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Notifications with Wishing

By hotoke antiques on March 17, 2011 5:34 PM | No Comments | No TrackBacks

To The All,

Due to the one of the causes of this Catastrophe by Earthquake and Tsunami we are experiencing in Japan now, we first of all would like you to understand there is some possibility of Shipping items maybe a little delay, though I do not have any information about this now.

Then again as duplicated notification (http://hotoke-antiques.com/topics/2011/03/earthquake-tsunamis.html), please understand We & our Stock are mercifully in the safe place, and will regularly continue to work as usual.  

However, on the other hand, the tens of thousands of victims in the damaged area can not get anything of life conservation including water, food, medicine, electricity, gas, etc. in this cold weather as the matter of present fact. Therefore, although this critical state will be getting a little more improved than now when the main land route to the damaged area is revived, they will still need MORE HELP definitely and We would appreciate you to give them donation from the some reliable charity organization in your country and pray for them.

Arigatogozaimasu,


Dai Okumura
http://hotoke-antiques.com



Earthquake & Tsunami

By hotoke antiques on March 12, 2011 4:53 PM | No Comments | No TrackBacks

http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/03/11/japan.quake/index.html?hpt=T1


Thank you very much for your kind mails.
To the others, I'm just fine and my all family is fine with no problem as well.
This is quite a terrible disaster...
I mourn for the loss of many lives.

Best wishes,

Dai Okumura
http://hotoke-antiques.com


Enlargement

By hotoke antiques on February 24, 2011 12:22 PM | No Comments | No TrackBacks
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Dear Sir,
Is it possible in the future to be able to click and enlarge all pictures in your Gallery and not only some of them,  in the same way as your e-bay pictures?
Perhaps enlargements take to much data memory for you?
Yours,

****** in Sweden

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Dear ******,
 
Thank you for inquiry.
Actually, the most items of Gallery page are already sold, and the only latest one have enlargements.
So, please click on the upper words of "click HERE for available items" (http://hotoke-antiques.com/pg123.html) of Gallery page, then you can select the items as checking on enlargements.
And, if you want to see much larger picture, please let me know what items you want, and will back to you as much as possible.
Arigatogozaimasu.
 
Sincerely,
 
Dai Okumura
http://hotoke-antiques.com


Extract

By hotoke antiques on February 5, 2011 9:58 PM | No Comments | No TrackBacks
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...... The answer is yes as the most of them, though I also definitely agree with your opinion about that ......
So, our small shop is totally different from such a shop more like "Big factory" which is regularly dumping hundreds of mass domestic remainders on the assembly line a month in eBay, as hope you know what I mean. ......


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Necessary disclosure

By hotoke antiques on January 18, 2011 7:29 PM | No Comments | No TrackBacks

Again,
Please just be careful to not waste your budget any more for getting "chawan" made from the prescribed form for mass production (hope you know what I'm talking about...), which seem to be the early pieces in Edo period specially for the the most of international bidders in eBay auction.
Even if you just value "appearance" as what representative old chawan looks like in easy first sight and not consider its age, you would have paid too much for those unfortunately.
Otherwise, it would be expensive tuition fee for the experience as well.
Please understand the situation and the fact as long as you are seeking "real" and "aesthetic" antiques in certain level.


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General answer for the question

By hotoke antiques on January 18, 2011 7:13 PM | No Comments | No TrackBacks

[Attention]

Since I was recently asked about the listing items of the other seller from Japan a few times (?! me? but what an honor, thanks.), I want to tell about that right here for assistance.

Please be careful for some counterfeits in this category here at eBay auction, specially the items as "chawan" which imitate the appearances of old representative oriental pottery including Shino, Oribe, Seto, Choson, or etc. So, please look at the listings of the seller carefully, and will easily know those basis (mold, clay) are almost all same regardless of what kind of pottery. Those are "old-looks" modern mass production as well-known device originally for domestic market. Its excessive pricing is wrong and makes the beginners confuse (or believe), and I personally think that the attitude of being such a dealer is wrong as well, though it's totally depends on what you really want. Anyway, watch out!


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