Good deal or not?

[mike yeon]

Now that the auction is over:

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... NA:US:1123

 

Very big name smith. Would you say the auction winner got a good deal?

 

mike

[Jacques]

Hi,

 

At the same time:

 

[Ichi]

Do you think the NBTHK paper is also a fake?

[Guest Nanshoku-Samurai]

Easy to tell: Fake!

 

Why?

 

Most obvious question that arouses: Why sell a genuine Shinkai on eBay for just 1/3 of its value at best?! Hm?

 

Workmanship is in my humble oppinion not good enough for Shinkai and Mei is not correct either.

 

Many of the old Kicho papers are junk. I guess this one is "genuine" but has been given out by a local NBTHK Shinsa after too much Sake ...

 

MAX

[Brian]

Which paper is that?

I can't think of a reason the seller would part with it on eBay instead of in Japan unless the papers were maybe unreliable (not fake..just maybe older) or there was a flaw or he just likes to gamble

Glad you didn't post this one while it was running Mike, because there would definitely have been influential comments.

You have to ask yourself why sell this online though, if it is indeed Inoue Shinkai. And new seller too, with no feedback.

I guess with papers it would have been very tempting though. Wish Gordon would pop in and make a comment on this one

 

Brian

[Jean]

Hi Mike,

 

For the price I prefer the Masamune shown in a previous topic. (though Shinkai is called the Edo Masamune)

 

IMHO, It is Gimei taking into account Darcy's post about the subject.

 

Look at the initial mekugi ana, the mei and the nengo do not start where it should.

 

The oshigata provided by Jacques shows clearly that the kanji are perfectl aligned close to the back ridge of the blade, on the e-bay one there are more centered on the nakago.

 

The nengo of the e-bay sword is chiselled on the shinogi, not in the oshigata.

 

If the sword is gimei, how is the kanteisho .... question answered...

 

Now, Question : Does Philanthropy still exist in our world?

 

If you had a Shinkai Daito to sell (certified), would you put it on e-bay?

[hybridfiat]

I might if I had stolen it!!!!

[Jean]

Steve,

 

You would have got much more money in private market :lol: :lol: :lol:

[Jacques]

Hi,

 

here you have a genuine Inoue Shinkai... if you want to buy it, you need to win at the "euromillion" :lol: :lol:

 

 

http://www.token-net.com/103%20shinkai1.html

 

 

price 324 300$ (not rather expensive my son :lol: )

[Bungo]

seller has only one postive rating back in May...........

 

If the high bidder actually receive the sword, then I must say it is a VERY GOOD deal of the decade........

now if you have this sword with the paper and put it on any sword show table, like anyone will agrue it's gimei ?

 

milt the flying ronin