Market Value: $4,500-$5,000 Minimum Opening Bid: $2,850 We just got this last-minute consignment of an Encephalartos latifrons. This plant has been growing in a Southern California garden for years. It's not on the auction sheet yet, but it will be our final auction plant for Sunday. A plant like this, in South Africa, its country of origin, usually costs around $3,000, before we import it. We are starting the bidding at $2,850, on a plant that would normally sell for $4,500-$5,000 here in the USA.