Did Anyone see the auction on this sword ?

[Guest Lee]

Hi,

 

This sword was on Ebay and sold for more than $4,200.00 It said it was signed Tsunemune. I looked for a long time and only found a Tsunemune that was left hand man for an Emperor . Anyone Know ?

 

 

Lee

[Guest Nanshoku-Samurai]

Lee,

 

who ever bought this did not get a bargain.

 

Regards,

 

Max

[Guest Lee]

Hi Max,

 

It was a floor bidder. Crazy ! That was the only picture of it. Maybe he knows what it was. I could not find anything on a Tsunemune in my books.

 

Lee

[Hermes]

I watched it go yesterday, i thought most of the swords they had sold for too much considering the pictures of them sucked, though 3 medium swords that where sold as "not researched" sold for only around $700 i believe, everything else went for big bucks IMO.

 

I can see the floor bidders having seen the swords had a much better picture of the swords, but the Internet bidders had a very poor picture of just one shot of them, still the prices went very high, not even considering the added 15% fee.

 

James

[Guest Lee]

Hi James,

 

The three swords on one lot sold for $1,400.00 , I bid on those ,low bid . The two tanto's went way high.

 

 

Lee

[alant]

I saw that sword and others from the same auction house. Maybe the buyers had additional (better) pictures emailed to them or viewed in person.

[Ludolf Richter]

Hi,I once bought a fine sword which had a wrong description in the catalogue:I had payed for an extra photo of the Mei.Maybe the Mei of that sword reads Tsunamune instead of Tsunemune!Ludolf