Peter Enfield's Dianichi Showa Slate Auction reopened

[RayJordan]

Peter Enfield - Dianichi Showa Koi Slate - 2nd Chance Auction

Because of several emails and posts on koi message boards it has become evident that there was confusion over the ending date/time of the recent auction of the Peter Enfield – Dianichi Showa Plate. Because I was the winning bidder at $1,020 I have decided to continue the auction exactly where it ended with my bid of $1,020. As much as I would like to have this slate I want to be fair with everyone else that planned to bid before it closed. Also I would like to see it sold at a higher price and benefit Project KHV and the fight against KHV to a greater extent. The Koi Slate Auction is now reopened. Just click on the link to the koi slate auction at the top of this page. Auction will close on Wednesday May 17th at 1:16am Tokyo time. This converts to Tuesday, May 16th, at 11:16pm Central Daylight Time in the United States. This is your last chance at this item and is the 5th and last Peter Enfield Koi Slate available. Please do not wait till the last minute. Place your bids right away and check back with the auction site often to be sure you maximize your chances to own this beautiful piece of koi art and koi history. Special thank you’s to all the wonderful people at Koi-Bito for letting us use your auction site and all you to to help us with the fight against KHV.



Description: This beautiful Koi Slate is approximately 24 inches tall and koi inlay is about 15 inches tall. Koi depicted is one of the most famous Grand Champion Koi ever grown. The Dianichi Showa is the only koi to ever win both the ZNA and the Combined All Japan Shows. Slate's estimated value is $2,000.

Peter Enfield has made another extremely generous donation of one of his custom made koi slates to the AKCA PROJECT KHV. Peter and his wife Silvia live in Oregon and are avid koi hobbyists. Peter is well known for his beautiful and unique pieces of koi art. Peter starts with a photograph of a Grand Champion Koi to create his glass patterns. He takes a beautiful piece of gray slate and carves out the powerful koi shape. Next he takes special fusible stained glass and cuts it into the koi's unique patterns. The pieces of cut glass are put together like a jigsaw puzzle and then fired in a special glass kiln to fuse it into a solid glass koi. Then the fused glass koi is fitted into the indentation in the prepared piece of slate to create an extraordinarily beautiful and unique piece of koi art. Unlike our perishable pets, Peter's koi art is timeless. His koi colors will never fade. The vibrant reds, porcelain whites, and shiny ebony blacks are perfect. Peter creates the beautiful image of Grand Champion koi floating on the surface of a deep dark crystal clear pond.

Many koi hobbyists have been trying to obtain one of Peter's koi/slate art pieces for years, however; Peter does not sell his creations. One way to get Peter's koi slates are to win the Annual AKCA Bob Spindola, Champion of Champions, Award. This award and accompanying piece of Peter's koi art is given to the top Koi chosen from photos of all the Grand Champion Koi winners at Koi shows in the USA. Not an easy thing to accomplish. You might also get one of Peter's koi slates at a special auction at events like the annual AKCA National Seminar. For many of you this could be your last opportunity to own one of Peter's unique pieces of koi art and help the AKCA PROJECT KHV at the same time.

Once the auction is concluded a check payable in $US to AKCA PROJECT KHV must be sent to AKCA PROJECT KHV, 15514 Elm Park, San Antonio, Texas 78247 and received within five business days. Once the winner's check has cleared we will ship your Peter Enfield Showa Koi Slate directly to you. If your payment is not received on time the 1st place bidder will default and the 2nd place bidder will be contacted and notified that they have won the auction.

Special Thanks to Peter Enfield for creating and donating this beautiful piece of Koi art/history to be auctioned with the proceeds going to Project KHV.Once the auction is concluded a check payable in $ US to AKCA PROJECT KHV must be sent to AKCA PROJECT KHV, 15514 Elm Park, San Antonio, Texas 78247 and received within five business days. Once the winner's check has cleared we will ship your koi slate directly to you. If your payment is not received on time the 1st place bidder will default and the 2nd place bidder will be contacted and notified that they have won the auction. If you have any questions please send a email to Ray Jordan at rjordan8@swbell.net

ps. There will not be a 3rd chance auction

[dinh]

hey folks,
check out thekoiauction.com for more info. It is Tokyo time zone...
Like Ray said, it is a nice gift for mother day if your mon is also in koi hobby
like LizardBreath, Nancy M....etc...

[charity]

The auction for KHV Research funding will be ending in 5 hrs and 25 minutes....
Please check it out if you would like to have this special piece of koi art.

[MikeM]

Now that's getting the bidding where the value lies!

[dinh]

Congrats to Kimberli Downs, the winner of this special koi art.....

[RayJordan]

Special thanks to Peter Enfield, Kimberli Downs, all the nice folks at Koi Bito and all supporters of Project KHV. Koi people are the best.