Looking for suggestions for a good auction title for a book I picked up today.
It's a catalog from a show at the Smithsonian. The artist is Itchiku Kubota. Title of exhibition was "Homage to Nature: Landscape Kimonos". Title of catalog is "Ichiku Tsujigahana".
Most of the catalog depicts a kimono on one page, facing a closeup of the fabric. Apparently, "tsujigahana" refers to a type of dyed cloth which the artist uses.
What do you think? Something like "Exhibition Catalog of Tsujigahana Kimonos"?
posted on May 21, 2001 02:38:22 PM
I think your title is good, but were it my book, I'd use a lot of keywords in the tile AND save the title for the description.
Maybe something like "Japan Japanese Kimonos Design Catalog", or somesuch. Then, in the description area, go into the fabric/landscape/flower aspects that I would have researched already or gotten from the catalog, as well as a short artist's biography. I'd also put in both varients of what it is: "catalog"/"catalogue". But that's just the way I write up descriptions.
posted on May 21, 2001 03:57:39 PM
You should have the word fabric in the title--perhaps "Japanese Kimono Fabric Design Book" Of you can get that long Japanese word in too it would help.
I lucked out and sold a book for over $400 last week because the title had the words Design and what was being designed. Btw--perhaps the book was worth $25.00 and I paid about $4.00. Thanks for letting me pat my own back a bit!
