S.T. Dupont ltd. Edition HORSE Soubreny Maki-e Lighter 4 months manual work for China lacquer Special Edition Start Price USD 2,100.00 Current Price USD 2,100.00 Time Left 2 days 19 hours 38 minutes Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Sunday, October 05, 2008 End Time Thursday, December 04, 2008 Location Frankfurt am Main See more about 'S.T. Dupont ltd. Edition HORSE Soubreny Maki-e Lighter' Description I cordially welcome our customers from abroad. I speak English. Offer here THE HANDMADE ORIGINAL S.T. DUPONT Lighter, Limited Edition (No Replica!)    HORSE Soubreny Lighter S.T. Dupont Limited Edition Under 100 items only produced In shops worldwide not aviable! Was a PREPAID Serial!   The Lighter is NEW    This word need no more Description! Has only been taken out of its box to take these pictures, touched with Gloves! BUY WITH CONFIDENCE ... This item is 100% GENUINE & AUTHENTIC (not one of the Fakes where`s sold in Ebay) You get the Lighter in Original Soubreny package + blank warranty card (See the Original Pictures) Condition: The Lighter is NEW.    This word need no more Description!   DETAILS: These lighters were only made to order when the customer would prepay and then Dupont would manufacture a Line "D" or Soubreny model lighter in gold trim and black chinese lacquer. Then the lighter travelled to Japan where the Master - craftsmen applied a special lacquer with 24 carat gold powder, eggshell or mother-of-pearl in a traditional Maki-E technique: layer after layer, polishing and re-applying until the lighter is complete. Each lighter takes about 4 to 5 months to finish. Many hours of hand work goes into each one. Of the three painters one died and the two different is nearly 80 years old already and has to paint stopped. Therefore it will never give more these lighters. LACQUERS: The first use of lacquers is lost in the mists of time. However we do know that in the second Millenium BC, there was mention of a painted Lacquered screen and a sort of tambourin which dated from the time of the emperor YU. Wether the lacquer was painted, inlaid sculpted (Tiao Tsi), gold embossed (Ts`iang Kin), engraved, inlaid eggshell or mother of pearl, coromandel or Ke-Hui, the variety of techniques used in the orient was infinite, and the only think the craftsman had in common was the sap they used. The art of lacquering reached its peak in China in the XVIII century, under the Ming Dynasty, and its influence extended as far as Europe. But although the technique was undoubtedly invented by Chinese artists, who developped the technique of lacquer to its most perfect level, becoming the absolute art of Japan during the XVIII-XIX Centuries. The art of lacquering can be taught, but above all, it is learned. Its much more than a technique, demanding both patience and skill. Each lacquer has a life of its own, its fickleness and intractability are discovered, day after day, year after year. No two lacquers are ever alike, no two craftsmen ever work in the same way. Every Lighter is the ONE AND ONLY! LACQUER: The raw material itself changes with time. It is more or less docile, more or less fluid, depending on the season, the age of the tree and its origin. The resinous sap og Rhus Vernicifera is collected during five months in small bamboo buckets. When it comes into contact with the air, it darkens slightly and takes on the consistency of Latex. Conserved in a humid dust-free atmosphere, it separates into different layers, of which the best, the top one ("son-mal-giau" in Chinese), will be used for the final coating of lacquer. At this stage the preparation of the lacquer beginns. The craftsmenare extremely discreet about which additives the use, whether it is Tong Yeau oil, iron sulphate or rice vinegar. The mystery is even deeper when it comes to colouring. A host of ingredients are used: wood oils and all sort of cinnabarite powders whose names evoke the art of the apothecary or alchemist. EGGSHELL LACQUERS: But Whatever added, the sap can never be white...This is why the trechnique called "Eggshell" lacquering has been invented. Its origin lies perhaps in an attempt to reproduce the whites of the eyes of the characters on a screen, or the wings of a heron. In any case these first small inlays of white Eggshell in final layer, have become a technique and an art in themselves. Its really is the work of a craftsman. Once the first layers of lacquer have been applied and sanded, the artist composes his design or mosaic by inlaying, one by one, the fragments of Eggshell. The final layers are then applied and the design made will reappear after extremely delicate manual polishing. Im weltweiten Handel nur bei einigen Flagshipstores bestellbar gegen komplette Bezahlung vorab. Preis war dann um die 2.500 Dollar, also etwa  1.850 Euro. Das Feuerzeug ist aus meiner privaten Dupont Sammlung und absolute NEUWARE! Nur sehr selten mit Handschuhen angefasst! Die komplette Maki-e Originalverpackung mit ALLEN Papieren ist dabei! Siehe bitte die Liste unten. Bitte meine vergrößerbaren Bilder ansehen der echten Ware, die ich auch an Sie versende und vergleichen mit den Billigangeboten! Fragen zu dem Produkt, oder Versand? Bitte Frage an Verkäufer stellen, oder direkt die Funknummer 0172-697 6619 anrufen, die auch auf meiner  Seite steht. Dort stehen auch weitere Hinweise zu Dupont Feuerzeugen, dem Erkennen von Faelschungen und die Homepage der Firma. Natürlich kann die Ware auch gegen Barzahlung persönlich mit Terminvereinbarung abgeholt werden! Versand erfolgt in kompletter Luftpolsterfolie sorgfältig im festen Karton verpackt. Versicherter Wertversand in Deutschland, 12,50 Euro. Auslandversand, je nach Land, gesonderte Versandkosten nach Abstimmung, Gebiet der EU, 40,-- Euro. NON-EU/USA/Asien/Australien/etc., mindestens 50,-- Euro.  SCOPE OF DELIVERY: S.T. Dupont SOUBRENY HORSE, Typ: 019535, Gold with Chinalacquer and handmade Horse on the Lighter in chinalaquer. Every is a ONE and ONLY Original SOUBRENY HORSE red Warrantiecard from S.T. Dupont, unsigned and not stamped. Perfect so as a Gift for Women, X-Mas, Friends, Partners and Chiefs, etc. Original white outer sleeve (not show on pics, but here included!) Original SOUBRENY HORSE big brown plate for the lighter from S.T. Dupont Original SOUBRENY HORSE big black inner sleeve from S.T. Dupont with folds in the cover for all papers Original SOUBRENY HORSE blue pocket for protect the lighter when use out of house with imprint and Design from S.T Dupont Original SOUBRENY HORSE red userbooklet soubreny with instructions for the lighter from S.T. Dupont Original SOUBRENY HORSE white certificate for the chinalacquer from S.T. Dupont Original white booklet with all service stores worldwide from S.T. Dupont 1 little book with other products from S.T. Dupont  Checknumber from final inspection I sell only authetic items from my private collection. See my   Page. Items are proofed/checked before sells on Ebay. Here you wouldn`t get fakes, used Lighters/pens, or other stupid fraud. Please check the xxl- pics from the Lighter! NO Cheap Fake who sell in Ebay. REAL DUPONT SOUBRENY HORSE LIGHTER FROM PARIS! With questions please mail me, I give you gladly information over this SOUBRENY HORSE Lighter! Please use Ask Seller a Question, or call me direct on my mobile phone under +49-172-697 6619 and / or look on my  Page for the phonenumber and other links to dupont lighter. Please, don`t ask me, is a fake, look at the pictures from the item you get. REAL S.T. DUPONT from PARIS! Shipment only insured with amount where`s declareable outside. If it a business associate or a relative in Germany have the article can be dispatched also to by far more favorable Postage.The article can also with me, against cash payment, in Frankfurt am Main (Germany) to be fetched! Shipping is in safe and perfect Box with DHL! The dispatch lasts with the air mail approx.. 6-8 days. Shipping with UPS in 3-4 Days also aviable, please ask for details if need. The payment method safest for both parties is the bank credit transfer. After it the Auction wonsend I you my bank data and dispatch the Lighter immediately with receipt of payment on my bank account. PAYMENT: I offer the following payment methods: Bank Wire Transfer to my german Bank:Requires the full amount to be received by my bank in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Bank Wire Transfer to US Bank:Requires the full amount to be received by Los Angeles, USA, Bank. Cashier's Check & Money Order:Send to Los Angeles, USA address by registered mail. Personal Check: USA buyer only, must hold till cleared prior to shipping. Send to Los Angeles, USA address by registered mail. Bank in Japan, Taipeh and China also aviable in the matched currency! DEFINITLY NO PAYPAL! Shipping charges to America cost, the uninsured dispatch off US$ 40.00 and the insured dispatch US$ 50.00. The exact amount is clarified by E-Mail.The dispatch lasts with the air mail approx.. 8-10 days. Other international Bidders, Please ask Seller for Shipping Cost in your Country!   German Ebay ID Verified Member! The sign on the member card, declares that the identity of this member is personally checked by the German Post ( Deutsche Post AG). With the facts on his ID CARD approved on a special letter confirmed, and send from the German Post to Ebay Germany.     For US: Private Sell of Items from my Collection. No Warranty, or Return! Item is as best Description. 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