Cycad Auction: Actual bidding

in gardening •  6 years ago 


The past Saturday I attended a Cycad auction, with the view to buy a few bargains. This however did not happen as prices were quite high on the day. Cycads are quite collectible and collectors will pay good prices for plants that are desirable, or to add plants to their collection that they don't posses yet!!

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The nursery where the auction took place, also sells cycads, the photo above and below show some of the available plants.
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The plant below, which is a Heenanii sold for 12000 Rand, which in my books is a lot of money, for a small plant like that. (R14.50 = $1.00)
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The plant below however was the most expensive plant of the day selling for R25000!!! This plant was a Hirsitus and does not look like much!!
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Imagine you buy an expensive plant like this and for some reason it dies!! Most of the plants were however not that expensive. For most lots, they combined 3 or 4 plants which mostly sold between a 1000 and 3000 rand per lot.
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The auction house provided free beer, this might have had something to do with the high prices the plants fetched!! Free beer, but you had to pay for normal cold drinks!!

Although I did not buy anything, except for something to eat and drink, I did enjoy the auction and the day out, it was quite interesting. I do have some cycads in my garden and will do a post of one that I have, shortly.

All photos and the video were taken by me, in Pretoria, South-Africa, using my iPhone.


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@rynow,
You made the right choice! It's a kind of madness to pay few times high price for something that not really worth in that price!

Cheers~

Imagine you buy an expensive plant like this and for some reason it dies!! Most of the plants were however not that expensive. For most lots, they combined 3 or 4 plants which mostly sold between a 1000 and 3000 rand per lot.
@rynow

Like tulip mania?

Agreed.

Too expansive but at least some free drinks!

I do love beer, but I rather drank some cold drinks, the auction started in the morning and I did not want beer so early!! But I did really like the auction.

this is a very beautifull plant of cicada and its very interesting experience of you..this plant looks very amazing and obviously everything is best for your perfect photography causes.overall best composition dear...@rynow may god bless you.

Wow great that you went there will be looking forward to check out the next post about it

It looks an interesting experience.

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Thank you.

Oh, yes @rynow, the cicada is an excellent plant and an interesting auction!

Wow... indeed the wheel itself is a piece of art! Beautiful close up picture!

great collections...thanks for sharing

Excellent photography good article dear @rynow

amazing photography...the hill looking so beautiful.....i waiting for your next post..
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Wow wonderful photography
Thanks @rynow
Have a nice day

Wonderful food photography. Thanks for share

A great auction and I wish you a successful deal! Thank you @rynow

That is excellent photography
100% like and resteem

I see you did not resteem like you indicated.

love to read it tnx for sharing.

You are welcome.

Wonderful to check this part out thanks for sharing about it in details :)

For sure it's reflecting as prices were really towards higher side and hope and wish that you will get more better deal in future. Stay blessed. 🙂

Any way last beer pic is so gooddd.😉😉😉✌✌✌✌✌. How to used that plant???. I search in Google 👍👍👍👍

Yes, you can read in google, in my previous post on this same auction, I did put 2 links to read more on these plants.

Beauty of @Nature !
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Nice photo!! It looks like what we call cosmos plants in South Africa.

Nice photo!! It looks
Like what we call cosmos plants
In South Africa.

                 - rynow


I'm a bot. I detect haiku.

That would be great work. Nice to see selling plants.

Upvoted !!

This is very cool concept @rynow.

I really like those cycads and too bad you didn't get to buy some but at least you still enjoyed it.
Have a lovely day @rynow.

Yes, it was an enjoyable auction.

@rynow, That's brilliant Dtube video and awesome photography of the gardening. Nice plant has for the sell.

Thank you so much for the nice comment.

An interesting auction, good video friend is incredible how much they pay for those beautiful plants

Yes, I was amazed by the high prices.

this is a very beautifull plant of cicada and its very interesting experience of you..this plant looks very amazing and obviously everything is best for your perfect photography causes.overall best composition dear...@rynow may god bless you.

ohh my god these plants are too much preciousss helllaaa

Free beer? That's my jam!

Often leads to unintentional tree purchase though.