Re: Garage sale prints!

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: Anne: I'm interersted to see anny feedback you : receive from your posting. I found some old prints : or reprints in a garage some years back in San Francisco : , some of which had portions sliced off for some : myterious reason. Mine (2) were,if I'm to follow : the info on the inside backpage in the : "Shiki-no- Fugi" (Fugi Mountain in Four Seasons pub. by S. kaneko- Tokyo, cpy.rt. 1929) : folder I found them in, 'draun' (sic) by komei Takahashi. : They were defintley taken from a block or series of blocks. : I have posted various query on the net and haven't found any definitive : info as yet. I'm not in a location suited for a : dash down to the 'aert print' auction house and am hoping : to garner constructive info. : Any info you can share would be greatly appreciated. : I'm trying to figure out this contraption (computer-scanner setup) : sufficiently so that I can send copies of the prints : as 'attachments' tp email to interested parties. : JPG files? Right? : $6.00 for two prints? Rub marks on the backs of : the prints? What do you take to help you sleep at night? : GRY : : Today I paid $6 for two prints at a garage estate sale. The : : previous owner was said to have traveled extensively in Asia. : : I own a few genuine ukiyo-e, so I know what they are supposed : : to look like. I am sure these are real woodblock prints, : : though I can't say whether they are reprints or originals. : : : : One of them looks by style to be 1880-1910 (my best guess). It is an : : image of the back of a man and a woman walking down the street at night. : : The woman is playing a lute; the man is holding what looks : : like a songbook. A couple of people on the street, plus a dog : : and a puppy, and a woman on a balcony are shown in silhouette. : : This piece has been abused: cut to fit a frame then totally : : glued down to paper. The frame backing was held in by old : : cut nails and the outermost backing paper was totally disintegrated, so : : obviously it is fairly old. : : The print itself is moderately toned. I don't know : : whether it would do more harm than good to try to have it : : unglued. : : The other print looks newer (early 20th century?). Dimensions are 38 cm x 25 cm (not : : normal, as I understand?) The image is of several sailing boats in : : a harbor at night. Lights from two boats in the foreground shine : : into the water. Once I got the print out of its horrible little : : frame, I knew it must have been made for the western market because : : on the reverse is written (in English): "All rights reserved. : : Printed by T. Hasegawa, Tokyo". It has some light toning but overall : : is in good shape. : : Both prints have red seals below some black writing, but I don't : : read Japanese. : : I'd just like to know if anyone can tell me any more about these : : prints. Also I'd appreciate any advice on whether to remove the : : first print from its backing paper. : : I don't expect them to be worth a lot, but they are both : : artistically nice and worth more than $6 to me aesthetically! : : :-) : : Thanks, : : Ann