Momotaro Auction on May 15th

[Brian]

Momotaro will be holding their final auction of the season on Thursday, May 15th and will be auctioning of a combined total of 60 kohaku/sanke/showa tosai.

From their website:

Momotaro Koi Farm will host a koi show in Autumn for these 60 pieces. The trophies for this koi show will be special Japanese pottery called Bizenyaki which is one of Okayama Prefecture’s most famous products. These Bizenyaki will all come from the Izezaki family, some of the best artists in Japan.

Please follow the links below to preview pictures and video of the auction koi:

Kohaku

Sanke

Showa

[farne230]

Brian, Is it true at previous momotaro tosai auctions the best koi sold for $10,000 to $12,000 US dollars?
Bob

[Brian]

Not sure about the last one as I wasn't there, but at previous ones I've seen price go well over 10 and even close to $20,000 USD sometimes.

[dinh]

Originally Posted by farne230

Brian, Is it true at previous momotaro tosai auctions the best koi sold for $10,000 to $12,000 US dollars?
Bob

I placed a bid for a Sanke at previous auction. It ended up 14,000.00 US dallars. Lucky me that I did not win;-))

--Dinh

[dinh]

Originally Posted by dinh

I placed a bid for a Sanke at previous auction. It ended up 14,000.00 US dallars. Lucky me that I did not win;-))

--Dinh

Here is the 14K tosai Sanke....

--Dinh

[farne230]

What did the lowest tosai sell for?
Bob

[dinh]

Originally Posted by farne230

What did the lowest tosai sell for?
Bob

Bob, starting bid for the previous auction is 1K.

[saratogatan]

if you are betting, beware that some of the video clips don't match the photos.

stan

[dinh]

This is the auction day......

Anyone on for something? I like few of them........

--Dinh

[Campcheryl]

Originally Posted by dinh

This is the auction day......

Anyone on for something? I like few of them........

--Dinh

Good Luck Dinh!!!!!!!!!!! Hope all works out for you. Keep us posted.