What Is The Price Range Of Unsigned Kogai?

[manfrommagnum]

Assume average condition. No rust and no restoration.

[Mark]

vary a lot but you can get some in the $250 range

[John A Stuart]

It depends too on the school it may have come from. The quality of workmanship, artfulness, composition. Unsigned does not mean it can't be superlative and worth thousands. John

[Jean]

http://www.aoijapan.com/fittings/kogai

[Ron STL]

It truly amazes me to see such low prices asked for relatively decent quality kogai, today. Twenty-odd years ago I started to buy kogai of what I call "average-good quality" kogai. It seemed then that kogai didn't come up for sale very often at U.S. shows and if they did, if of any quality, they were priced between $800-$1,200. Of course high quality, papered kogai still demand a price, but back then -- sorry, I'm showing my age -- one was hard pressed to find $300 kogai. Last San Francisco show one of the seasoned collectors/dealers was offering to pay $400 for some kogai I set out on my table which I thought was wishful thinking on his part. Now I see that this is what it is in 2015. So maybe collectors should enjoy these lower prices and buy right, and enjoy some "average-good" kogai at reasonable prices. Kogai are quite interesting to study and quality work is a pleasure to enjoy.  Ron STL

[Pete Klein]

Unsigned, papered kogai: http://www.token-net.com/juyotoken/juyo_kodogu0711juyo-komino-1.html

 

All is relative.

[Darcy]

Sweet 2.8 million yen kogai!

 

But I agree, you've just asked a similar question to "how much does a house cost?" or "how much does a watch cost?" or "how much does a car cost?" Assume average condition and no damage.

 

It's a really broad question still even with the qualifier.

[Kronos]

I presume he means on the cheap end, in which case about $150-200 should do it in ok condition and no damage.

[Curran]

Ko-Mino kogai. Awesome. Thanks for the link Pete.

 

Currency issue too. We are basing in US$ here, and have seen a 50% pop in that.

The $600 kogai of 1 to 2 years ago is currently $400. Last time the yen was this cheap was 2002?

That has a phenomenal impact.

     I was tempted selling off 6 to 8 pieces and taking a shot at a Juyo Hirata tsuba for my next birthday. That is only $40k, but much cheaper than the $60k of 2 years ago.

Still, more than the price of a car or 1 year of some higher level educations [feel for Guido here, congratulations on his daughter's graduation. May he buy himself a Toku Juyo as reward next year].

 

Topic should be "Average Price of a Generic Late Edo kogai" ?

[Kronos]

Curran, while we're on the topic of currencies, what do you think the GBP/USD/JPY is going to do over the next 6 months?

[Brian]

Please take OT to pm or post in the Izakaya.

 

Thanks,

Brian