my new 26" sakne koi

[Violence.]

picked her up today.

 

[brown2010]

26 in holy crap!!! looks nice! congratz

 

[hankn]

So how much did it cost you?

 

[Johnnie]

So how much did it cost you?

Let's play "a game of guess the closest price."

Methinks a 24" Doitsu Sanke probably costs: $3,000+

 

[hankn]

The difference between the front red and the back orange and the smallish black marks makes it less valuable IMHO. If the orange edging was more well defined I too would price it around $2400. For what ones sees, I would put it down as $1200 only.

 

[Warborg]

Nice, but why buy it so big? You could buy a smaller one and grow it... as they grow fast.

 

[Muske]

Beefy. Nice and thick...


Is she in QT or did the shop QT her?

 

[BlackShark11k]

Beautiful... are you keeping any shiro utsuri?

 

[Johnnie]

Hank:So how much did it cost you?

Johnnie: Let's play "a game of guess the closest price."

Methinks a 24" Doitsu Sanke probably costs: $3,000+


Hank: The difference between the front red and the back orange and the smallish black marks makes it less valuable IMHO. If the orange edging was more well defined I too would price it around $2400. For what ones sees, I would put it down as $1200 only.

Even at the price of $1,200 for a fishy is lotsa money for me, as an hobbyist.

Speaking of expensive purchases for our hobbies, unfortunately for a friend of mine, he had spent so much money in ponds, fishies, improvements, landscapings, and other stuff. He failed to make his mortgages for a long time, and he went bankrupted. BTW, now his credit card company charges him 40ish% in interest because he was once a bankrupted consumer .

 

[jcardona1]

very nice sanke. but i wouldnt say its worth all that much. no more than $1000. $7-800 maybe