Up to six years old and 2.5m (8ft) high, they are being sold with authentication certificates detailing their provenance, as well as care instructions. In the wild, they grow to up to 40 metres high, with a trunk diameter of more than a metre.The auction also aims to help conserve the species. Horticulturalists believe that having Wollemi pines in homes, parks and gardens is one of the best forms of insurance against loss in the wild.The chairman of Sotheby's Australia, Justin Millar, told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation that the pines were "among the most exciting things I've ever sold". He did not recognise them and took home a branch to show colleagues.His discovery caused a scientific sensation, being called the botanical find of the century. The species had been thought extinct for at least two million years.The director of Sydney's Royal Botanic Gardens, Professor Carrick Chambers, said at the time that it was "the equivalent of finding a small dinosaur still alive on Earth".With just 100 specimens in the wild, the Wollemi is one of the world's rarest tree species. To ensure its survival, Australian conservationists have propagated large numbers and plan to auction the next generation at Sotheby's later this month, with species being touted as the latest must-have garden accessory.

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The Wollemi was known only from fossil records until David Noble, a park ranger, found the small stand in the Blue Mountains, 125 miles (200km) west of Sydney, in 1994. The injured are steadied by volunteers, while another rows across with a single oar The "boat" spins and threatens to capsize..

The Wollemi pine, a Jurassic-age plant believed extinct until a hiker stumbled across a grove near Sydney 11 years ago, is being relaunched into the world. Just north of Muzaffarabad lies the village that was buried alive. In Saturday's earthquake, the mountainside that half of Danimay Sahib was built on gave way in an immense landslide All that is left is a great pale gash in the hillside They say 1,000 people died here. For the survivors, the only way out is a perilous journey across the swollen rapids of the river on a makeshift boat made from the inner tube of a truck tyre. Officials said some utilities were restored in Muzaffarabad, the capital of the region hardest hit by the massive quake - a sign that recovery efforts were paying off..

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