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[Ray Singer]

This past weekend I took in a large collection of swords on consignment. I will be posting some of the best pieces here for sale in the coming days. This old collection includes no less than 5 Nobukuni tanto & wakizashi (Nambokucho through Oei), a signed Mino Kanetsune katana, long Kozori Iesuke katana, a Fujishima shobu-zukuri wakizashi, Sengo katana in koshirae, Bizen Kanemitsu katana in koshirae, a large Shinto katana attributed to sendai Kunikane, an o-suriage blade with old attribution to Unju, and many more. 

 

Best regards,

 

Ray Singer

raymondsinger@gmail.com

 

 

[16k]

HI Ray,

 

You always offer wonderful stuff, so I was wondering, are you open to payment plans if I'm ever tempted?

[Ray Singer]

Hi Jean-Pierre,

 

    Thank you for the kind words. I am presently listing swords from five collections. Each individual (owner) has different tolerance for structured payments. Is the case of this specific collection, the owner is looking to sell in a single payment for each item. He also does not have PayPal and has requested receiving a money order, cashier's check, etc (which is unique among those individual I consign for, with others receiving payments via PayPal). In every case, payment for the consigned purchase goes directly to the owner.

 

Best regards,

Ray  

[16k]

Thanks for the reply, Ray!

[Stephen]

Gunto mounts?

[Ray Singer]

Unfortunately nothing in gunto koshirae. I would have let you know first

 

Gunto mounts?

[Stephen]

Thank you Rayray

[Jwrussell]

Ray, are all of these as presented? I see a few that look to be bare blades? No Shirasaya or Koshirae?

 

Oh, and you make it hard to type with all of the drool on the keyboard. Beautiful items, really.

[Ray Singer]

Most are in shirasaya or koshirae. There are a few swords in this collection though which are in partial koshirae, such as the original saya only, and need a shirasaya made. Please note that I am still in the process of photographing and uploading these pieces to my website.

 

Best regards,

Ray

[Jwrussell]

Will keep checking.

[Sasha2019]

Hello

 

I am new to this forum and is very exciting to see all these names and Japanese traditional weapons

I am mainly interested in tanto not modern one but antique at least 200 years old with nice koshirae or shira saya but I prefer koshirae some attractive specimens with maybe Sakura flowers or something Japanese...,

Wonder if you have anything fir sake ABD at what price please?

I am total novice in this game so feel a bit lost by the amount of infirmation on this forum

Looking forward to reply from you

You can contact me directly on

Consult.engineering@gmail.com

Or I guess post your reply to thus forum but bugger if I know how to read it?!?!?

 

Thank you in advance and good luck with your sale

 

Kindest regards

 

Sasha

[Ken-Hawaii]

Sasha, there is a Wanted to Buy section on the forum where you can post exactly what you're looking for.

 

But have you invested in a couple of good starter books so you have at least some idea of what you want to buy? Spending $100 now & doing some studying will pay off manyfold in what you end up spending.

 

Welcome to the forum.

[Ray Singer]

I am presently processing a new collection of swords I received on consignment. These include a number of excellent gendaito (most with gunto koshirae), a Gassan Sadakazu tanto, and others. A few highlights below. Any inquiries, please email raymondsinger@gmail.com.

 

Kind regards,

Ray

 

- Gassan Sadakazu (with aikuchi koshirae and Sadatoshi sayagaki) - $6,750*

- Kawashima Tadayoshi - $5,900*

- Sendai ju Yodogawa Minamoto Shigetoshi [KAO] - $3,300*

- Masauji - $3,100*

- Unshu ju Yoshitsugu (Kawashima Tadayoshi student) - $3,600*

- Kokura Rikugun Zoheisho - $3,100*

 

* plus shipping & PayPal/wire

[Ray Singer]

List of swords now for sale. Please message me for further details

Gassan Sadakazu tanto with horimono - $6,750

Juyo quality Hojoji Masahiro in koshirae - $25,000

Special Order Shibata Sa katana - $7,000

Hachidai Tadayoshi tachi - $6,950

Ko-Uda - $6,500

Yamato Taima - $4,950

Excellent toranba wakizashi in koshirae - $2,500.00

Gendaito by Chikushi Kaneshige in gunto koshirae- $1,800.00

Shitahara Yasushige katana- $5,500.00

Komiya Kunimitsu - $9,500.00

Kaneuji Nobukiyo - $1,800.00

Hosokawa Masayoshi kodachi - $5,000.00

Hioki Kanetsugu tanto - $2,800.00

[Peter Bleed]

And what happened to the "large Shinto katana attributed to sendai Kunikane"?

Peter

[Ray Singer]

Long gone Peter.

[Ray Singer]

I am presently processing a large number of consignments, including 8 very fine gendaito (most with koshirae). It will take me a bit to photograph and list these, so I wanted to start with sharing the list below. Please reach out if there are any that you would like details on.

 

1. Tsutsui Kiyokane + koshirae - $4,500*

 

2. Hizen Yoshitada + koshirae - $4,500*

 

3. Baba Tsugukiyo + koshirae - $4,500*

 

4. Ogawa Kanekuni + koshirae - $4,250*

 

5. Unshu Yoshitsugu (same smith as Unshu Sadatsugu, student of Kawashima Tadayoshi)  + koshirae - $3,500*

 

6. Hizen Tadaaki - $4,500*

 

7. Yanagawa Ushoshin (右正心, Tokyo gendai smith) + beautiful, mint koshirae with kamon - $4,500*

 

8. Mikawa Takenori - $4,000*

 

* Shipping and PayPal/Wire additional

[Ray Singer]

Just a note here that I have some high-quality pieces coming in on consignment. This includes a long, signed and papered Kamakura tachi by Hatakeda Moriie in excellent quality itomaki-no-tachi koshirae for $35,000. Anyone wanting further details, please reach out to me at raymondsinger@gmail.com.

 

[Ray Singer]

I may be offline here for a while. If anyone wants to reach me for any reason, please email raymondsinger@gmail.com. Always happy to help with translations, research, an opinion, extra set of eyes, etc whenever requested. 

 

Stay well,

Ray