Nov 18 2008Old Vampire-Killing Kit Sells For Small Fortune
An authentic vampire-killing kit from the 1800's recently sold at auction for nearly $15,000 to a pale man in a black cape. "This is a complete kit that comes fully equipped - stakes, mirrors, a gun with silver bullets (because where there are Vampires there might be Werewolves), crosses, a Bible, holy water, candles and garlic." The whole kit is housed in a beautifully decorated American walnut carrying-case. You know, because vampires hate nut trees, and nuts in general. Isn't that right, Dracula? Haha, biggest pair you've ever seen!
1800s Vampire Killing Kit Sold For $14,850 [youbentmywookie]
Thanks to Dave and REW, both of whom are trained in the art of beating the shit out of vampires.
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Reader Comments
1. Daisy - November 18, 2008 10:17 AM
fakey
2. Monev - November 18, 2008 10:22 AM
SEGUNDO
3. Matthew - November 18, 2008 10:22 AM
I'd buy it so no one else could use it against me!
4. Ash - November 18, 2008 10:24 AM
Vampires and Zombies and Robots Oh my....
We're all dead
5. Monev - November 18, 2008 10:25 AM
Does it works with zombies to?
6. skiprat - November 18, 2008 10:25 AM
I've seen a couple of these - there are real ones though obviously I have no idea if this is one. I photographed a local millionaires collection of ...stuff for a magazine here, and he had two vampire killing kits from the 17 or 1800s, a human skeleton, a bunch of real shrunken heads... all kinds of crap that I could pay a ton of personal debt off with. Cool to see, but also... why?
7. Gizmoduck - November 18, 2008 10:27 AM
wheres the shotgun?
8. PLEEEZE! - November 18, 2008 10:27 AM
Buffy would be so proud!
and
FAKE!!!!
Daisy's boobies are an obvious photoshop job. You can tell they are fake because they are dodecahedrons and the squishyness is all wrong.
9. Ash - November 18, 2008 10:29 AM
I still prefer my chainsaw
10. stanislav_babu - November 18, 2008 10:37 AM
I've seen these things lately at a garage sale in Slovakia.
Yet, they never figured out how to defend themselves from perverts and reatards
Red pubes maybe. Perverts fear them.
In mother Russia we trust.
11. The Scot - November 18, 2008 10:38 AM
ACH NO! Ya cannut kel a vamire wit a chainsaw man! Haant ya been alive? Ya gotsa chop their heed offem!
12. McGloin - November 18, 2008 10:39 AM
Please kill me with these tools of malice. Just like a vampyre, I too suck hard.
13. stanislav_babu - November 18, 2008 10:43 AM
@6 In Slovakia, we do have "vampiras". When we kill them, what we do is take their knuckles and knee caps and make them into glovesand knee pads for our national hockey team. God, we still beat you at the winter Olympics!
In mother Russia...
14. LSDiesel - November 18, 2008 10:43 AM
We had two bags of garlic, 75 siver bullets, five sheets of high powered sterling silver....also two Bibles, and a pint of raw holy water.
;)
15. PLEEEZE! - November 18, 2008 10:45 AM
@11
...uh....Chop it off WITH the chainsaw. Or, saw it off with the stake. Or, burn it off with the holy water. Or, cut it off with the mirror. Or, shoot it off with the pistol. Or, bash it off with the custom walnut case. Or, melt it of with the garlic. Or, hack it off with the knife. Or, fry it off with the cross. Or, laugh it off with your stupid comment! PEW PEW PEW!!! I bet a blaster or light saber would work as well!
16. Mc Fly - November 18, 2008 10:47 AM
One thing about Santa Carla I never could stomach...all the damned vampires!
17. Trevor - November 18, 2008 10:51 AM
I am a vampire and
18. Daisy - November 18, 2008 11:00 AM
FAKE!!!!
This is an obvious photoshop job. You can tell its fake because the shadow's are all wrong.
This looks a lot like Baja's picnic basket from the movie Never Back Down. Except hers was packed with food, drinks and utensils, and she got chased by bears not vampires.
19. DrNecropolis - November 18, 2008 11:12 AM
@ LSDiesel
If the undead were going to be gathering Transylvania, we thought the the undead hunting community should be represented as well.
This is bat country
20. rainbowcinderellageek - November 18, 2008 11:17 AM
I think this is really awesome. I'm wondering if its real, or just a replica.
If you watch dracula enough you could do it yourself.
21. LSDiesel - November 18, 2008 11:19 AM
@19, After years of dealing of vampires you learn this, that you can turn your back on a man, but you can NEVER turn your back on a vampire....
22. Thumperchica - November 18, 2008 11:23 AM
This is really very cool, especially if it's authentic. Still wouldn't pay 15k for it though. If you augment the kit with a shotgun and badass sword you have an apolocyptic survival kit that covers everything but robots and dinos...
23. Eva - November 18, 2008 11:28 AM
That's some goodass garlic to still look so fresh despite being from the 1800s.
24. Morganzola - November 18, 2008 11:52 AM
#14
Fear and Loathing reference: Me likey!
I cast my vote for FAKE
25. Jo Mama - November 18, 2008 12:08 PM
How many people do you think have been killed with those tools?
26. 42 y/o undead warlock - November 18, 2008 12:42 PM
@ 23
Nice catch on the garlic.
I do like the workmanship in the stakes. (gold cross rings)
27. DrNecropolis - November 18, 2008 1:21 PM
@21
Hahaha, good pull. I concede defeat, you win the battle of Undead and Loathing in Las Vegas!
28. Elmo - November 18, 2008 2:26 PM
that's bitchen
29. jacko - November 18, 2008 5:04 PM
fake for sure i'd stake my ass on it............
30. Jordan - November 18, 2008 7:31 PM
Looks pretty cool. I wouldn't mind having one on my mantle.
31. Clifurd - November 19, 2008 1:38 AM
Silver kills vampires too so I'm not sure why the article says anything about ware wolves. I can't believe how long garlic stays fresh...wow.
32. kaos - November 19, 2008 2:37 AM
We should all chip in, buy one of 'em, and then hunt down Daisy and kill her.
Am I the only one being wildly annoyed by her always-non funny "Fake"-posts?
33. K1s3I - November 19, 2008 6:07 AM
I shall ditto that.^
34. Beejus von debuff - November 19, 2008 8:32 AM
Oh man, this is so cool.
The only Vampires I know are all LARPers, but I would happily use this baby on the goddamn emo scumbags that cause shit outside my work.
Also fire.
35. Thumperchica - November 19, 2008 9:01 AM
@32 - Pffbbt! Shows what you know, Daisy can only be killed by watching Pay it Forward and taking her photo with 35mm film, developing it in so creepy/sad emo girls blood and attaching to the spare tire of a hummer with tank treads. All while simulating a BJ on an open mic covered in Bacon Ice Cream.
36. K1s3I - November 20, 2008 5:50 AM
@ 35 you still need to shove garlic in every orfice in her body and then use the allmighty shotgun
37. Chambelle - November 25, 2008 8:20 PM
First
38. Tony Huynh - December 26, 2008 4:37 PM
This holy water racket has a lot of promise.
39. Jas - January 5, 2009 10:17 PM
Umm.. are we supposed to believe that this "authentic" kit still contains its original garlic? It doesn't look like 200+ yr old garlic to me...
40. Simply Doe - January 7, 2009 5:10 PM
Fake or not,
its is awesome.
do we really want 200+ year garlic. I think not
..
..
if it wasn't 15k i'd get it
41. Oromis - April 19, 2009 1:55 PM
Why buy one that old? You probably could create a brand new set alot cheaper. But then I'm against the killing of us Nos Feratu. All are welcome to join me. . . ;-[
42. Vampess - April 21, 2009 1:47 PM
Hey,
I don't understand why people hate Vampires. There are way too many people on this earth, so they are only thinning it out a little. Whether the typical vampire is real or not, the idea can be seen throughout history of a person who loves blood. Blood is obviously representing the persons life force, thus attaching to death. Well, war no more words needed, that is an example of vampires in a sense. Those of you who would be a vampire slayer are those who hate earth. One manga that you see this ideal is x/1999 or if you want to watch the anime it is x tv.
43. required - April 29, 2009 10:20 AM
for retards screaming FAKE everytime they see something else than themselfs:
http://antiquesandthearts.com/Antiques/AuctionWatch/2008-11-11__14-01-03.html
learn to use internet, kids... it's SO simple
44. Fish Tank Aquariums - May 26, 2009 1:48 PM
These old weapons are very neat to look at. You dont seem them much anymore.
45. Lestat - July 7, 2009 9:00 AM
uhh ok you all think your smart, well your not it's plain to see that you know what I am, come on you've got the ghaul come take it all,
geez I am a vampire and I do like to look at Crosses, I drink water as well as blood and I go to church ??? i also dont die from the sun, or garlic.....
all myths
ohh and being stabbed in the heart that is just very very painful feeling but wont kill us.....
I have lived with the dark gift for 100 years, since 1909, I have remained 17 for a long time, each day i went out into the light and well I'm still here..........
46. Xavier - October 17, 2009 4:59 PM
Sure you are, son.
And I'm the re-incarnation of Jack the Ripper. XD