Marius Posted April 13 Report Posted April 13 Let us make this a 10-day auction - ending on Thursday 23 April, midnight CET. Starting price for each book is $5 The highest bidder is expected to make a donation to the NMB, and upon confirmation from Brian I ship the book. I cover all shipping costs to EU, while shipping to the US should be $10 (if less, you pay less of course, If more, it's on me). Let us begin then 1. Ro No Cho, Nagai Sōkei A Japanese ikebana book. ================================================ ================================================ 2. Ikebana, Japanese Flower Arrangement, John March-Penney An American ikebana book ================================================ ================================================ 3. Japanese Dandyism: Samurai, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography A nice book with many 19th century photographs of Samurai. ================================================ ================================================ 4. Samurai Koshashin-chō, published by KADOKAWA Another book with many 19th century photographs of Samurai. Subtitled: Portraits of Men Who Lived by Bushidō ================================================ ================================================ 5. Sotheby's nihonto auction catalogue from 1979 ================================================ ================================================ 6. Japanese Swords and Fittings in the Western Australian Museum, George Trotter ================================================ ================================================ 7. Shumi no Nihontō, Shibata Mitsuo ================================================ ================================================ Good luck and thanks for participating 1 2 Quote
Scogg Posted April 13 Report Posted April 13 Thank you Marius. Some great looking books! I'll get it started off. I'd like to bid on the following: $50 - "2. Ikebana, Japanese Flower Arrangement, John March-Penney" $50 - "3. Japanese Dandyism: Samurai, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography" 1 Quote
Brian Posted April 13 Report Posted April 13 Thank you Marius! And you too Sam. This will be a big help. Haven't mentioned it yet, but we are saving up for the end of the year inevitable large software upgrade See the bottom of this section. https://www.militaria.co.za/nmb/clients/donations/ Really appreciate the support. Some great books there. 2 Quote
Marius Posted April 16 Author Report Posted April 16 Gentlemen, if you bid $5 and you win, then... you win and get the book. No risk here and no reason to be ashamed of not offering more than the starting price. I'd rather have $5 go to the NMB than zero if the book is unsold. 1 Quote
Scogg Posted April 16 Report Posted April 16 My bids are not only for the book, but also for the forum. The amount of help I have received here is worth a lot to me. The way I see it: I'm making a donation to the forum and getting a couple free books in return If I win, one of the books will be a gift for my wife -Sam 1 1 Quote
Marius Posted April 16 Author Report Posted April 16 Sam, your two offers are most generous. It is obvious you are doing this for the forum. As a member I am grateful for that ☺️ 1 Quote
ThomasP Posted April 16 Report Posted April 16 $20 for 4. Samurai Koshashin-chō, published by KADOKAWA 1 Quote
Brian Posted April 16 Report Posted April 16 Think of it this way too....the more support we receive, and are able to pay for the upgrade and hosting, the less chance I'll have to look at horrible things like advertising or paid services here. So you guys are helping everyone at the same time :-) 3 Quote
Rawa Posted April 19 Report Posted April 19 (edited) Waki from Marius was nice. 30$ for both: 5. Sotheby's nihonto auction catalogue from 1979 - no one wants it until now. 6. Japanese Swords and Fittings in the Western Australian Museum, George Trotter - 131 pages of great pics! Some saving for shipping and customs :] outbid me guys! Edited April 19 by Rawa 1 Quote
Marius Posted April 21 Author Report Posted April 21 Just two days to go. Do we have more bids/bidders? 1 Quote
Danny D Posted April 23 Report Posted April 23 Gentlemen, $60 - "3. Japanese Dandyism: Samurai, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography" $ 30 - 4. Samurai Koshashin-chō, published by KADOKAWA. Best, Danny 2 Quote
Marius Posted April 23 Author Report Posted April 23 Most generous of you, thank you @Danny D 1 Quote
Rawa Posted April 24 Report Posted April 24 (edited) 5 hours ago, Natichu said: $25 on: 7. Shumi no Nihontō, Shibata Mitsuo "Let us make this a 10-day auction - ending on Thursday 23 April, midnight CET." - You were 1 hour late I suppose but who knows we are now in CEST, looks like good snipe afterall :D Edited April 24 by Rawa Quote
Natichu Posted April 24 Report Posted April 24 59 minutes ago, Rawa said: "Let us make this a 10-day auction - ending on Thursday 23 April, midnight CET." - You were 1 hour late I suppose but who knows we are now in CEST, looks like good snipe afterall :D No snipe intended, just happened to be when I saw and could post! 1 Quote
Brian Posted April 24 Report Posted April 24 Since there were no other bids on it, and it's a fundraiser rather than a strict auction, I think we can forgive late bids Quote
Marius Posted April 24 Author Report Posted April 24 Of course Brian is right. We are not too strict here.. However, #7. Shumi no Nihontō, has been bid for before the deadline. So it goes to Dan K. Sorry Nathaniel… Now, may I ask the winners to transfer the offered amounts to Brian? Upon confirmation of receipt by Brian, I will proceed with the shipping. Again, many many thanks to all 1 2 Quote
Rawa Posted April 24 Report Posted April 24 (edited) 5 hours ago, Brian said: Since there were no other bids on it, and it's a fundraiser rather than a strict auction, I think we can forgive late bids That’s why it is confusing CET vs CEST. Midnight CET is 01 am CEST so bidding could be like last minute snipe. But yeah lets go with first bid with 20$ and I will add another 5$ so We get same amount and no dissapointment on any side. Especially first bid was made at 14th. @Marius 35$ from me. Donation already made via paypal. @Brian paypal gives you Rands? I exchanged for 600 R and paypal took 35$ so I have 17,48 R left. Do You have something like revolut? great multi currency account. So simple cheap wire transfer. Edited April 24 by Rawa 4 Quote
Marius Posted April 24 Author Report Posted April 24 Very kind of you, Marcin, I appreciate the additional $ Quote
Natichu Posted April 24 Report Posted April 24 2 hours ago, Rawa said: That’s why it is confusing CET vs CEST. Midnight CET is 01 am CEST so bidding could be like last minute snipe. But yeah lets go with first bid with 20$ and I will add another 5$ so We get same amount and no dissapointment on any side. Especially first bid was made at 14th. @Marius 35$ from me. Donation already made via paypal. @Brian paypal gives you Rands? I exchanged for 600 R and paypal took 35$ so I have 17,48 R left. Do You have something like revolut? great multi currency account. So simple cheap wire transfer. Very generous Marcin, and glad that the forum is getting the support either way! Many thanks. 2 Quote
Rawa Posted April 24 Report Posted April 24 (edited) 57 minutes ago, Marius said: Very kind of you, Marcin, I appreciate the additional $ Man, all thanks to and only You. Edited April 24 by Rawa Quote
Mark S. Posted April 24 Report Posted April 24 Donation made and PM sent regarding Book #1 Ro No Cho. Thanks for making this happen. Quote
Scogg Posted April 24 Report Posted April 24 Just donated $50 to Brian's paypal for the: "2. Ikebana, Japanese Flower Arrangement, John March-Penney" Send me a pm when you're ready to ship @Marius, and i'll provide address and shipping $$. My wife will be pleased. Thanks again! -Sam Quote
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