A brief introduction was made explaining that all the koi will remain with Momotaro until harvest time when they will all be judged and the trophies will be provided by one of Japans most famous pottery artists.
The auction started and the Sanke were the first to go, followed by Kohaku and Showa, the procedure is very simple,you are given a wooden spoon with your Auction number and you all raise your spoon and the last person to keep his hand raised buys the koi, it all happens very quick. You dont have to worry about understanding the price it is easy to follow`with all the prices on a board and somebody pointing at them as the price is called, but turn away and you may have missed the koi you want.
The koi are pushed up and down between the customers while the bidding takes place
It didnt take long and the auction had finished in just under two hours, other cheaper koi were also sold and were taken by the dealer.
I will be returning later this year to see the development of these Tosai and the judging. By 12pm everything had been sold the barbeque was lit and then a couple of hours of koi chatting before I left to go back for my Tosai Sanke.
I thanked President Maeda for inviting me to the auction and to have the opportunity to buy some fantastic koi
I selected this small Tosai from a pond of about 80 koi, growing small Tosai is only possible from some breeders if you buy their best, so only time will tell how well I have done,all Tosai have a risk involved but if you buy well the the reward can be superb.After a superb day it was back to the hotel as tomorrow I would be leaving early for Niigata.
If you want to see any of the koi in the auction they are still on the Momotro website at http://www.momotaro-koi.org/english/
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