Recently Armando the racing pigeon received a record bid of $1.4 million at auction! Armando is considered one of the fastest long distance racing pigeons of all time.
Before Armando the record sale for a pigeon was $427,00, but Armando is not like other birds. There were two Chinese bidders that drove up the price within the last hour of the auction. The highest bid was sitting at $603,000 then shot up over an aggressive show of bidding to $1.4 million.
The breeder who put Armando up for auction has sold a total of 178 pigeons for more than $2.5 million. Seven of those pigeons being Armando's offspring!
Discover Estevan has it's own auction going on right now. No pigeons available for sale, instead a plethora of great items from local businesses from around the area!
Tue, May 7, 4:45 PM
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