Is this what $10k will buy you these days?

[vp999]

Ulmus parvifolia (uf_02) – Underhill Bonsai

underhillbonsai.com

 

[Colorado]

What a joke...

 

[vp999]

What a joke...

I thought the same initially, but then I keep thinking.... Maybe I don't see what the pros see in this tree.

 

[leatherback]

The price is high. But.. Note the size, 36 inches tall, 3 inch trunk. This is a LARGE tree, with clearly a lot of age on it and well developed branching. I am not surprised it goes for a premium

10K.. Not really for me.

 

[Adair M]

Well, it’s not “all that”.

But, sometimes a shop will put a ridiculously high price on a couple items to make the rest of their inventory look like a bargain.

 

[AJL]

Must be a typo- looks like the nursery is run by a dyslexic

 

[Djtommy]

For 10K they can put some pics from other angles too me thinks

 

[fredman]

If I look at the other prices I can't help but thinking it's a mistake...real price is $970.00. One 0 to much.

 

[BobbyLane]

by comparison the maple is 33in high


surely a mistake

 

[Walter Pall]

Certainly on 0 too much. We can sell this kind of tree for 500 upwards to about 800.

 

[Brian Van Fleet]

For posterity...and from the pricing of the other trees, I’d also guess is a typo.

 

[Bonsai Nut]

I think it is expensive at $970. However, all the more power to the seller if they can get the price they are asking for!! I am surprised sometimes how much people will pay for certain trees if they fall in love with them. I know I have "overpaid" for a tree or two in my time At least they didn't say it was an indoor tree

 

[PA_Penjing]

All shapes is currently selling a flawless Zuisho JWP for $6,000. It's about the same height but a little chunkier. I didn't realize that importing JWP from Japan was easy and legal.... I would love to get my hands on a decent chinese elm prebonsai. Realizing they are somewhat hard to find in the non-stick stage of development. but not for 10K haha. The most I ever paid for a car was 3.2K so that's about where I'd have to draw the line

 

[Colorado]

The most I ever paid for a car was 3.2K so that's about where I'd have to draw the line

Arbitrary reference point

 

[jeremy_norbury]

I'm clearly in the wrong business, AGAIN.

 

[leatherback]

Arbitrary reference point

Arbitrary. But at least it is one. I do not have one.

 

[Dav4]

Arbitrary. But at least it is one. I do not have one.

Which, a car or a reference point??

For what it’s worth, I have spent plenty more than $3200 on a car and I still think there’s an extra zero tacked onto the price tag of that elm .

 

[leatherback]

Which, a car or a reference point??

a reference point as to what I would call the maximum to pay for a tree. I do have a maximum but not based on any logic but "what would hurt too much if I kill it"

 

[leatherback]

I have spent plenty more than $3200 on a car and I still think there’s an extra zero tacked onto the price tag of that elm

Yes. And yes!

3200 barely gets you a car that is safe to run on the German freeways nowadays!