Has anyone used this auction site?

[estcrh]

http://www.sangiorgioaste.com/eng-site/ ... ESI&ris=10

[estcrh]

For anyone who might want to bid on an item from this site. I contacted this auction site about an item that did not sell, they offered to sell it to me for the starting bid price. The emails back and forth were in perfect English and they had no problem quickly answering my questions about shipping and taxes and fees, ( I cant believe the tax Italians have to pay!! ) I just got the item and it was very well packed and as described.

[ububob]

Glad you had a good experience. :D

[Lorenzo]

I cant believe the tax Italians have to pay!!

 

 

Believe me, we don't believe it as well

[chi fan wong]

i looked on the site and more specifically at the unsold lot # 0548....

its a chinese made fake.

havent checked others yet....

[moss]

Chi Fan,

 

You are right ...Chinese but stated Chinese in the auction details.

Cheers

Moss

[chi fan wong]

ah, i see that. but the item title stills says Japanese 20th century.

[Lorenzo]

Yes that's silly. It is an unforgettable mistake to me, and it is not the first I have seen in the last few months.

 

Another Italian auction house was selling a tanto few weeks ago with a presumed NBTHK Italian branch certification; pity is that it doesn't exist, and the certification was a simple attribution done by a togishi. Once contacted, they fixed the description on the website.

 

Usually Italian auctions have very low end Japanese pieces and quite over priced as well (that Chinese repro is the top example of course). Times to times something interesting pops out, maybe consignment items; but as far as I know this is the average level, I wouldn't bother.