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IT'S A SHINEY AND OCHIBA KIND OF
A TOSAI AUCTION!!
Saturday, June 14th
After much anticipation and emailing
back and forth to Japan, we have finally received word
(and pictures!) of our very special batch of baby koi
which have safely arrived and are resting in quarantine
up in Minnesota, at Mike Swanson's Koi Acres facility.
His son Devin has been apprenticing under the tutelage
of Marudo-san, one of the best-known breeders in Niigata,
Japan. Devin has hand picked these koi from several
different facilities in the Niigata area, which as most
know is the mecca for great koi in Japan. In the past
several years we have brought mostly gosanke koi (kohaku,
sanke, and showa) as well as shiro utsuri, so we thought
it might be fun to have some new and unusual types available
this year. Devin has selected a variety of metallic
koi as well as several much sought-after Ochiba Shigure
for our members to choose from.
As in the past we have purchased
15 very special show-quality tosai for pre-sale only.
The varieties included in this group include Doitsu
Metallic Ochiba Shigure (yes, we did manage to get one
of these beauties!), both doitsu and scaled Ochiba Shigure,
Kikusui, Heisei Nishiki (doitsu metallic sanke - you'll
love these guys!), and Kin Kikokuryu (in the pictures
these are the stunning metallic red, black, and silver
ones). The price for these fish will be $175 each, and
will be sold on a first-come first-served basis. As
in the past, each participant will draw a number, which
will determine the order in which the fish are selected
at the Tosai auction. Bay and I have already reserved
one each, so that leaves thirteen - don't wait too long!
You can email us at Bryzkoi@aol.com to reserve your
fish.
There will also be many beautiful
little tosai to be auctioned off by Bob Passovoy, with
bidding starting at $20. Steve Childers, editor of Koi
USA, will again be on hand to answer questions, help
with identification of auction koi, and generally just
talk koi with our members. His gracious on effervescent
wife Cheryl, who cooked up some killer brats, dogs,
and polish sausage last year, will return for an encore
engagement at the grill.
A new attraction this year,
due to a growing number of goldfish enthusiasts in our
club, will be a fancy goldfish auction. Peter Ponzio
has arranged for us to have a selection of Lemon Shebunkins
and Bay Bateman is working on some other varieties,
all of which will be auctioned at starting bids of $10
each.
We hope you will all be able
to stop by on June 14th at the Batemans' house for this
annual fun event (all proceeds, as usual, support the
MPKS general fund) Even if you don't plan to bid, come
on over and enjoy the ambiance, eat a dog or two, and
mingle with your fellow club members. It's a great time
to be koi (and goldfish) kichi!
Event: Sixth Annual Tosai Auction
Place: The Bateman's
Time: Saturday, June 14th. Bidding begins at approximately
noon, but feel free to come early!
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