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'Messi' of pigeon racing sells for €1.25m

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The bird called Armando was sold by auction house Pipa for €1,252,000 after a two-week online bidding war

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It also beat the record offline price of €500,000 paid for a pigeon named Mr Fantastic, Mr Gyselbrecht said. But the price, already a record, was pushed up by about €700,000 by two Chinese fanciers in the final hour of the auction."We were hoping for four or five hundred thousand, and maybe a little bit dreaming of six."A number of his offspring were sold for five-figure sums in the same auction.

 

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There was something in the air that night/ He took a shite/ Armandooooo

Makes today seem ok again, thks! Lol

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