Bonsai Master

I had a wonderful conversation with a master named Danny on Saturday. I never realise how much you could only understand in person.

Best conversation ever.

I didn't get advice so much as why certain things are done. The internet is full of how to do this but not why it's done and why it works. In the one hour that I talked with Danny, we covered so much, things just started making sense.

He has even purchased a bonsai from Japan.

He did not tell me what he spent on it. But he did tell me that it was over 300 pears old when he purchased it. There was a ream of paper work documenting every single person that had ever worked on it. He also said there were fees and paper work to get the tree into the US. When he got the tree, he met the son of the former owner for a moment. The son had carried the tree on the plane on his lap from Japan to Seattle (Danny is from New York, another round trip plane ticket.) to hand it off. Then he hopped onto another plane back to Japan. This was added to the price of course.

Then after all this, his wife found out what he had spent on the tree. That ended up costing him a diamond necklace with matching earrings.

Now, what he did tell me was what it is/was insured for back in the day when he bought it. $25,000. He said that today the tree is worth more then what he insured it for. I just about dies at the price. He laughed at my reaction.

The conversation just covered so much in that one hour that I was a little over whelmed. I am going to do my best to go to the bonsai sociaties meeting in October. It will be their auction meeting so I'm going to bring a very limited amount of cash with me. He said the lowest price he usually see's is around $350. but who knows? Maybe I can walk away with something everyone gave up on.