Archive ‘Japan’ Category

Best Japanese Auctions Without A Sharp Point

Thursday, July 28, 2011

You might think that in the Japanese WWII listings the top selling items are always swords and other blades.  Not true!  I did some research and found five highlight reel listings that sold recently on eBay that weren't forged of clean steel.  Try guessing what these items sold for before clicking on the auction to find out.

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Bids eBay Item Title - Link to Auction Image Link
4 WW2 JAPAN TOKO BRASS BIG EYE SHIP BINOCULARS 20X120 473
3 WW2 JAPAN BRASS BIG EYE SHIP BINOCULARS NAVY WWII HUGE
1 Order of United Glory Military Japanese Chinese Medal
19 WW2 Japanese Navy Helmet With Cover and Net
12 Original 1939 Model 90 Japanese WWII HELMET w/ Cover

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ITALIAN DAGGER, ITALIAN KNIFE, MVSN, FASCIST

 

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What Are The Best “Dull” Items in Japan?

Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Every one of the categories in WWII on eBay has its own character.  When it comes to the Japanese subcategory the top selling items week after week are always swords and other "sharp" items.  For that reason I wanted to change things up for this blog post and ask what are the non-sword items that sold for over $1500 in this category over the last thirty days.  One pattern you can see is that all were competitive auctions.

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Bids eBay Item Title - Link to Auction Image Link
22 WWII JAPANESE CASE ARTILLERY SPOTTER BINOCULARS w PAPER
25 WW2 Japanese IJN NAVY PILOT Harness and Pack MATCHING
27 Japanese Meiji era Sacred Treasure 2nd Class cased rare
8 WW2 Original Japanese Army TYPE 89 Parachute Pack RARE
13 WWII Japanese SEIKOSHA Aircraft Cockpit Clock Watch

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ITALIAN DAGGER, ITALIAN KNIFE, MVSN, FASCIST

 

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Super Japanese Blades Getting Top Bids

Tuesday, November 16, 2010

The beauty of eBay is the old fashioned auction.  The top 3 items in this list all started as auctions with the lowest one marked at a minimum bid of .99 cents.  These top selling items rank the #1 - #5 auctions judged by final bidding.  Some of them did see some nasty bidding wars.  For example take the #2 item - the Samuri Sword. It was bid up to $3100 and was bid up another $1k in the last two seconds by a pair of snipers that rung in.

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Bids eBay Item Title - Link to Auction Image Link
24 Japanese WW II Army officer`s sword "Muneshige" 27 3/4"
15 *MONSTER GUNTO MOUNTED SAMURAI SWORD 30" SHINTO BLADE!*
11 ORIGINAL JAPANESE WW2 ARMY OFFICERS SHIN GUNTO SWORD
23 JAPANESE KOTO KATANA IN FULL ART POLISH-SAMURAI SWORD
1 WWII JAPANESE SAMURAI SWORD/KAI GUNTO/KATANA/GENDAITO

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The Usual Suspects Rule the Japanese Category

Sunday, June 13, 2010

OK, so if you were going to research eBay and write a blog about the best selling auctions in the Japanese subcategory what do you expect would make the Top-5 list for last week.  Hmm...you would probably guess 80% of the list would include the highly collectible blades and possibly a helmet or equipment piece might slip in the charts.  Well if that was your first guess then you were right.  I did that little research project and found five auctions that sold for over $1k in the category.  Click to see what they went for along with more pictures and the description.

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Bids eBay Item Title - Link to Auction Image Link
14 WWII Japanese NAVY Officer Samurai Sword Good condition
4 WWII JAPANESE SAMURAI SWORD/KATANA /GUNTO
17 Japanese Samurai Sword Tsuba - WW2 KATANA 1940 KANEFUSA
7 WW II JAPANESE FIELD BINOCULARS 15 X 40 LARGE OKINAWA
12 Japanese WW2 Dress Dagger with Knot, Original Item

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Best Japanese Auctions On eBay

Wednesday, May 19, 2010

If you want to see the Top-5 recent sales in the Japanese category of WWII on eBay you know there are going to be some sharp auctions in there. In fact only one item made it in this list that wasn't a sword.  These auctions were so good that none of them sold for less than $2,000.

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Bids eBay Item Title - Link to Auction Image Link
32 JAPANESE SAMURAI SWORD
1 Pair of Nice +++ WWII Japanese Officers Signed Swords
24 2 ORIGINAL JAPANESE WW2 SWORDS MATCHING SERIAL NUMBERS
15 WW 2 LATE WAR NLF NAGAMITSU JAPANESE OFFICERS SWORD
18 WWII JAPANESE NAVY (IJN) HELMET ORIGINAL COVER AND NET

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