Oh, I'm not trying to get you to sell it! But if you ever do... Lol!!!
It would be some time before this tree would be suitable for public Exibition. This is not the kind of tree that you can style in a day, and produce a satisfactory bonsai.
And I feel it would be better served in the hands of a dedicated bonsai hobbiest, or professional, rather than at a public collection. I can understand the desire to make it available to the public. But Unlike paintings or sculptures, maintaining bonsai requires continuous ongoing meticulous work. Public collections just don't, can't, give the care that a dedicated (obsessed!) bonsai enthusiast or professional would give to the tree.
I just went and did a bit of research about the Huntington (I wasn't familiar with it) and it shows it has fabulous gardens and a large bonsai collection. The bonsai collection is so large, that the trees get rotated in and out for display. Upon further research, I saw where they're saying they're trying to rehab some neglected trees, trying to catch up on repotting, etc. Alas... I'm sure they're doing the best they can. The Golden State Bonsai Federation is involved, so there's good people trying to keep up the collection.
But there's just no way any individual tree would get the daily attention that it could get in a private collection.
And, you don't have to sell the tree to make it happen. Many professionals "board" trees for clients. In Japan, the Masters usually don't own the great trees in their gardens. Their clients do. But the Masters are the ones who style them and maintain them. And there's other alternatives: you could board it at a profesdional's and have a hand in working on the tree yourself. Under the Masters supervision. Or have the Master come to your house periodically.
A lot to think about!
.. grafting is a looong process not sure how old you are, but on the flip , Kishu develops very quickly , either way I think you are going to have fun .
