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- wavemotion
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I've had good luck scouring ebay - people have bought sets for more than a century now and many list those sets for sale for a reasonable price. I just got a nice 1955 Japanese bone and bamboo set on ebay for around US$40 shipped. They look like little butterscotch candies... yum!BoyaSonny wrote:Where does one get a set of mahjong tiles like this? I'm specifically looking for those kind of backs.
Counter question: what's that image from, if you don't mind me asking?
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Jan Ryu Monwavemotion wrote:I've had good luck scouring ebay - people have bought sets for more than a century now and many list those sets for sale for a reasonable price. I just got a nice 1955 Japanese bone and bamboo set on ebay for around US$40 shipped. They look like little butterscotch candies... yum!BoyaSonny wrote:Where does one get a set of mahjong tiles like this? I'm specifically looking for those kind of backs.
Counter question: what's that image from, if you don't mind me asking?
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I've seen sets similar to that on eBay, wouldn't really expect to see any modern ones in that style. Note the convex curved backs which make it harder to stack them for the wall and Arabic numerals in the corners so made for export. Might have slightly irregular hand-crafted markings?
I found a set of Janryumon title translations for you. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc ... kMlE#gid=0
I found a set of Janryumon title translations for you. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc ... kMlE#gid=0
Nice find! I just hope Jenn knows the Heimlich Maneuver.wavemotion wrote:I just got a nice 1955 Japanese bone and bamboo set on ebay for around US$40 shipped. They look like little butterscotch candies... yum!
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Thank you for that linkBarticle wrote:I've seen sets similar to that on eBay, wouldn't really expect to see any modern ones in that style. Note the convex curved backs which make it harder to stack them for the wall and Arabic numerals in the corners so made for export. Might have slightly irregular hand-crafted markings?
I found a set of Janryumon title translations for you. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc ... kMlE#gid=0
Nice find! I just hope Jenn knows the Heimlich Maneuver.wavemotion wrote:I just got a nice 1955 Japanese bone and bamboo set on ebay for around US$40 shipped. They look like little butterscotch candies... yum!
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That bone/bam set is of fairly recent origin (the bone is processed fishbone). Bone/bam sets are always being offered on eBay, every day. Some mah-jongg set vendors also have those fishbone sets available new. There's a list of vendors on the site where you found that picture (my site - FAQ 7k, I think).
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