Below is a link to the Glacial Gold site and a page where they show a pic of a Emperor's root and mention $10,000.00 price.
Again - I have only heard of such pricess listed like this, don't know of anyone that actually got such a price.
TNhunter
www.ginseng-seed.com/PlantingByHand.htm
What the market is really looking for, other than very high ginsitis levels, is appearance. This is where the ginseng roots have split and formed what we call \"figurines\" in the business. Anything that looks like the lower anatomy of a human is a prime ginseng root.
When you run across the extremely rare plant which they call the emperors root that is shaped like a human body, where the arms are pronounced, the legs are pronounced and the male sexual organ is pronounced, that is an emperor ginseng root. Those single individual ginseng roots can bring as much as $ 10,000 (US).
Edit-add - I found a up-close pic of the Glacial Gold Emperor's root.
It does have the male appendage, but it is kind of laid back (probably just dried that way).
I think what one should do if find a emporor's root like that is take care during the drying process to form it, position it so that the arms and legs and penis dry in exactly the shape you want, including that penis being up and out loud and proud.
Could make a huge difference in the price offer.
TNhunter