Thomas Del Mar Ltd holds biannually arms and armour related sales since 2005 entitled “Thomas Del Mar Ltd in association with Sotheby’s“. The next sale will be on June 29th, 2016.

The auction catalog can be viewed online here

Several Japanese items are for sale in the catalog and the kind people of Thomas Del Mar Ltd supplied me with some high resolution pictures for you to enjoy.

Some very nice kura: (link to auction catalog, click on the picture for a high resolution picture)

A nice Saotome Iyechika kabuto (link to auction catalog, click on the picture for a high resolution picture). Note that in the description of the kabuto, reference is made to our book Helmets of the Saotome School.