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Quote: Originally Posted by Eugeneg Heywong It is not how much you pay for a fish but how much you enjoy it . My favotite is the one on left . It is now 27in and soon will be 4 year old . Kevin had it for sale at the Orlando show when it was 13in long and he was asking $300 but no one bought it so I got all the leftovers from him at end of show . The fish is a Mometoro and it is the most gracefull fish I have as well to me a beautiful sumi Regards Eugene

The difference, Eugene, is that you paid USD300 while the Dutch paid 3mil yen. You wouldn't pay 3mil yen for a pond mutt that you like, would you? For 3mil yen, one would EXPECT a very good show quality fish. Btw, that's a really wonderful sanke, especially for USD300.