Carlo Gyselbrecht, co-owner of Pipa, a Belgian auction house for racing pigeons, shows a 2-year old female pigeon named New Kim after an auction in Knesselare, Belgium, Sunday, Nov. 15, 2020.New Kim was bought by an anonymous Chinese buyer, who the AP reports is said to have also bought Armando, the previous record-setter.
Super Duper ultimately flew away with the hen, who is expected to be used to breed more chicks for the pigeon-racing scene that has become popular with China's ultrawealthy.Per AP, Super Duper is said to be the same Chinese industrialist who bought Armando, another pigeon, for $1.4 million in 2019 — a sale whose record New Kim just broke. The two pigeons could be bred together, creating something of a racing-pigeon power couple.
in April 2019 that China has become the "hottest" place for pigeon racing. He said that there are about 100,000 pigeon breeders in Beijing alone.
Fair to say it flew out!
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