The Art Of Making Traditional Japanese Hairpins,

goes back over 3,000 years,

the skillful art of making these hair ornaments called kanzashi has been passed down through the centuries, 

and based in Narita City, Japanese artist Sakae continues the art of making exquisite hair ornaments, each piece hand-crafted from resin with a delicate brass wire around the edges,

they are works of art in themselves, each piece taking from 3 to 30 days to make, so beautiful, but at the moment, Sakae only occasionally puts one up for sale, and when she does it’s through Yahoo Auctions in Japan, but on her web site she does mention that she does hope to start selling Internationally, as a guide price her latest auction just closed earlier this week, it attracted 215 buyers and finally sold for 400,000 yen, (£2,300, $3,890 at today's rate).