interesting emperor sword sales.

[French nihonto]

A blade on sale at the moment on a french site, I thought that it could be interestingw I have translated the description to you, what do you think?

 

 

[Gakusee]

This was for sale less than a year ago for a fraction of the price 

[French nihonto]

this post is not very interesting if everyone knows this blade, sorry. despite that, pretty speculation then ...

[JH Lee]

Still gorgeous and nice to appreciate.

[Jacques D.]

Very expensive for a chu-jo saku, if it is really a gift from the emperor, he must not have had a great esteem for the general Claudel...

[Rivkin]

Sword gifts were common for Meiji and there are plenty of examples with solid provenance in museums. Most have the mounts similar to the one shown, the blades are usually average. There are frankly almost no western collections formed in Meiji period with good blades, Boston MFA being an exception. Period collectors and dignitaries also had aversion to shirasaya, so such pieces were usually not gifted at any level.

[Surfson]

Yes, this was offered at an auction in Paris a while back.  I tried to register to bid, but the auction house was pretty unhelpful and uncommunicative.  It seems more expensive now.

[French nihonto]

apparently the blade was sold for € 33,000, the question is, good or bad deal?

[Volker62]

I know of a Gassan Sadakazu Tachi , that was in my Hands, here in Germany

 

the Koshirae is very similar...

 

it was found in East Germany from a German collector Dealer from Bremen in 2000-2001...

 

 

• A dream like sword

[Volker62]

According to my research this Gassan tachi was much more expensive....

 

the fund price was 8,000.00 German brands

[Volker62]

8,000.00  German Mark was very lowfor a sword like this

 

the blade was original a bid rusty and buffed....

[vajo]

Much cheaper here 

Katana in Tachi Montierung - eGun

 

 

These koshirae are often faked. I didn't know if that koshirae in the french offer is a genuine one but the Haller Company sold it often. 

[Volker62]

Hey Guys

 

Enjoy this!!!

[Volker62]

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