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£1Million Pigeon.
'Lewis Hamilton of pigeons' sold for world record €1.25m
A racing pigeon has been sold for a world record €1.25m (£1.1m) as a result of prices being driven sky-high by a craze for bird racing among an elite group of Chinese enthusiasts.
Joël Verschoot, 63, from Ingelmunster in west Flanders, said his bird, Armando, was born to be a champion but he had never dreamed of such a huge sum being paid for it.
“The two Chinese had told me in advance that they absolutely wanted Armando,” he said. “But I didn’t see this coming. This is a crowning glory of all those years in the pigeon sport. The icing on the cake.”
During the final hour of a two-week online auction, one bidder known as “XDDPO” had repeatedly upped their offer by €100,000, only for a second account, known as “Champ Team”, to put in bids of €2,000 more.
When the auction came to a close at midday on Sunday, the final bid of €1,252,000 smashed the previous record of €400,000 paid by Xing Wei, a Chinese property tycoon, in 2017 for another of Verschoot’s pigeons, known as Nadine.
Verschoot, a retired abattoir manager who claims to know all 500 of his birds by name, said he spent 12 hours a day working with his pigeons since dedicating himself to his hobby.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/lewis-hamilton-of-pigeons-sold-for-world-record-€125m/ar-BBUUJcG?ocid=spartandhp
A racing pigeon has been sold for a world record €1.25m (£1.1m) as a result of prices being driven sky-high by a craze for bird racing among an elite group of Chinese enthusiasts.
Joël Verschoot, 63, from Ingelmunster in west Flanders, said his bird, Armando, was born to be a champion but he had never dreamed of such a huge sum being paid for it.
“The two Chinese had told me in advance that they absolutely wanted Armando,” he said. “But I didn’t see this coming. This is a crowning glory of all those years in the pigeon sport. The icing on the cake.”
During the final hour of a two-week online auction, one bidder known as “XDDPO” had repeatedly upped their offer by €100,000, only for a second account, known as “Champ Team”, to put in bids of €2,000 more.
When the auction came to a close at midday on Sunday, the final bid of €1,252,000 smashed the previous record of €400,000 paid by Xing Wei, a Chinese property tycoon, in 2017 for another of Verschoot’s pigeons, known as Nadine.
Verschoot, a retired abattoir manager who claims to know all 500 of his birds by name, said he spent 12 hours a day working with his pigeons since dedicating himself to his hobby.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/lewis-hamilton-of-pigeons-sold-for-world-record-€125m/ar-BBUUJcG?ocid=spartandhp
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