An Indian firangi similar to this sold at Sothebys in 2005 for 24,000 GBP. (almost $50,000) The firangi that sold at Sothebys had a fine scabbard included, signed by RAM DAKHS SANWAT, ALWAR, RAJASTHAN, INDIA. The sword they sold also had a straight, cut-and-thrust imported Portuguese blade with shallow grooves, discoidal pommel and curved top-spike. The sothebys sword was reputedly from the collection of the Nizam of Hyderabad, most probably received as a gift from the Hindu court of Alwar in Rajasthan, circa 1856.
