AusBonsai

I was lucky enough to be invited to see if I was interested in buying some pots from a friends mother. She was quite elderly (close to 90) when I asked if it was her husband who was the enthusiast she replied, "Oh no, it was my father who dabbled in bonsai when he lived in Sydney 50 to 60 years ago.
Here are some of the pots

Did you buy them?
Lovely pots

Ken

kcpoole wrote:Did you buy them?
Lovely pots

Ken

Of course, I was unsure of the value but took a gamble, turns out I paid much too little.
I found this for sale on ebay in USA
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/361099411264 ... EBIDX%3AIT

Great buy Gerard! I like this one!

Gerard wrote:

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Izumi-ya kiln is still in production AFAIK and you can still buy their pots new. I know coz I just bought one!

http://www.tokoname.or.jp/bonsai/catalog-t/t26.jpg

And also a little jealous of the top one....and the second, and third, bugger it the lot.

Nice win Gerard, whats going in them?

I have a black pine in mind for one of the deeper pots, (Izumi-Ya or unidentified 1) but I will wait until after workhops with Mauro. It might be a year or so.

Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo. I want them!
Good score Gerard!!!!!

Hi Gerard,
The two pots I have are the same as the first one you show. The dragon pot. I believe mine were bought to Australia in the late seventies or early eighties. The second pot you show is in John Naka's second book, page 309.
Steve

Correction, the pot in John Naka,s book is not the same.
Steve