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Autocorrect Tanobe..

1st thought is wait until April sword show and do nthk but that is a lifetime away

Recently purchased a Norimitsu katana via the board and wondering how is the most expeditious route of theoretical authentication.. Honestly my preference would be Sayagaki from Tenobi but A. Have no idea how to pursue B. It is in new Black koshirae and would be amazing in white on koshirae but don't know if that is possible

And I thought I was a gambler! Buying a sword without seeing it is the whole other thing. Hope it works out

I think Brian says it best in the what to do when buying a sword or something links. You're 1st 3 or 4 swords should be books. I did not follow that philosophy and wasted thousands of dollars.

Amazed the norishige stopped at 55.. I would have bought it for that

My thought was a matsudaira clan blade in a late edo koshirae. But too many unknowns to go that high

I bowed out at 75. Too many beautiful things you can buy for that much money that i know what is

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If it goes in the 4 digits with premium it's mine

I was the 3250 bid but just got outbid. Going to bid live via the auction house as the premiums are less. The lot currently up is number 11 and it is 65. Should be around 11:15 or so

We shall see.. telephone bidding live

Beautiful sword regardless tim

Better not be 1 too many gimei!😉

They will need pictures of the full blade. As detailed as possible

Well this thread makes me sad. Planning to bid what I thought was a kind of obscene amount on something this Friday but if the above auction is any reference it should go for about 100k. Wtf

I can't really disagree with the logic from the seller's perspective. According to them it is from an estate and they would have to get a waiver signed to dismantle it and with all they have coming up they are not interested in doing so.. But I will say if they did so that would negate the gamble and makes it a bit less fun.. I just sent a tanto that I essentially discovered out of happenstance and posted on the board a few years ago to Bob Benson for his opinion. Much to my surprise he offered me $7000 for it so now I've got that money kind of burning a hole and I figure this gamble is better than blackjack.

Newest response I got form the house is that they are not comfortable dismantling to check the nakago for signature. Kind of contradictory to what they said last week but peeks the gambler within

Just sold a tanto for 7 so still contemplating the gamble.. And the premium is 25 through the auction house...

Well love the horimono and the mounts of this... question posed is how much money considering it is an unsigned blade would make me an asshole to spend on it?

It didn't even meet the opening 500 dollar bid

Pic of Saya mei she sent..

Absolutely. Just got another email from the woman that said the saya is signed but according to according to her knowledge the blade is unsigned..