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AMAZING work by Robert MacPherson - but it's not armor

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Sir Martyn:
James, how much would harnesses like those two Mac customs run?

Sir James A:

--- Quote from: Gareyth on 2013-11-07, 22:18:20 ---James, how much would harnesses like those two Mac customs run?

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Complete guess, but I'd say $25k-$30k when he made them back in the mid/late 90s. Today's prices, $35k for the black/brass and $40k for the KD Garniture one? I can ask him and see if he'd tell me what they cost, as he hasn't made armor for a few years and last I spoke with him, he is not going to make it again either.

Ian:
To put it in perspective, we're actually getting off very cheap now-a-days believe it or not!  A top of the line jousting harness runs about $30,000 now.  In period, the purchase of armor was roughly equivalent in magnitude in today's terms to buying a house!

Sir James A:
As Sir Ian said, we're still getting off "cheap" compared to our ancestors. Unfortunately we don't have the (legal) ransom income capabilities of their day either. :(

I'm basing my pricing roughly around current pricing by Jeffrey Hedgecock / Historic Enterprises pricing, as I feel he is in the same skill level as Wasson and MacPherson.

http://historicenterprises.com/arms-and-armour-c-101/armour-custom-work-c-101_133/armour-full-italian-milanese-circa-1470-p-574.html

http://historicenterprises.com/arms-and-armour-c-101/armour-custom-work-c-101_133/armour-full-italoflemish-circa-1471-p-575.html

http://historicenterprises.com/arms-and-armour-c-101/armour-custom-work-c-101_133/armour-full-german-circa-1470-p-573.html

http://historicenterprises.com/arms-and-armour-c-101/armour-custom-work-c-101_133/armour-full-german-circa-1480-p-1126.html

scott2978:
The Black and Brass harness sold at auction back in 2006 with a starting minimum bid of 30,000 euros... that's about $42,000 today.

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