lonely panet Posted July 22, 2016 Report Posted July 22, 2016 there are Akasaka and there are AKASAKA, just wish I wasn't poor. the listing has ended, I posted this to share with the other dreamers http://www.ebay.com/itm/Japanese-SWORD-TSUBA-LISTING-20-TSUBA-FROM-COLLECTION-PAPERED-SIGNED-AKASAKA-/162139279529?hash=item25c04110a9%3Ag%3A5UIAAOSwARZXi5UX&nma=true&si=PFZ8cMcA5O%252FJugi9HvVeTiCMFhQ%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557 Quote
Prewar70 Posted July 23, 2016 Report Posted July 23, 2016 I agree. I am not a tsuba collector, yet, but I love Akasaka and Owari. Open iron work is the bomb. Quote
lonely panet Posted July 23, 2016 Author Report Posted July 23, 2016 curran, that still dosent help, im still poor Quote
Geraint Posted July 23, 2016 Report Posted July 23, 2016 Dear Hamish. Collecting is the dissonance between taste and income! All the best 2 Quote
lonely panet Posted July 23, 2016 Author Report Posted July 23, 2016 a very true and important quote Geraint. But im still poor and I wanted it too Quote
Bazza Posted July 23, 2016 Report Posted July 23, 2016 On 7/23/2016 at 9:55 AM, Geraint said: Dear Hamish. Collecting is the dissonance between taste and income! All the best For some of us it could also be phrased "collecting is the distance between taste and income". One of my sayings is "If the piece is right the price doesn't matter - within reason". I exercised this maxim only recently when no one on the Board took up an offer so the piece went to eprey, then was still unsold. I gritted my teeth and paid the price. I have no buyer remorse whatsoever, however, my pot is now over-stressed, which brings me back to Hamish's point of view... I think it was the 17th century philosopher Thomas Hobbes who observed that man's wants are unlimited. He must have known a Nihonto collector??!! Bestests, BaZZa. 2 Quote
Jesper Posted July 28, 2016 Report Posted July 28, 2016 If Thomas Hobbes had known a Nihonto collector he might have written less pesimistic about society and the structure of government, appriciating the beauty of art. He may be best know for his depressing statement that life of man is solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short (Hobbes, Leviathan, XIII.9). So enjoy life and keep collecting while you can... About Hobbes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Hobbes All the best Jesper Quote
Jean Posted July 28, 2016 Report Posted July 28, 2016 If I were not poor ....the list is too long sigh: Quote
zburkett Posted July 28, 2016 Report Posted July 28, 2016 After many decades of collecting, my only regrets are the things I didn.t buy that I really should have. Quote
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