Most Expensive Bonsai Tree Ever Sold

The most expensive bonsai ever sold is probably this tree.
Most expensive bonsai tree ever sold. Owners of especially precious specimens even board their trees at specialist nurseries while they go on vacation. Bonsai trees are often considered to be old expensive and impossible to keep alive. Photo courtesy of jonas at bonsai tonight it s a very large white pine and you can see the price tag in the picture which was 100 000 000 or 1 3 million us based on the exchange rate of the time. A common misconception is that bonsai trees are dwarf varieties.
It was marked as sold at the exhibit and while it could have sold for less than the asking price it s not known for sure. This book has the picture of a ponderosa pine bonsai. A few years ago the most expensive bonsai tree ever sold went for 100 million japanese yen around 1 million. Another expensive bonsai tree for sale at around 90 000 dollar.
But i don t remember whether this is the amount that it was sold for or it is the amount that it was valued at. It sold for 100 000 000. It was an art of the yamaki family. Yes you read me correctly.
You see the price. A centuries old pine sold for 1 3 million dollar at the international bonsai convention in takamatsu japan. This tree is the most expensive bonsai ever sold and it went for a reported 2million usd and retains the title as the most expensive bonsai ever sold. In the world i don t know but this bonsai became the most talked aboutbonsai in takamatsuduring the asia pacific bonsai and suiseki convention exhibitionlast november.
I need to check it at home i don t have the book with me. As i already mentioned the priciest bonsai tree ever sold was a few years ago for 1 3 million. The most expensive trees we know of see the images below are all old and have been kept in pots for generations. For others however bonsai is an investment.
I have already spoken about this tree in great depth in a previous article but what i have more recently stumbled across is the sale of a 250 year old juniper in 1981. The dollar amount noted in the book is 500 000. Simplifying things a little bit we can say that the more mature a bonsai looks the higher its price is. Image courtesy by s cube.