David Bull | Auction Treasure Box @seseragistudio | Uploaded April 2013 | Updated October 2024, 1 week ago.
Tokyo woodblock printmaker Dave Bull and a couple of his printer trainees introduce the 'treasure' they obtained in a recent auction.

I also have a couple of blog posts giving more information on the auction:
mokuhankan.com/conversations/archives/2013/03/auctioneering.html
mokuhankan.com/conversations/archives/2013/03/auctioneering_results.html

Update: here's a page on my woodblock.com website that gives a very short summary of how a hon ('real') baren is made:
woodblock.com/encyclopedia/entries/001_01/001_01.html