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Post by dresden on Dec 16, 2003 0:52:24 GMT -5
I recently came into possesion of a kimono from an aunt of mine. According the story, it was made for her in the seventies by a woman from a very good family in Tokyo whose husband was (at the time) head of the Sheraton hotels in Japan. Supposedly it is worth $15,000, but to my layman's eye it doesn't look like anything special.
Does anyone know of anywhere (online or in the real world) that I could sell a kimono like this for a good price? I live in L.A. and have pictures of the kimono; you can email me at rcfc779@aol.com.
Thanks.
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Carmen
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Post by Carmen on Dec 16, 2003 8:49:38 GMT -5
By all means, post some photos! Someone here might buy it. If not, you could always try ebay.
Unfortunately, either way you will probably only get a fraction of it's original selling price, whatever that actually was.
Carmen
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Post by fraise on Dec 16, 2003 9:48:48 GMT -5
I'll second Carmen's request to post photos here. At the very least, we can give you a rough idea of what it could sell for, even if we're but kimono fans and not necessarily experts  And Carmen is right, it will only go for a fraction of its original price - brand new kimono often sell for thousands to tens of thousands of dollars, but they're a bit like cars in that as soon as they've been "driven off the lot", their resale value plummets. I'm pretty sure there are already some posts on this forum about the reasons behind it, feel free to look around for more info. |
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Post by sg715 on Dec 17, 2003 20:18:40 GMT -5
Yeah, don't count on full sale value at all, but i think you can get a pretty good price for it. And definitely post some pictures here ;D
There's a place called chuu.com that buys kimonos, they will appraise it and buy it from you or you name your price and make them an offer. Check their webpage for more details?
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