Geeze... I'd love to be able to get my hands on some of this wood

[Billman]

Storm knocks down tree that cheered Anne Frank

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iMAIzAYkqvu6a71d43Gcr80IUyxQD9HP7T780

I wonder if it would be even possible to get any of the wood from this tree somehow?

 

[el_d]

Storm knocks down tree that cheered Anne Frank

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iMAIzAYkqvu6a71d43Gcr80IUyxQD9HP7T780

I wonder if it would be even possible to get any of the wood from this tree somehow?

+1, would be a nice gift for my daughter.

 

[DCBluesman]

Last offer I saw for the tree was $12.5 million euros. I had to drop out of the bidding.

 

[alphageek]

Last offer I saw for the tree was $12.5 million euros. I had to drop out of the bidding.

Holy cow!!!! Wonder how much actually usable wood will come from it, even in pen blank size... I would assume quite a bit, but still!

 

[Billman]

Last offer I saw for the tree was $12.5 million euros. I had to drop out of the bidding.

Sweet! Where's the sale/auction?

 

[jskeen]

Well, according to one report, it was estimated to weigh 60,000 lbs, so there should be plenty to go around. It is apparently privately owned, as well, as it is actually not on the museum grounds, but in a neighbors yard.

 

[ThomJ]

Group buy? LOLOL

 

[DCBluesman]

Parts of the tree, located on a residential property adjacent to the Anne Frank House, were later being offered for sale on Dutch auction website www.marktplaats.nl. The highest offer was 10 million euros.

 

[gmcnut]

I'm all in. Not for the whole tree you understand. But enough for a couple of pens. One for my wife and one for my daughter at least.

 

[phillywood]

heck, My daughter was in Amsterdam in 2008-2009, had the darn thing fell over then i could have had her bring few branches in her luggage. LOL then we could have had fun only one blank per real active members, oh well, maybe we have to figure out where it's sitting now and try to do a group buy maybe?