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24000 ... and 26000
26000, highest bid
incredible prices on the auction in Thorn
Pigeon fancier Erik Limbourg can't believe it
He knew his old pigeons would sell good, but he never expected such high prices
Now is the time to sell.
They were hot and I had a lot of requests to sell
And it's while the iron is hot, you have to take advantage
Limbourg is selling 248 pigeons and they are very popular
There are buyers from all over the world
But also from Russia, China, Taiwan and the United Arab Emirates
Bidding goes mostly via telephone
Prices skyrocket due to the foreigners
Belgian pigeons are worldwide seen as the absolute top
"65000 .... 65000 is the highest bid"
Yesterday we sold a pigeon for 132.000 euro
That's the most expensive pigeon ever sold in an auction. It's an incredible amount of money!
The pigeons are in the end worth 1.252.000 euro
That's an average of 5000 euro per pigeon
Not bad for Eric Limbourg, who can start again with his young pigeons