Nikolaas Gyselbrecht founded PIPA in 2000. Over the past few years, PIPA has gone through several serious changes, making it today's number one news and auction platform when it comes to racing pigeons. By clicking the timelime below and enlarging it, you can swiftly browse through all milestones PIPA has celebrated since its establishment in 2000.
Quickly making a name for itself as a reliable auction house in which customer satisfaction comes first, PIPA had the opportunity of organising many first-class online and public auctions in the past few years. This is a list of the most successful auctions ever held in pigeon business, organised by PIPA:
1. Hok Van de Wouwer November 2020 Online € 9,551,200 2. Gaby Vandenabeele November 2018 Online € 6,582,500 3. Leo Heremans May 2013 Online € 4,346,500 4. Gino Clicque December 2020 Online € 3,107,550 5. Batenburg-Van de Merwe January 2023 Online € 2,730,050 6. Joël Verschoot March 2019 Online € 2,401,100 7. Dirk Van Dyck October 2023 Online € 2,265,500
8. Gino Clicque March 2017 Online € 2,145,000 9. Pieter Veenstra January 2012 Online € 1,899,300 10. Gaston Van de Wouwer October 2014 Online € 1,542,800 Secondly, below is a list of most expensive pigeons ever sold in an online auction, all of these pigeons were sold through PIPA auctions:
1. New Kim € 1,600,000 (Hok Van de Wouwer) 2. Armando € 1,252,000 (Joël Verschoot) 3. Maria € 700,000 (Hok Van de Wouwer) 4. Golden New Kim € 600,000 (Hok Van de Wouwer) 5. Victory Best Kittel € 510,000 (PIPA Breeding - Victoria Falls) 6. New General € 404,000 (Kurt & Raf Platteeuw) 7. Mother New Kim € 400,000 (Hok Van de Wouwer) 8. Diamond Kim € 390,000 (Hok Van de Wouwer) 9. New Bliksem € 376,000 (Gaby Vandenabeele) 10. Golden Prince € 360,000 (Gino Clicque) Thirdly, the PIPA auctions with the highest average price per bird (only auctions that included unraced young birds):
1. PIPA Elite Center 40,900 EUR/bird - 5 birds - May 2021 2. PIPA Elite Center 36,225 EUR/bird - 8 birds - January 2021 3. PIPA Elite Center 20,038 EUR/bird - 8 birds - December 2021 4. Gaby Vandenabeele 18,765 EUR/bird - 17 birds - January 2017 5. Gaby Vandenabeele 15,030 EUR/bird – 10 birds – June 2015 6. PIPA Breeding 14,920 EUR/bird - 10 birds - April 2021 7. Bart Geerinckx 14,350 EUR/bird – 10 birds – January 2016 8. PIPA Elite Center 13,170 EUR/bird - 10 birds - June 2017 9. Gaby Vandenabeele 11,425 EUR/bird - 24 birds - January 2016 10. PIPA Elite Center 11,333 EUR/bird - 12 birds - August 2020 11. Kai Er 10,504 EUR/bird - 25 birds - December 2019 12. PIPA Breeding Loft 10,500 EUR/bird - 4 birds - May 2020 13. Bart Geerinckx 10,238 EUR/bird - 8 birds - December 2016 14. Gaby Vandenabeele 9,175 EUR/bird - 20 birds - June 2016 15. Gaby Vandenabeele 9,000 EUR/bird - 6 birds - January 2018 16. PIPA Elite Center 8,350 EUR/bird - 12 birds - April 2019 17. Bart Geerinckx 8,320 EUR/bird – 10 birds – February 2015 18. Mike Ganus 8,200 EUR/bird - 7 birds - June 2019 19. Jan Hooymans 8,050 EUR/bird – 10 birds – March 2014 20. Jan Hooymans 7,745 EUR/bird - 11 birds - March 2017
Finally, the most exclusive birds each season are sold in our Jewels Of The Sky auctions. Here are the sales with the highest average price per bird:
1. Pieter Veenstra 2013-2014: 15.900 € / pigeon (6 pigeons in auction) 2. Pieter Veenstra 2012-2013: 13.880 € / pigeon (5 pigeons in auction) 3. SG Jung-Jupid 2011-2012: 12.240 € / pigeon (5 pigeons in auction) 4. Cleirbaut-Van Riet 2014-2015: 12.220 € / pigeon (5 pigeons in auction) 5. Gaston van de Wouwer 2011-2012: 10.640 € / pigeon (10 pigeons in auction) 6. Bart Geerinckx 2014-2015 – 10.633€ / pigeon (6 pigeons in auction) 7. Koopman C&G 2010-2011: 10.620 € / pigeon (5 pigeons in auction) 8. SG Jung-Jupd 2013-2014: 10.060 € / pigeon (5 pigeons in auction) 9. Koopman C&G 2011-2012: 9.600 € / pigeon (12 pigeons in auction) 10. Pieter Veenstra 2010-2011: 9.600 € / pigeon (5 pigeons in auction) 11. C&G Koopman 2009-2010: 9.000 € / pigeon (10 pigeons in auction) 12. F&J Vandenheede 2009-2010: 8.413 € / pigeon (11 pigeons in auction) 13. Ludo Claessens 2006-2007: 8.360 € / pigeon (10 pigeons in auction) 14. SG Jung-Jupid 2010-2011: 8.160 € / pigeon (5 pigeons in auction) 15. Jan Hooymans 2016-2017: 7.966 € / pigeon (6 pigeons in auction) 16. Ludo Claessens 2007-2008: 7.750 € / pigeon (12 pigeons in auction) 17. Jan Hooymans 2019-2020: 7.700 € / pigeon (4 pigeons in auction) 18. Bart Geerinckx 2020-2021 – 7.666€ / pigeon (6 pigeons in auction) 19. Rudi De Saer 2015-2016: 7.644 € / pigeon (9 pigeons in auction) 20. Bart Geerinckx 2016-2017: 7.466 € / pigeon (9 pigeons in auction) 21. Jan Hooymans 2010-2011: 7.320 € / pigeon (5 pigeons in auction) 22. Jos Thoné 2009-2010: 7.140 € / pigeon (5 pigeons in auction) 23. Erik Limbourg 2013-2014: 6.950 € / pigeon (6 pigeons in auction) 24. Pieter Veenstra 2014-2015: 6.840 € / pigeon (5 pigeons in auction) 25. Claessens Ludo 2005-2006: 6.550 € / pigeon (10 pigeons in auction) 26. Koopman C&G 2012-2013: 6.325 € / pigeon (8 pigeons in auction) 27. Batenburg-Van de Merwe 2013-2014: 6.275 € / pigeon (8 pigeons in auction) 28. Jan Hooymans 2012-2013: 6.180 € / pigeon (10 pigeons in auction) 29. Sakis Minovgioudis 2016-2017: 6.100 € / pigeon (4 pigeons in auction) 30. Hok Jos Vercammen 2016-2017: 5.875 € / pigeon (8 pigeons in auction 31. Jan Hooymans – 5.816 € / pigeon (6 pigeons in auction) 32. Roosen Pros 2009-2010: 5.780 € / pigeon (5 pigeons in auction) 33. Batenburg-Van de Merwe 2019-2020: 5.620 € / pigeon (10 pigeons in auction) 34. Jan Hooymans 2014-2015: 5.612 € / pigeon (8 pigeons in auction) 35. Jan Hooymans 2015-2016: 5.500 € / pigeon (6 pigeons in auction) 36. Hardy Kruger 2016-2017: 5.500 € / pigeon (6 pigeons in auction) 37. Geerinckx Bart 2014-2015: 5.316 € / pigeon (6 pigeons in auction) 38. Stefaan Lambrechts 2020-2021: 5.200 € / pigeon (2 pigeons in auction) 39. Koopman C&G 2008-2009: 5.110 € / pigeon (10 pigeons in auction) 40. Batenburg-Van de Merwe 2014-2015: 5.100 € / pigeon (4 pigeons in auction)