Comments on: New Prints http://ziamunshi.com/2007/08/new-prints/ Scratchings and Jotlings on Books, Houses, Pets, Art, the Exigencies of Daily Existence, and Other Ephemera Fri, 21 Nov 2008 10:44:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Latest Book Reviews http://ziamunshi.com/2007/08/new-prints/#comment-20045 Latest Book Reviews Thu, 22 Nov 2007 22:29:05 +0000 http://ziamunshi.com/2007/08/14/new-prints/#comment-20045 <strong>Latest Book Reviews...</strong> I couldn't understand some parts of this article, but it sounds interesting... Latest Book Reviews…

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]]> By: Zia http://ziamunshi.com/2007/08/new-prints/#comment-16284 Zia Sat, 01 Sep 2007 16:19:11 +0000 http://ziamunshi.com/2007/08/14/new-prints/#comment-16284 oops, hit enter by mistake. What I was going to say is that really, 95% of the fun is the searching. At least for me! oops, hit enter by mistake.

What I was going to say is that really, 95% of the fun is the searching. At least for me!

]]> By: Zia http://ziamunshi.com/2007/08/new-prints/#comment-16283 Zia Sat, 01 Sep 2007 16:18:04 +0000 http://ziamunshi.com/2007/08/14/new-prints/#comment-16283 Thank you for the lovely comments Barbara! I'm glad you're enjoying the blog, even though I feel like I've been terribly negative lately. On the other hand, Harry will cheer pretty much anyone up! Except when you have to clean damp, slobbery flour off the floor. Yikes. Regarding the prints, I tend to use artelino as a price guide (you have to register, though it's worth it). That said, I think they're a little lower than you'll find elsewhere. I think pricing on Japanese prints is really odd; prices range from seriously overpriced to seriously underpriced. Like at antique stores, they sell for five or six time what they're worth, and often on eBay you can get great prints for a fraction of what they're worth. What they're worth being arbitrary, of course. I like jemason, though I think beslpipe is overpriced. I tend to search out the non-japanese print people and buy from them, even though it's a gamble if they're framed. I've gotten some great deals that way, but have also gotten some duds. but reall Thank you for the lovely comments Barbara! I’m glad you’re enjoying the blog, even though I feel like I’ve been terribly negative lately. On the other hand, Harry will cheer pretty much anyone up! Except when you have to clean damp, slobbery flour off the floor. Yikes.

Regarding the prints, I tend to use artelino as a price guide (you have to register, though it’s worth it). That said, I think they’re a little lower than you’ll find elsewhere. I think pricing on Japanese prints is really odd; prices range from seriously overpriced to seriously underpriced. Like at antique stores, they sell for five or six time what they’re worth, and often on eBay you can get great prints for a fraction of what they’re worth. What they’re worth being arbitrary, of course.

I like jemason, though I think beslpipe is overpriced. I tend to search out the non-japanese print people and buy from them, even though it’s a gamble if they’re framed. I’ve gotten some great deals that way, but have also gotten some duds. but reall

]]> By: Barbara http://ziamunshi.com/2007/08/new-prints/#comment-16200 Barbara Thu, 30 Aug 2007 19:40:35 +0000 http://ziamunshi.com/2007/08/14/new-prints/#comment-16200 I wonder if we've bid against each other? I recognize several of your prints as ones I've bid on. I buy primarily from jemason, Fujiart,belsipe and one other who's name escapes me now. I bid on a Teruhide Kato like yours, and in fact I'm bidding again on that one. I also bid on a Maekawa Senpan like the one you have pictured here. I bid on one like it from Fujiart. I've traveled to Japan several times and purchased a few things there. My biggest problem is I have no idea what the actual value is of these prints. In Japan woodblock prints tend to be either dirt cheap, ten to twenty dollars, or thousands of dollars. I didn't see much in between. Funny what you said about the Pont Mari print, I've bid on that one at least six times and got outbid each and every time. I really want it so I'm bidding on it again. Excellent blog, by the way. I know what it's like to deal with chronic health issues. Your dog is great, even batter dipped and ready to fry as he was in the one set of pictures. I wonder if we’ve bid against each other? I recognize several of your prints as ones I’ve bid on. I buy primarily from jemason, Fujiart,belsipe and one other who’s name escapes me now. I bid on a Teruhide Kato like yours, and in fact I’m bidding again on that one. I also bid on a Maekawa Senpan like the one you have pictured here. I bid on one like it from Fujiart. I’ve traveled to Japan several times and purchased a few things there. My biggest problem is I have no idea what the actual value is of these prints. In Japan woodblock prints tend to be either dirt cheap, ten to twenty dollars, or thousands of dollars. I didn’t see much in between. Funny what you said about the Pont Mari print, I’ve bid on that one at least six times and got outbid each and every time. I really want it so I’m bidding on it again.

Excellent blog, by the way. I know what it’s like to deal with chronic health issues. Your dog is great, even batter dipped and ready to fry as he was in the one set of pictures.

]]> By: Zia http://ziamunshi.com/2007/08/new-prints/#comment-16170 Zia Thu, 30 Aug 2007 04:03:46 +0000 http://ziamunshi.com/2007/08/14/new-prints/#comment-16170 Hi Barbara, sorry it's taken me so long to respond to your comment; we were out of town. So I mainly buy online, though sometimes locally. Ebay is great. Once I get over the high shipping charges of artelino, I may buy from them. I loooove Sekiguchi; the only one I have is that one everyone has of Pont Mari. There's only one other that I know of, which of course, I covet, but haven't been able to get my hands on. Are there others? I don't have any Clifton Karhu. Hi Barbara, sorry it’s taken me so long to respond to your comment; we were out of town. So I mainly buy online, though sometimes locally. Ebay is great. Once I get over the high shipping charges of artelino, I may buy from them. I loooove Sekiguchi; the only one I have is that one everyone has of Pont Mari. There’s only one other that I know of, which of course, I covet, but haven’t been able to get my hands on. Are there others? I don’t have any Clifton Karhu.

]]> By: Barbara http://ziamunshi.com/2007/08/new-prints/#comment-15878 Barbara Thu, 23 Aug 2007 22:25:20 +0000 http://ziamunshi.com/2007/08/14/new-prints/#comment-15878 I loved seeing your prints. Do you have any of Clifton Karhu? I collect Kawase Hasui, Toshi Yoshida, Shungo Sekiguchi and Ogata Gekko. Do you buy online or strictly from auction houses in your area? I loved seeing your prints. Do you have any of Clifton Karhu? I collect Kawase Hasui, Toshi Yoshida, Shungo Sekiguchi and Ogata Gekko. Do you buy online or strictly from auction houses in your area?

]]> By: Zia http://ziamunshi.com/2007/08/new-prints/#comment-15767 Zia Mon, 20 Aug 2007 18:02:21 +0000 http://ziamunshi.com/2007/08/14/new-prints/#comment-15767 Glad you like the soap. Let me know when you need more ... it's coming out of my ears. I always get this uncomfortable feeling that Kaoru Kawano is a pedophile ... Glad you like the soap. Let me know when you need more … it’s coming out of my ears.

I always get this uncomfortable feeling that Kaoru Kawano is a pedophile …

]]> By: scott http://ziamunshi.com/2007/08/new-prints/#comment-15567 scott Thu, 16 Aug 2007 03:52:15 +0000 http://ziamunshi.com/2007/08/14/new-prints/#comment-15567 I actually LOVE the Kaoru Kawano prints. The soap is awesome! I actually LOVE the Kaoru Kawano prints. The soap is awesome!

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