what that is but it leads me to
believe it's British god looks like two
keys on a red wax still no idea this
thing looks all original what are you
looking to do with it well I'm just
looking to sell it so how much are you
looking to get out of it I was think
about 20,000 that's possible
you know realistically that might be
possible I don't know there's a whole
lot of stuff I got to figure out here do
you mind if I have a friend of mine come
check it out yeah of course I'm
interested to find out more about it
myself
all right you wanna give Alex a call
yeah give me just a few minutes I'm
actually excited that an expert is
coming by to take a look at it I'm
really hoping it's worth what I'm asking
if not more Wow things that beast to say
the least
this is a pretty classic mid 18th
century crossbow 1740 maybe as late as
1770 by the mid 18th century crossbows
are obsolete they had muskets they have
cannons they weren't making crossbows to
take in the battle so what this actually
is there was a whole recreational sport
of target crossbow shooting but the
thing that super rare is actually the
windlass the bow is so hard to pull by
itself they actually invented an entire
winding system the technical term for
that is a windless the crossbow is
really beautiful
so this tag faun
siegmeyer engine so this is a castle and
it's in the southern part of Germany
it's still there today you can go take
tours of it it's gorgeous it's up on a
cliff near a river this castle was owned
by a family the Hohenzollerns so that
would mean then that this is the
Hohenzollern family coat of arms they
had kings and princes and they've been
ruining part of Germany for hundreds of
years okay well is it fireable
I wish but this bowstring I do think
that's original so I think if we tried
to put tension on it I'm pretty sure
it'll snap you don't want us to do that
right after you guys purchase it go
ahead and do that you want but right now
I mean it would be really fun but we
will we will hurt the value right that
pose yeah okay then last and not least
what's it worth well the good thing is
it's a really nice example it's really
well built it's got some really nice
features to it and I think the fact that
has the windlass this is the really nice
thing about it based on how old it is
and the condition it's in I think it's
worth $10,000 okay well how explain I
appreciate it you're welcome thank you
so you're asking 20 grand for it
yeah you know I know that's a good chunk
of change I mean I don't know what you
guys be willing to give me but based on
what Alex just told me um
I'd offer you about five grand I don't
know if I'd get rid of it necessary for
that cheap it's still pretty cool in its
own right so I think for that I'll hang
on to it for now maybe you sell it later
on in life well alright man if you ever
change your mind you know I'm actually
guys thanks so much take care alright if
you ever want to shoot it you know I'm
out yeah good to see you go
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