Quite a few people turned up to the bonsai boot sale in Birmingham this morning but I’m sure there would have been a lot more if it didn’t rain so much early on! I was in two minds about going myself listening to the rain through the night.
To be honest I didn’t sell very much at all, everyone seemed to be hunting down that ‘one perfect tree’ for the day. I had quite a few comments along the lines of ‘nice shape on that tree’ or ‘that’s a pretty one’. But frustratingly nobody would commit to buy one! I guess it’s only my first time there and didn’t know what to expect or what type of trees to bring.
I was expecting a lot of tourist types who had never bought a bonsai before so took a lot of small trees along.
I was NOT expecting a group of 10 enthusiasts huddling round the boot of my car as I arrived ready to snatch aged specimens for bargain prices.
Some trees there were very cheap and very nice also. The guy next to me who everybody knew (called Malcolm) pulled a fantastic larch out of his boot which I fancied, but it got sold within a few seconds! It was easily 60-70 years old or more and it sold for a measly 65 pound! Bargain. I snapped up another of his trees – a Chinese juniper for myself and in doing so, ended up spending more than I made the whole day…
All in all an interesting experience but one which would have been better had it not rained and I took more aged trees.
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