Friday, May 11, 2012

Olive Auction

I saw this the other day and was astounded at the price, but I don't know why it is a thousand years old.   There is to be an auction of wonderful old olive trees on Septemer 30th in the Haut-Garonne.  This is a picture of one of the most expensive, with an estimate of 110,000 to 120,000 euros.  Yes, that really is the estimate and I have not made a mistake and added a nought that should not be there...........

Can you imagine digging the hole for it and driving home with it on your trailer?

So eventually, we will have a real money spinner on our hands, when our little baby olive tree reaches the size of its great grand pappy........... Now where did I put the baby bio.........

Wishing you all a wonderful weekend.

À Bientôt.
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8 comments:

  1. YONKSMay 11, 2012 at 1:25 AM

    Wow, how much! It mush be a few hundred years old. I wonder if it produces a bumper crop. Do olives get better the older the tree?
    Have a great weekend.
    Di
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  2. JanetteMay 11, 2012 at 11:06 PM

    Hi Di,
    Yes a thousand or more, the auction is entitled: OLIVIERS MILLENAIRES - SCULPTURES VIVANTES DE L'EMPIRE ROMAIN

    So living sculptures of the Roman Empire - wow! Not sure about their fruit, would assume they are for garden/landscape design but not sure.
    You have a great weekend too.
    Janette xxxx

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  3. Jane and Lance HattattMay 12, 2012 at 4:52 AM

    Hello Janette:
    We are very conscious of the high price of olive trees from all that friends of ours, who have a house in Provence, tell us. But the estimate for this one is, as you say, absolutely fantastic.

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  4. JanetteMay 12, 2012 at 9:47 PM

    Hello,
    Yes, I could not believe the estimate when I saw it. The cheapest estimate was 1500, to 2000 euros but the others were between 30,000 and 60,000.
    Janette xxx

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  5. YONKSMay 13, 2012 at 8:22 AM

    Hi Janette,
    I just wanted to thank you for the wonderful vintage French invoices I won in your giveaway. They are magnifique! I am a lucky girl. THANK YOU!
    Much love
    Di
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  6. JanetteMay 14, 2012 at 12:50 AM

    So glad that you like them Di. All the thanks to you for entering.
    xxxxx

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  7. chateau chicMay 14, 2012 at 6:38 AM

    Wow, that's amazing. I guess your olive tree has a ways to go. Are they fast growing? :-)
    Thanks for stopping by, Mary Alice

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  8. JanetteMay 15, 2012 at 2:00 AM

    Yes a long way to go yet Mary Alice! The trees in the auction are classified as living sculptures from the Roman Empire - quite something......

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