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wide range to the quality of swords and fittings. High quality are few.
The Japanese sword organizations have a stepped appraisal system to address quality. Juyo for NBTHK, Yushu for NTHK. Juyo and Yushu are the upper tier. The sword market trades Hozon-series swords in prices roughly equivalent to that of a family sedan. Juyo values, however, range closer to a small family home. Swords do not depreciate and the market for important pieces is more stable than all other markets, world-wide. Being treasured and rare, serious collectors graduate to the sought stability of Juyo and Tokubetsu Juyo. Juyo is an exclusive club.
Because values are solid, collectors and dealers conduct careful planning for their acquisitions. The considerations in Hozon are
that a piece be attractive and a positive-going value for the price. This
assumes a suitable buyer at some later time.
So acquisition is all important. Of course, sword purchases depend on buying well. That is: buying for a price where the piece can be sold for what was paid, - or more. As all aspects of Juyo are approximately times 10 that of non-Juyo, great care must be taken in the often tightly considered margins - the distance in value between purchase and sales. There are two areas of buying. Finding attractive Juyo properties or shepherding candidates through the Juyo Shinsa. Buyers find an availability through dealers or acquaintances. These, necessarily, are limited.
~ Juyo Club ~ Because of the aforementioned limits, Sho-shin has constructed a new venue. Sho-shin and its associates can investigate and search-out pieces internationally; pieces desirable to a collection that may otherwise be unavailable or unavailable to the open market. Because of the exclusive nature of Juyo, Sho-shin proposes an exclusively confidential service. A service specifically tailored to an individual collection. Juyo Token: A collector can choose to have a Sho-shin Juyo agent advise for one's personal collection on management and valuation of holdings, market viability, defining target pieces and to arrange acquisitions. Candidates: Sho-shin will advise on the probability of candidates for steering through the Juyo Shinsa process. Sho-shin and its associates will devote their expertise to the interests of the investor. We will find the right sword, at the right price - whether in Europe, U.S.A. or Japan.
Juyo ownership is a private affair. Confidences must be safe; and absolute. Information on available Juyo can
only be disclosed to interested parties, those actually in the market for
Juyo pieces. Therefore the Juyo Club
must be private.
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