Daddy Cool Posted January 18, 2017 Report Posted January 18, 2017 A local auction house has this up for sale shortly, so i was going to pop in and have a look at the weekend. I appreciate these are pretty bad pictures, and obviously no Nakago photo, but does anything scream out "fake" or "not fake"? If it looks generally legit, then i will examine it in detail at the weekend, though with a final buyers fee of over 30%(!) i doubt i'd want to pay the upper estimate! https://www.the-saleroom.com/en-gb/auction-catalogues/john-nicholson/catalogue-id-srjo10140/lot-f341a5f5-f37d-4ba2-89d1-a6fe00b10feb?utm_source=auction-alert&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=auction-alert&utm_content=lot-image-link Quote
Shamsy Posted January 18, 2017 Report Posted January 18, 2017 100% genuine type 98 in rough condition Quote
Daddy Cool Posted January 18, 2017 Author Report Posted January 18, 2017 Cheers - might be worth having a look then (although ive just noticed the kissaki looks a bit odd - either blunted or its just the angle of the photo) Quote
IJASWORDS Posted January 18, 2017 Report Posted January 18, 2017 My worry is also the kissaki, very odd shape unless photo angle distorts it. Quite a ROUGHY unless it is cheap or you are desperate for a WW2 gunto. Neil. Quote
Daddy Cool Posted January 18, 2017 Author Report Posted January 18, 2017 On 1/18/2017 at 10:59 AM, Dr Fox said: Buyers fee over 30% ???? Yep! 24% + VAT for the auction itself, then assuming you bid online, a further 3% + VAT as an "internet premium". Say the hammer price is £100, i make that a total of £32.40 in fees, or 32% - ooof! Quote
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