A twin trunk maple

Adair M said:
Mr. Ebihara was offered $1 Million for his Zelkova. He turned them down.

They argued. Told him he was foolish to not take it.

His reply was that he had been working on this tree for most of his adult life. It's his life achievement. Not for sale at any price.
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Adair, no disrespect intended but were you their? I work in the car business and people make ridiculous offers all the time just to see if a car is actually for sale. I've had people offer me stupid money for my car several times after I initially told them it wasn't for sale. I even excepted one of the offers only to be told they just wanted to see if I'd sell it. I am in no way wanting to question what you were told but do we really truly know all the facts?
 
Vin, no, I was not there. I have heard the story from Boon. The tree is a famous one, and I have posted pictures from the article that showed how it was developed that was published in a Japanese language magazine.

I don't know who made the offer.

The offer, I am told, was made many years ago. When $1Million was even a more amazing price. This was before Mr Ebihara became famous. As I understand it, he lives out in a remote location, and worked primarily by himself. When word spread about his fabulous trees, he began to receive a lot of attention. And someone (or a group) made the offer.

As I've heard the story, the people who made the offer became quite rude they were turned down. Telling Mr Ebihara that he was foolish, etc.

Maybe it is an urban legend. I don't know for sure since I wasn't there. Boon and Jonas Duprich (the author of "Bonsai Tonight" have visited Mr Ebihara.

If you want to ask them about the story, feel free to do so. I have no reason to suspect that Boon would make up such a story. Bonsai, at least the very top bonsai, can sell for a lot of money in Japan.
 
Adair M said:
Vin, no, I was not there. I have heard the story from Boon. The tree is a famous one, and I have posted pictures from the article that showed how it was developed that was published in a Japanese language magazine.

I don't know who made the offer.

The offer, I am told, was made many years ago. When $1Million was even a more amazing price. This was before Mr Ebihara became famous. As I understand it, he lives out in a remote location, and worked primarily by himself. When word spread about his fabulous trees, he began to receive a lot of attention. And someone (or a group) made the offer.

As I've heard the story, the people who made the offer became quite rude they were turned down. Telling Mr Ebihara that he was foolish, etc.

Maybe it is an urban legend. I don't know for sure since I wasn't there. Boon and Jonas Duprich (the author of "Bonsai Tonight" have visited Mr Ebihara.

If you want to ask them about the story, feel free to do so. I have no reason to suspect that Boon would make up such a story. Bonsai, at least the very top bonsai, can sell for a lot of money in Japan.
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I don't mean to imply that story isn't true and it makes a lot more sense now that you say Mr. Ebihara lives in a remote location. This reminds me of a story I heard from a very good friend of mine.

A local junkyard owner had about 50 acres of prime location property. The story is, one day (in the mid 70's) a limousine pulled up in front of the junkyard and a fancy City Slicker from up north (a Yankee) got out. He asked some grungy greasy guy out front if he could speak with the owner. The greasy guy told him the owner was busy and didn't want to be bothered. The City Slicker insisted on speaking with the owner and said he wasn't going to leave until he had a chance to talk to him. Finally, the greasy guy told the City Slicker he was the owner and they went inside. With that the City Slicker threw a brief case (or two) up on the parts counter and opened it. The City Slicker then told the owner he and some other investors had the junkyard appraised and it was worth on the high end maybe $500,000. Then in a very demanding voice said "Here's $5 million cash. We're going to buy your junkyard." The proud owner just looked at him, pulled a shotgun out from under the counter and told the City Slicker to take his money and get off his property. Or so the story goes..
 
Here you go @JudyB A more straight on photo...

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I like it a lot, my only critique seeing it straight on is that the lower branches could be a bit longer to give it a bit more aged appearance. This is just to my eye @johng but all in all a great tree
 
JudyB said:
Thank you John! Love the warty bits by the base. It's looks like it's ready for something nice to sit in....
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To me, the warty bits fits completely with the slightly irregular root base...it's imperfect, and part of the story the tree is telling.
 
John,

I can't tell from the photo exactly how it's oriented - maybe it's ok - but there appears to be a branch about half way up on the secondary trunk that appears to be growing directly towards the main trunk. Maybe it's just the viewing angle since I can't see it in 3D. But, if it does grow towards the main trunk, wouldn't it get shaded out by the main tree?
 
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