Curran Posted November 30 Report Posted November 30 Dragon motif [Higo] Nishigaki tsuba - [katana sized]. $575 + shipping from USA. 7.7cm x 7cm x 5mm (curvature down to 4.3mm at seppa dai). Kinko- brownish shibuichi or similar, with high luster. Etched to show the scales, body, and face of a dragon. It changes color from brown to black depending upon the light that it is in. Fundraising for a large nihonto/tosogu purchase over the next few months, so am pricing what I would say are Tokubetsu Hozon level pieces to move. Hope to list at least 1 a month. These are all better pieces from my own stash. Please give the pics a look. 3 Quote
Curran Posted December 1 Author Report Posted December 1 Another pic. Kinda testing if NMB is still a venue for sales. I thought this one would pop off fast, as it is deeply underpriced for a kinko Nishigaki . Age is circa 1725-1775 AD. I'll guarantee it for Hozon. Serious parties can PM me about it. Otherwise, I guess I will have to paper it myself and list it on a dealer site for $1500 in a year. Time value is worth a lot to me, so please really look at this one and go price out kinko Nishigaki works on the market. 2 Quote
zanilu Posted December 1 Report Posted December 1 If I have not already overspent on a Wahida tsuba I would jump on it even though I am not collecting Higo tosogu... Like you Curran I am wondering why it has not gone yet... Luca 1 Quote
Steve Waszak Posted December 1 Report Posted December 1 This is a terrific price for a guard of this caliber. It could be double this price and be a bargain. I don't "do Higo," but if I did, this would have been vacuumed up within minutes of its being posted. 1 Quote
hobnails Posted December 1 Report Posted December 1 Nice! it’s a shame it’s on Christmas time unfortunately an expensive time of year 🙁for me . Quote
Curran Posted December 2 Author Report Posted December 2 Thanks for the words guys. Perhaps a mistake to list it near the Holidays. Likely that I pull this at the end of the week. I thought it would be difficult to price out, but luck has Aoi Arts putting up a kinko Nishigaki by roughly the same artist (+/- 1 generation) 350,000 yen. https://www.aoijapan...ubetsu-hozon-tosogu/ The design is more flashy accessible, but the Higo papers are meeehhh..... With TH to Nishigaki, I probably would have priced the Aoi Arts one at 250,000-300,000. It has been 10 years since I closed my dealer website, but maybe it is time to go back to hanging out a shingle. I'm sorry to see the NMB sales section die out. Quote
Chris Colman Posted December 2 Report Posted December 2 Hi Curran, how much to ship to Auckland NZ? regards chris colman Quote
Curran Posted December 3 Author Report Posted December 3 Some respondents here and on Facebook. Tsuba ON HOLD pending payment. Thanks for looking. This was intended as a holiday gift, sharing out a bit of good fortune recently had with one coming in. I hope the new owner enjoys it. 1 Quote
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