Insiders hadden het ergens voorspeld… en aan de hand van de voorbiedingen op PiPa, kon je het met de ‘natte vinger’ ook zo gaan aanvoelen… de verkoop Jos Thoné van afgelopen zaterdag 18 december zou wel eens enkele bestaande ‘records’ naar de prullenmand kunnen verwijzen…

Everywhere you go at the moment, everyone is talking about next Saturday, the 18th of December… because that’s when it’s going to take place… the auction of the country’s ‘nr 1’ All Round Champion…

These days there is some smoke coming out of the chimney in Knesselare… And that is partly due to the temperature which has suddenly dropped towards freezing point… one has to retrieve one’s thick jumpers and thick socks out of the cupboard.

As a result of the auction of Jos Thoné on the 18th of December 2010, the references from fanciers who have been successful with the noble Thoné pigeons have stormed in.