Bungo Posted November 11, 2008 Report Posted November 11, 2008 " lifted " ( author is Ted ) from another sword message board.................. " Hi All, Just heard from my brother-in-law who was on-line for the London auction today, he claims it was a disaster for swords although the large bundles of fittings seem to sell. Most of the good swords b.i. 'd (b.i.'d means Bid Insufficient and the item is then withdrawn by the auctioneer ), Some examples: 253: Yamashiro katana (Ikkanshi Tadtsuna) est.: £35,000-50,000 high bid £12,000 254 A tachi in silver mounts that belonged to Eva Peron est £25,000-30,000 high bid £10,000 256 Kunimichi katana, est £26,000-30,000 high bid £8,000 258 Yausada with cutting test, est £50,000-80,000 high bid £7,000 261 Yosozaemon Sukesada (to die for!) est £50,000-80,000 high bid £11,000 264 Signed Bizen Tomonari, (Tokuju) est £280,000-300,000 high bid £60,000 £1 =$1.54 US " .................. I believe Ted is referring to Christie's of London. viewtopic.php?f=4&t=4134 Dear despots, please move thread to appropriate place. Danke. Milt
kusunokimasahige Posted November 11, 2008 Report Posted November 11, 2008 Indeed the Christies auction.. shows that the crisis has hit the rich too... which makes us poor buggars smile.. KM
Bungo Posted November 12, 2008 Author Report Posted November 12, 2008 Indeed the Christies auction.. shows that the crisis has hit the rich too... which makes us poor buggars smile.. KM arhhhhhhh, schadenfreude. Conduct unbecoming of a modan day samurai. p.s. (pro bakufu........) , what does it mean ? milt
kusunokimasahige Posted November 12, 2008 Report Posted November 12, 2008 Yes u are right my friend.. but in the case of millionaires it is less bad.. samurai or not.. and pro bakufu means just what it means... : Dont get me started on the traitor Meiji... KM
Bungo Posted November 12, 2008 Author Report Posted November 12, 2008 there's an article about a Tokugawa descendent recently in Japan Today ( something like that ), but since I have been " warned " about posting 1 % Japanese related news item, I didn't link that to the board. By the way, Mr. Cheney has this 1 % solution, I don't see why if it's good enough for Dick, it's not good enough for me. I'll try to see if I can locate that article, he ( the Tokugawa dude ) mentioned pro-bukufu, that's why i asked. milt
Bungo Posted November 12, 2008 Author Report Posted November 12, 2008 found it............... 100 % samurai related ( both modan and ancient ) http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/ ... 108a1.html and while reading the article, I also klicked on this........... http://samuraimoviedvd.com/ anyone dealed with this outfit before ? milt
kusunokimasahige Posted November 12, 2008 Report Posted November 12, 2008 have not ordered with them yet but will try soon! great article! would love to meet the guy one day. KM
Guido Posted November 12, 2008 Report Posted November 12, 2008 .., but since I have been " warned " about posting 1 % Japanese related news item, I didn't link that to the board.By the way, Mr. Cheney has this 1 % solution, I don't see why if it's good enough for Dick, it's not good enough for me. Milt, no more PM's or "user warnings" - this is absolutely your very last pot shot, you've pushed the envelope far enough: one more tiny little slip and you're out of here for good. One more "despote" remark, and you can kiss your account good-bye. This is a promise. The same goes for Henk-Jan: Dont get me started on the traitor Meiji... What are you talking about? Ever cracked a book on Japanese history other than Manga? This may come as a shock to you, but chances that you were a Samurai in a former (or even present) life are kind of slim. Your mumbo-jumbo Japanese and half-knowledge of Japanese culture, history and language is nothing I'm concerned with - but keep it out of this message board, for crying out loud! And while we're at it: you don't earn any browny points by replying to each and every post on NMB. Bummer, huh? **************************** Guys, to say that your current status on NMB is under review is *the* understatement of the decade. I'm sick and tired of receiving complaints about your behavior, and am fed up with cleaning up after you, as are the other mods/admin. I don't know what your problems are, but I sure as hell won't make them *my/our* problems. And seeing that sending you PM's is a waste of time, I have no other option than censuring you in public, hoping against all odds that you finally will come to your senses. Take a deep breath, read some Haiku's, take a cold shower: whatever it takes to make you functional members of NMB. And don't PM Brian, Ted or me saying that you're sorry - been there, done that. Take a break. I really hate to post all this in public, but enough is enough.
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