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Hi, i am new here and i could use some help with a signature, it is being sold as Minamoto Kiyomaro and dated 1848.

 

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Sword and thanks for any help. BTW nice forum ;)

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James

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James,

 

Very nice looking blade indeed. These osoraku tanto tend to fetch top money, something about the unusual shape maybe?

I would have to agree with Jacques. If genuine, it would probably have been sent for papers and would be very big $'s.

I like this project: http://www.ksky.ne.jp/~sumie99/ns2.html

 

From the style of the pics, I would take a big guess that this is one of Mike's (Historian) auctions on eBay? Tend to start to recognise the style sometimes.

 

Brian

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Brain, yes it is on Ebay, but the sellers name is komonjo and he only has 27 feedbacks, but who knows it might be Mike?

 

He wanted $2,500 buy it now with no takers, way too cheap if it was real IMO and that is why i posted it here. BTW i agree about the papers

 

James

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Ah. I was right :)

Mike is also Historian(333?) and uses Komonjo for his consignment items.

He knows what he is selling, and will tell you if it is genuine.

Decent seller, and a very gimei sword.

 

Brian

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Hi hermes, I came in late , so please disregard if this is already pointed out - but the character in the date given to you as 8 (ie 8th month) is actually Gan, meaning first, beginning month. So your date is actually 1st month of....

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