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Posts posted by Anthony de Vos
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Hi Ian!
Thanks for the info! Great to get a name to the tsuba. I hope you got some nice items. I agree, there was plenty of eye candy at the auction. Lot 8, 61, 68 and 336 was also items I liked. Maybe not the most expensive or rare of all the lots but they stirred my heart. 😁
Anthony
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Any views regarding the Cooper Collection sale. I thought it was some nice tosogu up for grabs. I got only two lot’s but was happy anyway. I was overbid on many. Got lot 317, liked it a lot. I took a huge chance on lot 335. They had two identical pictures, quite blurred, by misstake, nothing from the back. Described as signed but as with all lots no description of the mei. I have no clue so it will be fun to see what it is…..I hope!🤣
Someone else getting something?
Regards,
Anthony
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Nice, Gary!
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His kodzuka is one of the finest work I have ever seen. It’s sbsolutly stunning. He is working on a new piece of tosogu besides his other engraving work.
Anthony
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I liked the yari hidden in the kanabo, rare sight. Unfortunately the underbidder since I had no time to follow the auction. The rest, maybe with the exeption of one or two yari, looked terrible.
Anthony
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Hi Uwe!
I have no space but that is not the problem here. The armor belongs to my brother Eric He plans to emigrate and because of that sell the armor along with around ten Saotome kabuto and masks. I just posted it because just as Gary’s beautiful armor it’s crowned with an Iechika kabuto.
Anthony
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Exellent!
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Simon, I was obviously late. 😁
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As always some problems with the descriptions.
I am in no way an expert but have a few saotome kabuto, I have problems with lot 13. I believe it's not from the Saotomé school.
I also think that armor lot 36 could be later than Meiji.
Anthony
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Hi!
One thing to consider when talking about prices on items, collectibles and otherwise, is the loss of buying power in fiat currencies. We tend to compare the amount of money, an item cost, in a certain currency between years or decades, without taking into account the loss of value in the currency itself. If you look in a chart decribing the actual buying power of a certain currency you will notice that some prices hasn't changed that much at all. You pay more in nominally value but in reality it's the same price as for a decade or two ago. A great example is the buying value of one ounce of gold. Almost the same today as 1900 while the grenback lost more than 99% of it's buying power.
Anthony
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Very interesting! I wish there were a safe reliable shipper, accepting to ship firearms to Sweden. It’s just a legal to own in Sweden as in the US, without any registration or paperwork. Unfortunately shippers like DHL, Fedex et al, don’t care..
Anthony
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Just a reflexion from a newbie. I know the history regarding the ”Green paper fraud scandal”. I don’t think it’s very flattering for an organization to first issue papers for money and then deem them worthless, encouraging everyone to pay more money to get new papers. It’s a great business idea though. Maybe we will se it again in a couple of decades. Todays papers losing credibility, ”new knowledge as the reason. After all, fine fittings to paper is not infinite…
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Sword fittings is a very new interest of mine, previously collecting other Japanese fields. I would like to express my gratitude to Bob and everyone contributing with valuable information. It is a great learning tool for a beginner. I hope it never ends...
Regards,
Anthony
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On 7/29/2022 at 10:13 PM, IBot said:
[Has anyone else noticed problems with typing on the forum? I am finding the cursor keeps making random jumps so that I find I am typing into existing text.]
Ian Bottomley
Ian, you are just getting old or had one Campari to much. I experience the same problem probably for the same reason...
Anthony
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Is tsuba 241 Made by a Mito school smith?
Regards,
Anthony
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Is there any possibility that this is a naginata Bukuro?
Anthony
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The four revolvers from top down;
1. Made in Japan. Mixed influences from more than one brand. Japanese registration
2. Colt M/1851 Navy. Made in US and exported to Japan. Japanese registration
3. Colt M/1851 Navy. Made in Japan probably under a Colt Brevete licens. Japanese registration
4. Copy of Colt M/1848 pocket. Made in Japan, series number 1!!, I think it's a very early Japanese made revolver.
Anthony
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Indeed Jean!
Both bayonets double as sidearms in their own right.
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The sale of Cooper’s collection by Philips in Australia
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Agreed, some nice prices and many nice items.
Anthony