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Originally Posted by
JasPR 
Right, but a raw tategoi should not be in a koi show. It should be brought along until it is ready to show. No one in their right mind would pay $30M for a finished baby GC. It just isn't worth it as it has limited future. Yet it is the best fish on the day for winning the tiny GC.
A fish that is bought for $30M assumes that it will come into it's own high finish at a greater size. A size that will be in line with the 30M price tag at the time- it is akin to buying a future's contract on an adult GC.