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Antique skull and bones lock

David Pescovitz at 6:32 am Sun, Sep 9, 2007

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This gorgeous skull and bones lock is up for auction on eBay. According to the listing, it was issued by the National Hardware Company in the late 1800s. It would be perfect to keep the riff raff out of your wunderkammer. With twelve hours to go before the hammer drops, the starting bid is $199.
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jimh

I don’t know if it’s teh antique. (Or if that even matters. It’s awesome. $200 might be the going price for awesome.) There were definitely reproductions of this lock produced. The key appears to be stamped out of sheet metal, and fairly shiny.
Skull and crossbones = buyer beware, aaaar.
erindipity

It’s fabulous, a right pirate’s lock! What an oxymoron.
JC

I wonder if it needs a skeleton key?

Oh ho ho ho…

Sorry
strider_mt2k

Yar.

(Tasha)