Vintage vampire hunting kit sparks bidding frenzy…
Fangs for the recollections.
A classic vampire hunting kit in Florida has sparking a bidding battle online thanks to its huge dimension, uncommon artifacts and tiny zombie priest carving.
The kit, which dates back to the mid-1800s, was found by Zev Antiques in Hallandale Beach, just north of Miami, and listed on Live Auctioneers, where dozens of nameless bidders staked the price at $3,000.
A complete Vampire Hunter Kit from Zev Antiques sparked an online bidding battle. LiveAuctioneers
Antiques artillery knowledgeable Vlad Krechmar, who joked that his true title was “Vlad the Impaler” after the blood-thirsty Romanian legend, told The Post that the coffin-shaped kit was “most likely a violin case customized to hold all necessary items” for a swift kill.
That consists of Vampire 101 objects like two wood stakes, a giant crucifix and a Belgian pistol that Krechmar said may maintain lead bullets “coated with various potions” to homicide the (normally) immortal monsters.
The kit, which weighs 11.4 kilos, also comes with “spiritual items” like a prayer e-book with Latin verses, a glass-blown bottle marked for holy water and a wood mallet branded with a burnt cross, which Krechmar explained was used “to stake the body to the ground!”
The kit consists of knives, stakes, and a zombie priest carved out of unidentified bone and affixed to the hilt of a dagger. LiveAuctioneers
Two ornate metallic canisters are also half of the kit — they might have held rosary beads, silver salt and even “consecrated ground,” a.okay.a. grime from a graveyard — along with a stable brass jar labeled “SEL,” or salt, that could be used to draw an “impenetrable circle” around Dracula and his associates.
The pièce de résistance — or at least, the one that’s the creepiest — is a large dagger with a deal with formed like a zombie priest, clutching a tiny model of the very mallet and stake included inside the vampire kit.
The bone of origin has not been recognized, nor have the rust spots on the knife, which may conceivably be blood.
Vampire fandom has exploded this yr as the third season of the “Interview With a Vampire“ franchise returns to TV screens, turning the actor Sam Reid into a goth pinup as the hedonistic (and normally shirtless) rock star Lestat de Lioncourt.
Vampire collectibles are tempting followers of the current TV hit, “The Vampire Lestat.” Sophie Giraud/AMC
18 years in the past, a very different vampire heartthrob — Edward Cullen from “Twilight,” performed onscreen by Robert Pattinson — also despatched thrills through teen viewers, stoking curiosity in vampire legends among millennial teenagers.
Krechmar said over the telephone that he couldn’t disclose the unique proprietor of the “mysterious” vampire kit, but the Sunshine State resident doesn’t suppose they’re one of the undead.
“They can go in the sunlight,” he admitted. “You know, Florida is hard for vampires.”
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