REALLY?

[Stephen]

Did someone just buy this for $200?

 

was trolling and did not look at the price, worked on the mei then went back to see location seen the 200 ....just a bit late....doh!

 

now the question is I don't find any YUKIHIRO in hawleys that start with ichi hishu dewa...any comments now that is gone?

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/antique-katana- ... 2516.l5255

[echizento]

Some people have all the luck. Even if it's gemei for $200 it was a steal.

[Stephen]

maybe he forgot a zero? and marked sold...dang Stephen check the price first...lol

[Surfson]

Nope. Seller ended the listing. Probably sold it locally or to a ebayer that made a buy it now offer off of ebay.

[Brian]

No, it sold. He didn't end the auction early.

No..I don't know who bought it, but it was probably a BIN. Good deal for someone.

 

Brian

[Stephen]

ok we got that out of the way, any record of a mei sighed that way?

[Stephen]

Seems that he did, Ed had one that i think was Col Hartly blade

 

http://home.comcast.net/~colhartley/Vir ... kihiro.htm

 

if the same , someone got a D E A L !

[cabowen]

Yukihiro is a well known mainline Hizen smith. Not many good ones signed katana mei....

[1tallsword]

I see many issues ..a tired blade with kissaki issues... Guess $200 is a good deal if ya want to flip it for $600 or so... but if collecting to keep In my opinion if collecting the $200 could have been put towards something much better with not so many issues... sorry that tip/ kissaki looks broke,over polished and deformed to me, hope no offence taken here and is just my opinion,for what ever thats worth :lol:

[Stephen]

I think your 110% right, thought the tsuba might be worth the price of the winning bid.

[bobtail44]

Id love to know who bought the Inoue Shinkai,

 

I really wanted to buy that. If someone has it and wants to make a profit

 

http://yakiba.com/H28_Wak_Shinkai.htm

 

Trent S

[NihontoSeeker]

I am honored to say that I ended up with the responsibility to restore and care for the Shinkai and Yukihiro from the Hartley collection.

They will both go for restoration and papers. After, they will rejoin a beautiful Kanesada from the Hartley collection. I am unsure as to the rest of the original collection as He had many wonderful pieces.

I'm happy to soon have 3 pieces to honer a wonderful memory, a true lover of history.

T hanks to everyone who has helped me along the way in finding true diamonds in the ruff.

NihontoSeeker

[Brian]

Please remember to sign all posts with a name

Congrats, keep us updated.

 

Brian

[bobtail44]

I know where part of it went Id love to see who it papers as.

 

Trent