Good book, good price-

[Curran]

Stumbled on this while looking for other things:

 

http://page4.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/d112831885

 

Good book.

At opening bid, looks like it is going for about 66.6% of book reseller's price, but not sure how much overhead expense in buying from Yahoo!Japan.

 

For anyone interested.

[leo]

Hi, Curran!

 

There are always some nice books on Yahoo Japan.

The problem is that you would need somebody in Japan who bids for you, pays for the book, collects it, packs it and sends it to your place. This transaction will probably cost you depending on the total value, between 20 and 30% of the hammer price plus shipping! So 66.6% is not cheap enough!

 

Besides some sellers recently ask prices for books at Yahoo that even exceed bookstore prices in the U.S or Europe! But sometimes a private seller sells really cheap. I have seen price differences of 300% for the same book lately!

 

greetings

Martin

[bridgeofdreams]

I just checked, and my last two sales for Uchigatana Koshirae, which is one of the very best books there is on authentic koshirae, were both for $200. As Martin pointed out with all the extra expense for a buyer outside of Japan this is not a super bargain, but not a bad price either. There was a service that handled all of this, but I never tried them and don't know if they are still in business.

 

In looking this up I noted that I've got a copy of the museum exhibit catalog from this exhibit, which has quite a bit of the book's content in a less expensive book.

 

Craig