Natchez, Miss.:A complete and authentic vampire killing kit — made around 1800 and complete with stakes, mirrors, a gun with silver bullets, crosses, a Bible, holy water, candles and even garlic, all housed in a American walnut case with a carved cross on top — attained $14,850 in the Jimmy Pippen estate sale by Stevens October 3–4 in the new Natchez Convention Center.
The sale comprised the contents of Pippen’s stores (Pippen Antiques and Pippen Interiors), items from his personal residence (which he considered a perfect creation and called “Paradise”), the contents of another home (a three-story, 1850s townhouse called “The Orchard” that he restored with fine appointments and rented out) and treasures from several warehouses…. [read more at Antiques and the Arts Online]
A complete and authentic vampire killing kit, circa 1800 and housed in a walnut case, achieved $14,850