Curran Posted March 11 Report Posted March 11 17 hours ago, Mantis dude said: Did you also see that while US citizens can purchase these items, they will not be shipping to the US (because of tariffs). The is a tsuba I want but I also want it shipped to me as well. lol. Yep, as Ken said, word has been that they are not shipping to the USA. There is still one I want to bid on, but USA bidders face some serious headwinds for now. Quote
kissakai Posted Tuesday at 06:29 PM Report Posted Tuesday at 06:29 PM Anyone know what time this auction starts GMT Quote
Manuel Coden Posted Wednesday at 06:13 AM Report Posted Wednesday at 06:13 AM It starts at 2:00 PM CET Quote
Soshin Posted Wednesday at 11:52 AM Report Posted Wednesday at 11:52 AM On 3/11/2026 at 9:29 AM, Curran said: Yep, as Ken said, word has been that they are not shipping to the USA. There is still one I want to bid on, but USA bidders face some serious headwinds for now. Don't really care about this auction per say so not a big loss in my opinion in terms of not shipping to the USA. This not an attack on Mr. Haynes, I am just not doing much active collecting of Tsuba now and what I am after is really nice in my subject opinion and can be obtain elsewhere. I did just notice now that Curran has a new website. I am going to check that out this morning before work. Quote
Curran Posted Wednesday at 02:02 PM Report Posted Wednesday at 02:02 PM 2 hours ago, Soshin said: Don't really care about this auction per say so not a big loss in my opinion in terms of not shipping to the USA. This not an attack on Mr. Haynes, I am just not doing much active collecting of Tsuba now and what I am after is really nice in my subject opinion and can be obtain elsewhere. I did just notice now that Curran has a new website. I am going to check that out this morning before work. Thanks David. I haven't done much with the website other than 'hang a shingle' out there. The website host is a bit antiquated. With time, I will work around some of their quirks. Probably after tax season is done. It looks like the Auction is winding down now. I'm watching final prices pop up. 1 Quote
kissakai Posted Wednesday at 07:35 PM Report Posted Wednesday at 07:35 PM I logged in at 2.00 GMT so I missed the Onin tsuba that interested me Some amazing prices so are tsuba gaining in popularity or is it the connection to Mr Haynes Quote
Promo Posted 12 hours ago Author Report Posted 12 hours ago On 3/18/2026 at 12:52 PM, Soshin said: Don't really care about this auction per say so not a big loss in my opinion in terms of not shipping to the USA. This not an attack on Mr. Haynes, I am just not doing much active collecting of Tsuba now and what I am after is really nice in my subject opinion and can be obtain elsewhere. I did just notice now that Curran has a new website. I am going to check that out this morning before work. It is not Mr Haynes who forbid on them to be shipped to the US, it is due to tariffs imposed by the president of the US. As a result to this there are hardly any shipping companies which are willing to ship items like this to the US. Especially if an item such as Tsuba is made of steel and there are special additional tariffs for those too, and it depends on where it was made, etc. Too late now anyway, but you could always go there, pick up in person and fly home with it. And someone can easily take a bunch more of those into luggage, if it is being organized. Anyway, did someone win something in this auction? Quote
Lewis B Posted 12 hours ago Report Posted 12 hours ago This was a shocker. Paul Kremers says these tsuba are fake and I would assume he should know. 1 Quote
Rawa Posted 12 hours ago Report Posted 12 hours ago (edited) 22 minutes ago, Lewis B said: This was a shocker. Paul Kremers says these tsuba are fake and I would assume he should know. That sekigane men. I had similar. Kogai ana was cut out in mine example. 100% cast. Edited 11 hours ago by Rawa Quote
Lewis B Posted 11 hours ago Report Posted 11 hours ago (edited) I hope the buyer knows what he bought when he gets them in hand and demands a refund. ~11k Euro after fees is a big hit. Got to wonder how many other pieces in the collection are suspect. Edited 11 hours ago by Lewis B Quote
Rawa Posted 11 hours ago Report Posted 11 hours ago 38 minutes ago, Promo said: It is not Mr Haynes who forbid on them to be shipped to the US, it is due to tariffs imposed by the president of the US. As a result to this there are hardly any shipping companies which are willing to ship items like this to the US. Especially if an item such as Tsuba is made of steel and there are special additional tariffs for those too, and it depends on where it was made, etc. Too late now anyway, but you could always go there, pick up in person and fly home with it. And someone can easily take a bunch more of those into luggage, if it is being organized. Anyway, did someone win something in this auction? https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3ewxjpqqqzo Quote
Soshin Posted 10 hours ago Report Posted 10 hours ago 1 hour ago, Lewis B said: This was a shocker. Paul Kremers says these tsuba are fake and I would assume he should know. I don't collect Goto school work I just searched how much 11,000 euros is in US dollars and I was shocked. I am friends with Paul, and his father and was shocked to the point I didn't response on Facebook to Paul's post about the tsuba (this does have happen often). It really looks fake to me, but keep in mind I don't collect and not really interested in Goto school work but have seen some fine examples in hand over the years and this set of tsuba is far from that level of quality. Quote
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