In the photo It looks especially lovely. So, regardless of its rarity, I hope they raise a bundle of money. Dell ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Taggart" <petersirises@gmail.com> To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> Sent: Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:46:43 PM Subject: Re: [pbs] Fwd: Hinkley rare plant auction 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. > _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.ibiblio.org http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/