These were my prize winning koi!
Some of which were over 3 ft long!
This was my Grand Champion koi at the Cherry Blossom festival in Japan Town, San Francisco, California. And when I won the prize, someone offered me 10 Grand for the fish and the throphy, but I didn't sell.
This was a runner up Grand Champion 36 1/2", bought it for $1200, then someone wanted to buy it (after it won), for $8,000 .. again, I didn't sell.
These ARE my most prized throphies... I still have them in boxes. ...LOL!
Unfortunately, I had to leave about $50,000 worth of Nishikigoi in California! Sniff! Can you imagine how many orchids I can buy for that?
So you see orchid lovers. For me ORCHIDS ARE CHEAP, compared to these! LOL!