Greetings Prpro:
Well, I certainly expected to find many more appraisers than I
actually located and I'm surprised there aren't more Japanese
collectibles sites. I wasn't certain if the military items were WWII
or not but I included that in many of my searches. Regarding possible
expert appraisals, I have located the following possibilities for your
friend:
Jerry's Military Collectibles
P.O. BOX 221121
KIRKWOOD, MISSOURI
63122 U.S.A.
BY APPOINTMENT
Business phone (314) 965-5257
Home phone (314) 821-3522
http://members.aol.com/jsmilitary/index.html
[WARNING!! EXTREMELY LOUD MUSIC FILE ON THIS SITE!!]
Weinand Militaria
P.O. Box 323
Quincy, Illinois 62306-0323
Phone: 217-223-2322
Fax: 217-223-2552
mailto:relic@bcl.net
"Owned and operated by Ron Weinand, offers a wide range of militaria
from Germany, Japan, and the United States, both World War I and II.
Also offers an SS Officer research service and a collector's "wants
list". Publishes a large listing of militaria for sale ($4)."
http://www.warrelic.com/
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For an online source, I located a California business and museum at
http://www.militaryantiquesmuseum.com/ - in every state search I did,
this link kept coming up on the results pages although it was located
in none of the state names I searched in conjunction with the
keywords. Military Antiques Museum has an online contact form at
http://www.militaryantiquesmuseum.com/contact.php and their
description states "The historic river front town of Petaluma, just 45
minutes North of San Francisco, California is the home of Military
Antiques and Museum. With over 4,000 square feet of retail space plus
our 2,000 square foot museum, it is the country's largest retail
military shop."
Many dealers keep logs of interested buyers all over the nation and
the world so a large site such as this one might be of great help.
They may also be privy to a list of experts in your friend's area that
is not published online.
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Regarding auction sites, if the swords are antiques (100+ years old),
your friend may want to query Sotheby's at 212.606.7350 - see
http://search.sothebys.com/ for the website. If they are WWII
collectibles, they might also be interested if the swords were rare
ones.
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I also found references to two Japanese sword shows to be held in 2003
in Illinois:
Chicago NTHK Shinsa
September 7th, 8th, & 9th
Held at the Chicago O'Hare International Holiday Inn Hotel
Contact info: Mr. Larry Klahn (lklahn@aol.com) )608) 784-9900 123 S.
6th. St., LaCrosse, Wi 54601
Chicago Token Kai Annual Sword Show
October 19th, 20th, & 21st
Held at the Radisson Hotel in Arlington Heights
Contact info: Chicago Token kai, PO Box 88712, Carol Stream, Illinmois
60188-0712
For more details, phone (503) 282-4567
mailto:lohman@katana4u.com
-or- write to:
FRED LOHMAN Co.
3405 N.E. Broadway
Portland, OR 97232-1818
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In addition, your friend be able to find excellent information by
contacting one or more of the following Japanese sword clubs in the
US. Pictures could be emailed as the members are no doubt familiar
with dealers around the country:
ARIZONA JAPANESE SWORD SOCIETY
Contact Brian Quinn
6132 E. Lincoln Dr.
Paradise Valley, AZ 85253
Phone(602)998-7010
BALTIMORE TOKEN KAI
Contact Chris Covington
mailto:kendoguy@aol.com
BOSTON TOKEN KAI
P.O. Box 26
Newton, MA 02159.
CHICAGO TOKEN KAI
P.O. Box 310
Round Lake, IL
60073
COLORADO TOKEN KAI
mailto:cotokenkai@uswestmail.net
CONDELL KENKYU KAI
Contact Cary Condell
P.O. Box 590115
San Francisco, CA 94159
Phone (415)751-3784
mailto:condell@earthlink.net.
FLORIDA TOKEN KAI-Quarterly newsletter, yearly sword show, various
meetings. Carl Hall, President
17120 Gulf Blvd.
N. Redington Beach, FL. 33708
mailto:hall-harbour@worldnet.att.net
HOUSTON TOKEN KAI
Contact Dic Marxen, President
7676 Hillmont, Suite 120
Houston, TX. 77040
Phone (713)690-6789
mailto:ormarxend@pointecom.net
JAPANESE SWORD SOCIETY OF HAWAII
Contact Al Bardi, President
2333 Kapiolani Blvd, Suite 3011
Honolulu, HI. 96826
Phone(808)941-8010
JAPANESE SWORD SOCIETY OF THE UNITED STATES-Newsletter, sword
supplies, video & book library.
Contact Marcus Porpora
914 Beverly Place
Deerfield IL. 60015-3444
http://www.jssus.org/
JAPANESE SWORD SOCIETY OF VIRGINIA
Contact Gary Cox (919)779-9272 or mailto:garyc1@ntrnet.net or Richard
Stein at mailto:rstein@ns.gemlink.com
METROPOLITAN NEW YORK JAPANESE SWORD CLUB-
Box 1119 Rockefeller Center Station
New York, N.Y. 10185
Contact John Prough, Secretary
Phone (201) 656-0117
mailto:jpro@bellatlantic.net
NEW MEXICO TOKEN KAI
Contact John Coffman
Box 1232
Edgewood, NM. 87015
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA JAPANESE SWORD CLUB-
Contact Fred Weissberg
P.O. Box 7156
San Carlos, CA. 94070
SACRAMENTO JAPANESE SWORD CLUB-
7680 Howerton Dr.
Sacramento, CA. 95831-4105
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SWORD SOCIETY
Contact Roger Davis, Secretary
1039 Katella, Laguna Beach, CA 92651
TEXAS TOKEN KAI
5501 N. Lamar Blvd. Suite A-113
Austin, TX 78751
Contact John Stewart at mailto:txtokenkai@hotmail.com
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I've sent a few email queries to various groups and I will post any
information they share should they choose to reply. Should you
require any clarification of the links or information I have provided,
please request it and I will be happy to respond.
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