Guides
Guides
What to know before buying a Japanese piece: reading a grade, spotting a fake, understanding how a price is formed.
7 min
How to read a PSA or BGS grade
A grade is not a vague quality label: it is the result of a four-point examination, sealed in a numbered case. Here is how to read it properly.
5 Q/R
6 minHow to authenticate a Bearbrick
Bearbrick is one of the most copied objects on the art toy market. Fakes almost always fail on the same details, once you know where to look.
5 Q/R
8 minWhy Japanese art toy values have been rising
In twenty years the art toy market moved from a Nakameguro shop counter to contemporary art departments. Here is what the data shows — and what it does not.
5 Q/R