Would like few opinions from fellow ATF enthusiasts.
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If you find a right person wanted the fish really bad you can get a good price for it, I sold my 15" GAFT for $750 and that person was begged me to sell him. It's all about right time, right person and you might get a jackpot 
Thank you guys for the input!!! Love hearing other's opinions. I'm not looking for a jackpot by any means, just trying to figure out IF I'm out of my mind by thinking it's worth a deal more then a few hundred bucks. Just looking at the option of trading one bucket fish for another......
Personally, I think Gatf are easily attainable through LFSs, I don't think it's even close to a fair comparison. I have a decent sized Gatf and I'm not sure I would value it at half the price, but that's just me and the preference to own the minority instead of the majority. I mean how many big Gatf do you see on the boards? How many Tanzies have we seen this size or bigger?
Personally, I think Gatf are easily attainable through LFSs, I don't think it's even close to a fair comparison. I have a decent sized Gatf and I'm not sure I would value it at half the price, but that's just me and the preference to own the minority instead of the majority. I mean how many big Gatf do you see on the boards? How many Tanzies have we seen this size or bigger?
Hmm, I say about 300 to 350. I've had opportunities to buy similar but smaller for prices in the 200 mark. I think the guy who made 750 lucked out as I've never seen one priced that high. Curious to see more opinions.
You say you haven't heard of ATF selling for $750+. What did "Max" sell for? Rumor I heard was 4 digits. 
Your friend bought him, I'd guess you could find out if you wanted.
I thought you said you've never seen a big Tanzy? There's a reason why...... It's cause nobody has one.
You should link me to the sales of these bigger Tanzies for a few hundy, I'll gladly buy them......... Always wanted a group, just haven't been able to make that happen. Why? Cause they are so friggin hard to find, obtain and keep alive.
Last time I saw a non Vatf/Gatf this size was reedmaster16s Brevis which was 12" and it started at like 750 then sold for 400 cash.
Your friend bought him, I'd guess you could find out if you wanted.I thought you said you've never seen a big Tanzy? There's a reason why...... It's cause nobody has one.
You should link me to the sales of these bigger Tanzies for a few hundy, I'll gladly buy them......... Always wanted a group, just haven't been able to make that happen. Why? Cause they are so friggin hard to find, obtain and keep alive.
Last time I saw a non Vatf/Gatf this size was reedmaster16s Brevis which was 12" and it started at like 750 then sold for 400 cash.
I was confused on the fish. I have owned a small one that got eatin by a much larger fish in my tank. I paid, if I recall correctly, 150 for a small one about 6 inches. Like I noted, "I" personally have not seen one sell for 750. You note you have seen one sell for 400 cash, more in line with the 350 I noted above.
Also, as I noted, I have had a few other opportunities to buy smaller ones at the 200 mark, but again yours is twice the size, hence twice the value?
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I sold Mad Max for $1000. He was a goliath though, and one of the 'first' ones to be grown to that size after we as a community started to know what we were doing with these fish. He was something of a celebrity on this site.
That being said, I think that anyone who has ANY atf over 12" has accomplished something very, very special. I happen to know that this TATF that Alan is selling is about three years old and absolutely flawless. It is a special fish, and worthy of a four figure price tag. That fish was from the second-ever confirmed import of TATF. It has history to it and is a special fish.
Yes, from time to time, larger 8-12" ATF show up, but mostly FATF or VATF. For some reason, I never see ATF for sale that are over 12". I suppose that is because either the owners keep them or they die.
Regardless, if Al was to sell this fish, I'd hope that he'd ask a ridiculous price and wait for the RIGHT owner to show up. IMO, the type of person who could properly take care of this fish wouldn't balk at a $1000 price tag for it. Part of the reason I asked so much money for Max was because I didn't want to sell him to a 15 year old who would plop him into a 90 gallon. I knew I could sell him for $1000, the only thing that surprised me was how quickly it happened.
There's a lot more to a fish's value than just how big it is IMO. Condition means a lot. Quality over quantity, and it is damn hard to beat the quality of the fish in question.
That being said, I think that anyone who has ANY atf over 12" has accomplished something very, very special. I happen to know that this TATF that Alan is selling is about three years old and absolutely flawless. It is a special fish, and worthy of a four figure price tag. That fish was from the second-ever confirmed import of TATF. It has history to it and is a special fish.
Yes, from time to time, larger 8-12" ATF show up, but mostly FATF or VATF. For some reason, I never see ATF for sale that are over 12". I suppose that is because either the owners keep them or they die.
Regardless, if Al was to sell this fish, I'd hope that he'd ask a ridiculous price and wait for the RIGHT owner to show up. IMO, the type of person who could properly take care of this fish wouldn't balk at a $1000 price tag for it. Part of the reason I asked so much money for Max was because I didn't want to sell him to a 15 year old who would plop him into a 90 gallon. I knew I could sell him for $1000, the only thing that surprised me was how quickly it happened.
There's a lot more to a fish's value than just how big it is IMO. Condition means a lot. Quality over quantity, and it is damn hard to beat the quality of the fish in question.