Ray Singer Posted January 21, 2019 Report Posted January 21, 2019 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 6 Quote
16k Posted January 21, 2019 Report Posted January 21, 2019 HI Ray, You always offer wonderful stuff, so I was wondering, are you open to payment plans if I'm ever tempted? 1 Quote
Ray Singer Posted January 21, 2019 Author Report Posted January 21, 2019 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 Quote
Ray Singer Posted January 21, 2019 Author Report Posted January 21, 2019 Unfortunately nothing in gunto koshirae. I would have let you know first On 1/21/2019 at 8:07 PM, Stephen said: Gunto mounts? Quote
Jwrussell Posted January 21, 2019 Report Posted January 21, 2019 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. Quote
Ray Singer Posted January 21, 2019 Author Report Posted January 21, 2019 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 1 Quote
Sasha2019 Posted January 30, 2019 Report Posted January 30, 2019 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 Quote
Ken-Hawaii Posted January 30, 2019 Report Posted January 30, 2019 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. 3 Quote
Ray Singer Posted February 6, 2020 Author Report Posted February 6, 2020 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 Quote
Ray Singer Posted April 25, 2020 Author Report Posted April 25, 2020 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 1 Quote
Peter Bleed Posted April 25, 2020 Report Posted April 25, 2020 And what happened to the "large Shinto katana attributed to sendai Kunikane"? Peter Quote
Ray Singer Posted May 25, 2020 Author Report Posted May 25, 2020 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 2 Quote
Ray Singer Posted July 3, 2020 Author Report Posted July 3, 2020 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. 2 Quote
Ray Singer Posted July 8, 2020 Author Report Posted July 8, 2020 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 4 Quote
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