Bonhams Arts of the Samurai auction 27 October 2014, NY.

[kusunokimasahige]

Those of you who can attend, should attend.

 

Of course only for people with mega purses :

 

Catalogue :

 

http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/22248/

 

List or Grid search works fastest, with only images.

 

Some of the Mounts of the swords are visible in the downloadable PDF catalogue here :

 

http://images2.bonhams.com/original?src ... 48-0-1.pdf

 

KM

[cabowen]

Wow, something for everyone....

[Uechi]

Wow, something for everyone....

 

In case anybody doesn't know they charge a significant buyer's premium and in order to register you almost have to give them your first born.Deep pockets indeed.

[Peter Bleed]

While on the topic of major auctions, I wonder if anyone might have reactions to the recent - Oct 15, Christies London Auction Asobi?. A few swords and jizai in amongst other things. The market seems - ahhh - strong.

Peter

[kusunokimasahige]

I used to have Millers guides for general antiques price references (http://www.millersantiquesguide.com/)

and at times used the art-price site (http://www.artprice.com/).

 

But I am not sure if there are specialized result sites for Aziatic art.

 

KM

[1tallsword]

there are some nice items in this arts of the samurai auction, I am registered and will make the trip to attend in person most likely. It will be a good experience to chalk down i believe. anyone else planning on going?

[Toryu2020]

To me the estimates are way too high on most of the items, there are some curious things in the write-ups as well.

 

That being said there are some great looking armors here and several swords I should like to see in person. Looking forward to reviews from those on the scene...

-t

[estcrh]

Some armor images and discussion here.

http://nihon-no-katchu.proboards.com/th ... hams-27-10

[Marius]

Look at this:

 

http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/22248/lot/1127/

 

The provenance is "Tokugawa Ieyasu, by repute".

[paulb]

I think if I were to think of investing 100K+ on a naginata (in my dreams!) it wuld need more than an important owner even if the provenance was water-tight not just "by repute"

[Marius]

Well, Bonham's... In one of their auctions I have seen one or two "Hirata", which were just some pretty bland late Edo tsuba. I wonder what comes next - perhaps this ? http://www.tachisword.com

 

Sorry, I couldn't help it

[paulb]

oh please dont remind me of that one!

I had visions of being chased by secret agents and hitmen after I challenged Forbes on this

[Marius]

Ha! I wonder what they replied?

 

"Dear Sir,

 

we are sorry, but we our policy is to never question the veracity of statements made by our advertising clients, even if they are quite obviously scam artists.

 

Sincerely yours

 

Forbes Magazine"

[Eric H]

Ever seen another sword by Jusan (Juzan / Toshiyama) ?

 

http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/22248/lot/1139/

 

Eric

[kusunokimasahige]

No Mariusz,

 

will come next at your local Bonham's auction.

 

Provenance : The Japanese-American Tokugawa Samurai BBQ Guild.

 

 

KM