Bonsai might be small, but they can fetch big prices

Mr Eddy Elias Teo, 47, a bonsai collector and owner of Jia Bonsai Singapore, with his bonsai plants at his landed property in Upper Thomson. ST PHOTO: JOSEPH CHUA
A Chinese elm bonsai growing on a rock from Chengtai Nursery in Sungei Tengah. ST PHOTO: BENSON ANG
The most expensive bonsai at Boh Bonsai Singapore, a dragon-shaped premna obtusifolia, which a customer has offered $10,000 to buy. ST PHOTO: ARIFFIN JAMAR
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SINGAPORE - With its artfully gnarled trunk and meticulous balance of deadwood, leaves and branches, a bonsai plant is often seen as a symbol of calm, harmony and peaceful energy.

The older and more sinewy the bonsai, the higher the asking price.

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