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Posted By: Brian Fleischer

The new season of the Antiques Roadshow started last night...

A guy brought brought in a Confederate sword that he bought for about $100 on "online auction site". Long story short, the appraiser told him that there are a bunch of these swords that are being made in India, artificially aged, and then sold for about $79.99.

There was a date stamping of some sort on the sword that the expert said was a surefire way to tell it was a forgery because the swords used by the Confederate states weren't stamped in that manner.

I have no idea about the authenticity of sword sold on eBay, just throught I'd throw my two cents in.

Brian