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1800’s Vampire Hunting Kit

You’ve seen them turn up on auction sites from time to time: “authentic vampire killing kits,” attributed to a master craftsman, Professor Ernst Blomberg of Germany. (One sold for $12,000 at Sotheby’s.) A British museum curator explains how he proved vampire hunting kits to be fakes – and why they’re nonetheless still very valuable. The vampire hunting kits allegedly sold …

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