Bushū Itō - Manji / Keyfret / Sayagata - Tsuba added for sale

[Jorgensen]

Dear friends and collectors,

 

A nice Bushū Itō Manji Tsuba have been added to my website. More pictures: https://tsubashi.com/

 

Feel free to hit the "Make offer" button. There is a reason for this option is available. 

 

If you have any questions or wish additional pictures, I will be happy to be at your service.
You can write me at info@tsubashi.com or use the form on website.

 

Shipping worldwide from Denmark, Europe. Payment is possible with both card and PayPal directly from website. 

 

Many more Tsuba in line to be added the next days...

 

Thank you.

[Stephen]

Most know but for those who don't

Jimi-sans site

Some very fine tsuba there.

 

 https://tsubashi.com...duct-category/tsuba/

[vajo]

Jimi-san is a very good seller. I was satisfied. 

Btw. Jimi-san looks like a 00-Agent from a James Bond Movie. 

[Grevedk]

I can also second that. Very professional, reliable and responsive service. And - the “make offer “function works very well 🤓 Really fine quality in the offered Tsuba.

 

No comments on the OO-agent comparison but for the cool website 😜

 

/Soren

[Jorgensen]

Thanks to all of you for your very kind words. Its really nice to hear you are happy with my sevices and I appreciate it a lot you took your time to make these comments. 

 

Kind regards
Jimi-00-san 

[kissakai]

I agree with comments above but I'm not sure about making an offer

I would go in with say $100 which would be rejected and quite rightly so!

My low offer may annoy the seller so not a good start

Then we do the 'dance' until a value is agreed

 

An observation about selling

The best sale is when both parties arrive at a price that is agreeable to them both so in effect both parties win

 

[Jorgensen]

@kissakai Thanks for bringing up this subject.

 

I fully understand your thoughts about what will be a good way to make an offer and your worries about annoying the seller.

 

And very important, as you mention, which I agree a lot, is that both parties should be happy with the trade. Its actually the most important matter to me that the buyer is happy with both the trade, the service and the item they get from me and to be helpful to people.

 

 

Some thoughts about making an offer to a seller:

Make a realistic offer and have realistic expectations. For example if a tsuba is priced at $800 I think you can try to make an (be aware that is somewhat low) offer at a maximum of 40%-30% less at circa $500... Expect to meet somewhere at perhaps $650 or even $600 (including shipping). Sometimes maybe a little lower or higher depending on the quality of the item. But starting the offer at $100, I will not recommend. Then seller will think right away it will not be possible to meet at some realistic price level with the buyer giving the offer.

 

BTW... I should mention that my "Make offer" feature on website includes the possibility to write a message along with the offer. This is a great idea to use and I have accepted several offers a bit lower than I intended to, because people wrote me a note and telling me the reason for why they make the offer at this price or other reasons.

 

 

 

Below are actual examples of notes on offers that I have copy/pasted: 

 

"Dear Jimi-san, I am a collector of blades. Therefore, my knowledge of Kozuka is mostly limited to the occasional offerings at Aoi Art and I don't want to seem impertinent. I am interested in XXXXX because one of my wakizashi has a corresponding horimono. However, after the artwork has no paper, I would offer XXX €"

 

"This is a nice piece however it is not papered and therefore I would like to make an offer of $XXX, I am a collector and not a dealer"

 

"Please kindly consider my offer. Thank you."

 

"I really wish I could make you a better offer but I have limited funds. Please consider it as I am really in love with this tsuba. I hope it will be okay"

 

"Hi Jimi-san, Hope you are well. I made you an offer on your XXX tsuba. Prices in the US may be different than Europe. Please don't be offended if you think the offer is low. I buy mostly from Japan and I think this is a fair price. Thanks for your consideration. Best, XXX"

 

"Hello, Hope you dont mind me making an offer on this lovely tsuba. I enjoyed reading about the legend depicted on the piece, its a fantastic story. It seems to be carved very well and I very much like the occassonal gold inlay. All the best, XXX"

 

"Hi Jimi,-san I have paid off my loan from the last tsuba (tsurumaru) that I bought from you and my (wonderful) wife has said that I can have another loan. A difficult choice as you have so many good tsuba. I was also looking at a shoki and demon tsuba, but it looks like this one has just been sold, so I'll go with this one. Being the lovely girl that she is, she has finally understood my concept of dying in debt and has let me have a loan which might let me buy another of your tsuba. I may be in debt when I die, but she will be able to sell my collection at a profit! I'll put an offer in for the other tsuba as well. Best regards XX"

 

 

Above examples are either honest, charming or really sweet and yes, I admit that it makes me soft. I can add to that the offers still was within some respectful level - and combined with the note - it of course makes it much easier to make an agreement. And in the end both parties is very happy with the trade. It makes me smile, if I know the buyer can match the tsuba with a set, have fallen in love with the item or similar and then it doesnt matter to me that I might sold this one a bit lower than I intended to.

 

 

Another matter I would shortly like to address, is that pricing such items can be difficult and market/pricing have changed somewhat over the later years. Please remember, I am still not a professional dealer, but selling from private collection.

 

 

This post got way longer than it supposed to, but I hope that it will help in some way for better understanding. At least from my point of view.

 

 

Bottom line... dont be afraid to make an offer, but remember to do it honorable

 

 

 

[kissakai]

Excellent and detailed response - thanks