Bid on this. I dare you

[Len]

http://cgi.ebay.com/Jason-Fox-My-Miami- ... 19b77945c2

 

[Ben1]

Thats just absolute crazyiness.

 

[Anonymous]

Oh, please don't dare me.

Louey

 

[leftovers]

is there some unwritten rule about not taking pictures through SIDE of tank and with all lights on and not just actinic and down through the water? I just want to know....

 

[Anonymous]

Meh, these colored corals like this are coming in so rapidly only a fool would bid on something like this thinking it is (and will be for a while) a one of a kind.

Doesn't look like a side shot though, looks like a top shot.

 

[Len]

is there some unwritten rule about not taking pictures through SIDE of tank and with all lights on and not just actinic and down through the water? I just want to know....

I suspect that top-down tanks (sitting close to the floor) are going to be the the next "in" thing.

 

[Len]

Meh, these colored corals like this are coming in so rapidly only a fool would bid on something like this thinking it is (and will be for a while) a one of a kind.

Doesn't look like a side shot though, looks like a top shot.

True that. There's so many chalices coming in now, there's no way this thing holds a fraction of its value. It doesn't even look that spectacular to me.

 

[Anonymous]

Meh, these colored corals like this are coming in so rapidly only a fool would bid on something like this thinking it is (and will be for a while) a one of a kind.

Yep. Anyone want to buy some Duncans, a $100 bucks a head? :wink:

 

[Anonymous]

Scary thing is that thing got up to 1500 with still a day left in the bidding!

 

[Sea Turtle]

I wouldn't leave my house if I bought that. Reef tank ER 24/7.

 

[fungia]

wow, why so much?!

 

[Sea Turtle]

do people actually buy these specimens? I understand that there are bidders and that someone is going to buy it, but why?

 

[Len]

There's people with lots of disposable income and collector's mentality.
I buy expensive fish for no good reason, so I can't be too critical.

 

[Unarce]

That's pretty funny. I've tried, but could never get into these chalices. They never look as good as the pictures. However, I've never subscribed to the macro-lens-full-on-actinic-assault that is reefing, nowadays

 

[Anonymous]

That's pretty funny. I've tried, but could never get into these chalices. They never look as good as the pictures. However, I've never subscribed to the macro-lens-full-on-actinic-assault that is reefing, nowadays

I completely agree! To me, chalices always have a washed-out sort of tinge to them when viewed in person. The colors are just never as rich or vibrant in person. JMHO...

 

[Anonymous]

Yeah all you need to do is pop that frag in a nice high light area and WAMMO instant skeleton

 

[Anonymous]

God, I've just realised it was $1525 for a one-eye frag, not for the whole mother colony. 8O

 

[Sea Turtle]

Might be a great investment to buy a couple of rare specimens like that. YOu could sell a small frag once in an while and make some nice pocket coin.

 

[Anonymous]

Trouble is, that the sale price goes down as more specimens make it to market. Probably not fast enough to prevent you turning a tidy profit though. I still remember being in Japan when the acan craze hit the US and getting loads of pms begging me to export some acans (they were common and cheap in Japan). But the whole breaching CITES thing put me off...

 

[Anonymous]

Trouble is, that the sale price goes down as more specimens make it to market. Probably not fast enough to prevent you turning a tidy profit though. I still remember being in Japan when the acan craze hit the US and getting loads of pms begging me to export some acans (they were common and cheap in Japan). But the whole breaching CITES thing put me off...

Breaching local laws you mean. Japan is the one restricting the export, not CITES