Jewels of the Sky – 163 pigeons – 3,115 euro/bird
These were the five most expensive pigeons today:
Son New Laureaat – Batenburg-VD Merwe – 17,000 EURO – Germany
Daughter Special One – Batenburg-VD Merwe – 12,200 EURO – The Netherlands
Son New Harry – Jan Hooymans – 12,000 EURO – The Netherlands
Son Gold Dust – Marcel Sangers – 10,000 EURO – Germany
Son New Bliksem – Kai Er – 9,000 EURO – China
An overview of the top ten auctions with the highest average:
Jan Hooymans – 4 pigeons – 7,700 EURO/bird
Batenburg-Van de Merwe – 10 pigeons – 5,620 EURO/bird
Jelle Jellema – 12 pigeons – 4,900 EURO/bird
Bart Geerinckx – 6 pigeons – 4,766 EURO/bird
Joel Verschoot – 8 pigeons – 3,900 EURO/bird
Erik Limbourg – 10 pigeons – 3,420 EURO/bird
Mike Ganus – 11 pigeons – 3,118 EURO/bird
Vercammen Jos – 8 pigeons – 3,100 EURO/bird
Hardy Kruger – 6 pigeons – 2,933 EURO/bird
Etienne Meirlaen – 6 pigeons – 2,916 EURO/bird
The 163 pigeons were sold to fanciers from China (31), Belgium (25), Taiwan (21), The Netherlands (19), Germany (16), Japan (15), Poland (9), the United Kingdom (7), the USA (7), Romania (4), Hungary (2), South Africa (2), Italy (1), Spain (1), France (1), Kuwait (1), and Qatar (1).