According to the BBC, members of the public interested in becoming vampire slayers will soon be able to purchase a 19th century “vampire-slaying kit” at the Hansons Auctioneers in Derbyshire, England.
A “vampire slaying kit” with shark teeth, crucifixes and a 19th Century Bible is up for auction.
The origins of the kit are cloaked in mystery but there is no shadow of a doubt it is a “great conversation piece,” the current West Midlands-based owner said.
They said it contains “all you need” to resurrect vampire hunting traditions.
The gothic-style box, which also comprises a pocket-size pistol, a carved ivory wolf in robes and a cobalt blue glass phial with unknown contents - first saw the light of day when its current owner bought it three years ago.
“I bought it from a large antiques fair in Newark-on-Trent,” the seller, who wished to remain anonymous, said. “I have had it in my own collection for three years now.
“I know very little of its history.”
It is, though, thought to be of little real value - aside from the obvious aspect of myth and legend - as many suggest it is merely an elaborate hoax.
And therein lies the value of the kit, despite it being “almost surely a fake,” said Robert A. Smart, an English professor and dean of the college of arts and sciences at Quinnipiac University.
The container itself is believed to be from around 1780, according to Mr. Spencer. The New Testament Bible in the kit was published in Cambridge in 1842. Some of the bottles are from the late Victorian era; others are Edwardian.
