Paul Godfrey

Is anyone here familiar with a qualified individual who can perform a retrospective appraisal on a Japanese sword? Thanks in advance..

I will give Gallagher a call thank you. I have tried multiple other similar places with no luck.

Which auction house were you dealing with Mark? Morphy tells me they can’t insure the shipment unless they pack it.

First off, apologies if this is not the right part of the board for this. For those of you who have shipped high value objects to auction houses, how did you insure your shipment? I understand declared value through FedEx or UPS is not the way to go, and a traditional “all risk” insurance is preferable. If you have done this in the past, I would like to know who you used. Thank you. Paul

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Thanks guys. I will send a direct message this evening.

Gotcha..

This is precisely why I am reluctant to send it to Japan. This fear may be unfounded, but I can see a host of problems that could come up. also, is it possible to go back and edit my postings? Seems to be an option on this one, but on older ones it is not an option.

Thank you

I am considering doing that Mark. Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you. I am entertaining different ideas for research. Might be a trip to a sword show. Might be shipping it to Japan. I just don’t know yet. In the end I would probably be just as happy with an appraisal from a competent professional here in the states.

I’m considering it, yes.

Thank you.

Thank you.