Once in a while, I blunder into an interesting sale of collectibles. It really doesn’t matter what kind of items they are, if they can be useful as photo props, I’m in. Over the weekend, I went to see the goods of a most incredible collector, heavy on the weaponry.

The antique pistols were fascinating, if a bit pricey. As someone pointed out, most were replicas, but it was fun to heft a firearm so compact, yet so weighty. Toward the back, there was a table full of battle axes and morning stars. These I left for another day (when the prices were marked down), and went into a small room packed with Buddhas and assorted deities, demons and china of the sort I’ve been looking for.

When I returned on Sunday, a surprising amount of stuff was still available, including the medieval armory. I could use one of the morning stars, but hesitated at the axes. The seller gave me a deal if I got one of each.