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2016 US National Bonsai Exhibition
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JudyB
Queen of the Nuts
lucky dog you...Happy to say if I can make it I'm vending with Matthew ouwinga.
Careful there, Matt has some amazing pots, that, er, can create amazing holes in your wallet!
Not that Matt's prices are unreasonable... Quite the contrary! For what he has to offer, Matt's prices are very good. It's just that some of his pots are the very best available, and the prices are what they are.
He also has great selections of more reasonably priced pots, but are also of excellent quality.
JudyB
Queen of the Nuts
I have several pots from him already, not the rare stuff, but middling ground. Really great pots for the prices. Some have nice age to them. He's certainly got the goods to make any pot hound drool.
I've looked over the vendor list, and wow! The best of the best will be there!
Lol!!! It's probably a good thing that my shohin stand takes up so much room in my car! Otherwise I'll be filling it with new purchases!
Lol!!! It's probably a good thing that my shohin stand takes up so much room in my car! Otherwise I'll be filling it with new purchases!
jcrossett
Chumono
Yes his pots are the best. Lucky I'm not in the market for pots yet lol. Next weekend I'm supposed to go train with him but we have both been so busy that I hope somthing don't come up.
Matt knows tridents!
coh
Imperial Masterpiece
Great group of vendors! Looks pretty much the same as last time, with a few new additions. Definitely leave some room in the car...
jcrossett
Chumono
coh
Imperial Masterpiece
It would be a loooong walk! Maybe 20 minute drive if no traffic or road work.
Dav4
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...and he knows barbecue!!
jcrossett
Chumono
Sure does. And knows how to host.
jcrossett
Chumono
But yes venders look amazing can't wait to finally meet mark Comstock in person. Ill be working on a forest planting with about 7_9 of his gnocchi cypress once summer cools down. I would pick them up from the show but won't be much room left with wife and kids. Plus don't think hell trade lol.
miker
Chumono
I'm curious, what is the typical price range of these best available pots (excluding antique or famous individual pieces)? $400-$800 for single medium sized (just a wild guess)?
Dav4
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Typically $100-$400 for your typical mid to high quality Japanese pot. Chinese antiques start at a few hundred bucks and go up up up from there, as do the very high end Japanese pots.
rockm
Spuds Moyogi
Matt has some very good larger pots for not a lot. I got a roughly 22 x 12 rectangle (can't remember the maker exactly, but I think the kiln was Shigaraki) for about $200. Older 80's- early 90's era. Reasonable price. The smaller pots he has are the killers, so you have to be careful. I picked up a four inch drum pot from his table at the PBA show this past spring and the price tag was something like $600. The majority of his pots are affordable, but he's got some unique and expensive collector's pieces mixed in.
Vance Wood
Lord Mugo
I know the Japanese Pots are excellent and beautiful and have a mystique all their own that probably cannot be duplicated. However I still hope for the continued efforts of domestic potters. I can't afford a thousand dollar pot, I would be afraid to put a tree in it. JMHO
rockm
Spuds Moyogi
Vance, the costs of a decent, older imported Japanese pot is now sometime less (sometimes by as much as $100 or more) than those produced by domestic potters. For large pots, this seems especially true. I know I could not get a 24"x 12" custom or already-made pot from Ron Lang, Bryan Albright, Sara Rayner or others for what I paid for the Japanese pot.
An 18 " rectangle from Sara costs about $450, according to her web site. I am on the market for a REALLY big new pot ("30 x 7" x 18" or so) for my oak. I've priced domestically-made, custom for it. Those pots come in at $1,500-$2,000. I can get a big Chinese pot for half or a third that. Haven't visited Matt's place in Maryland yet, but I'd like to see if he has anything that big --once pots imported from Japan get much over 20" or so, shipping costs can change dramatically from what I understand...
I am definitely going to keep buying pots from domestic and western potters, as I tend to prefer what they make. However, with the way things are in Japan economically, imports have become more practically competitive. There are simply more pots in Japan and that surplus is not being used. They're currently a commodity to the Japanese and are being sold off overseas.
VAFisher
Masterpiece
My takeaway from that - I'll be sticking with smaller trees...
Vance Wood
Lord Mugo
That's interesting. Over the years I have not been particularly concerned about pots ---- until recently. I will look and I may buy I don't know for sure.
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