Perhaps the price represents the intention to raise charitable funds? Peter (UK) On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 9:21 PM, Jane McGary <janemcgary@earthlink.net>wrote: > Nhu wrote > >I got a message about a rare Colchicum that was donated by Dan Hinkley for > >an Ebay auction that would benefit the Elisabeth C. Miller Library of the > >Northwest Horticultural Society. You can see the auction here: > >http://ebay.com/itm/ws/… > > I looked at it and was shocked at the (preset) opening bid of $200. >