8th Annual Bonsai swapmeet

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Weather was good and the event seemed only about half as large. I did not sell this year and most of my collection is now down to a fairly reasonable size and mostly only the good stuff is left so I don't have a lot to sell anymore.
Currently I am not is a purchasing mood any longer as that just creates another problem. I did buy a pot, but that's not bonsai right?

Here's what you missed. You will notice Muranaka did bring over the little trident that I looked at while at the nursery.

 

[jriddell88]

87$ for that little trident!? Whoa! Now That's crazy

 

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Here are some more and lots of pots for sale. The small rectangle pot from Japan, grey with drippy purple glaze is a Koyo Jr.

 

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Here are a couple maple bargains that escaped my grasp eventhough I was not buying.
This maple grove went for $120.00. The larger single maple went for $160.00.

 

[jriddell88]

Here are a couple maple bargains that escaped my grasp eventhough I was not buying.
This maple grove went for $120.00. The larger single maple went for $160.00.

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Wow yea I would have bought both of those

 

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These two guys were major happy, they purchased about $1500.00 worth of plants.

 

[Brian Van Fleet]

I'll take that hornbeam in the last photo of post 1. Good stuff Al! Wish our yard sales looked like that!

 

[JoeR]

Wow, nice!

While at my first bonsai show, the exhibition in kannapolis today , I noticed that everything was dramatically cheaper than the crap they sell online. I can't ever see buying anything online now.

I almost bought so much... But I contained myself.

 

[Smoke]

I'll take that hornbeam in the last photo of post 1. Good stuff Al! Wish our yard sales looked like that!

Here is a close up cropped out of the image. It is backwards but the sharpie bled thru a little, he was asking $595.00.

 

[Eric Group]

Al, did your buddy with the knotted up Junipers and Pines sell anything there? He ever start offering stuff online? Those looked like a screaming deal!!

 

[Eric Group]

Here are a couple maple bargains that escaped my grasp eventhough I was not buying.
This maple grove went for $120.00. The larger single maple went for $160.00.

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Wow! $120!?!?! Insane prices...

 

[Smoke]

Al, did your buddy with the knotted up Junipers and Pines sell anything there? He ever start offering stuff online? Those looked like a screaming deal!!

Yes he did. I will be working at the nursery next weekend during the Ted Matson workshop. I will be wiring pines in the annex. That's where the good stuff is!
Thats George Muranaka in the top right of the second photo.

 

[Eric Group]

Yes he did. I will be working at the nursery next weekend during the Ted Matson workshop. I will be wiring pines in the annex. That's where the good stuff is!
Thats George Muranaka in the top right of the second photo.

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I thought I saw some on those tables! If you think of it... You could mention there is this guy in SC who'd like to own a few of his trees and has a Pay Pal account...

 

[Random Usr]

Far left corner on the table - rust-coloured pot ... what is it?

 

[Cypress187]

Waw, nice man.

 

[zachkent29]

We need one of these in the southeast...

 

[Giga]

We need one of these in the southeast...

Or all side of the east coast!

 

[quietobserver]

That's like 100k worth of merch at brussels. Nice people though.

 

[SGF]

I would support this just about anywhere on the right coast. I also would be willing to pay a buyers fee to anyone that could attend next year and ship back to me. Let's say 20%, get just a few more people to join in, each east coaster spending say $500. Avg. and sombody could make $500 in an afternoon. That could buy a round trip ticket if someone from the east coast wanted to attend. Giga?

 

[Lazylightningny]

Wish we had something like this in my neck of the woods.