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Guest HighSpeedLofts
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This pigeon was bought for 350.000 dutch guilders or nearly 126.000 pounds  by louella thats all th information i have on this bird  does anyone know what strain it was and who raced it

Guest HighSpeedLofts
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iv got a direct daughter of it on one of my pedigrees 3 generations away from th birds i bought is this too far away bred out? do you know anything of its racing

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this is one of his descendants .i dont have him any more as he escaped not long after i bought him

Guest HighSpeedLofts
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nice bird shame to loose it iv still not let mine out nearly a year on  ;D

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Invincible Spirit I think if memory serves me aright.  Louis paid £77K for Smaragd I, £107K for Smaragd II, £125K for VHB, and a little less for another Barcelona winner.  Michael will tell you if you email him or catch him on the phone.  I handled all those early Aces on my visits, but Smaragd II was (to my mind) the best of them all. A very intelligent bird.  Most of the expensive birds and their history used to be on the LPW web pages, probably still is.  Owned/Raced by Mynheer Biemens.

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i thought this pigeon was the highest priced pigeon

 

‘BEN’

 

As for the great long distance I do not need to think long, the best

 

is a cock from 1998 called ‘Ben’ (98-361048) raced by Ben Robert from France.

 

His performances in 2 day races were incredible but what makes this bird even more special is that in some races its location was far from good.

 

Ben Robert lives west and when the wind is west as well it is not possible to win a top prize.

 

But ’Ben’ won top prizes even when the wind was against him. What makes this bird also special is the fact that it performed in all circumstances.

 

Rain, hot, tailwinds, headwinds, to ‘Ben’ it hardly made any difference.  

 

Its main performances:

 

-        2001.

 

Barcelona National (France)  1,590 p – 3rd

 

-        2003.

 

Barcelona National 1,835 p – 2nd.  International 20,204 p – 20th.

 

Perpignan National 1,514 p – 3rd.  International 16,800 p – 3rd .

 

-        2004.

 

Barcelona National 1st.                  International  24,914 p – 5th

 

Perpignan National 5th                   International 20th

 

Guest JonesyBhoy
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Im sure that record has now been broken..

 

I recall reading something in the BHW not too long ago..

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BEN was sold by Robert Ben (Calais) for  200,000 Euros.   Ludo Claessens recently sold Jeune Supercrack for 110,000 Euros roughly £100,000.  It is mentioned in today's BHW page 37. Pigeon Rit.

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BEN was sold by Robert Ben (Calais) for  200,000 Euros.

 

just?? pocket money1!!!! think id faint if i got that for a bird

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Jos Thorne recently sold Avril for 130,000 euro. Worlds highest price for a yb was suncity ace pigeon Birdy purchased by mark kitchenbrand from sth Africa for 90,000 euro, hope this helps.

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didn't a South African pay mega money for a one loft race winner a couple of years back. Can't recall the figure but thought that was the word record amount

Guest G.Drysdale + son
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I know it's not the most expensive but in Blackpool this year we went to an auction and the seller somebody called Fox (i think) had 50 birds all for auction they all sold cheapest £100 upto £2500 a tidy wee lift.

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was the record broken for a bird sold to Japan / China ? a year or so back?

 

yes, it was super ben of robert ben calais. as mentioned above .i think it worked out at about £150,000. got the story here in a pictorial, knock on the door one day guy standing there with a suitcase full of money, robert tells him no and sends him on his way, his kids manage to change his mind and go after the bloke, the rest is history as they say.

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the cock on the right is a double grand son of inv. spirit he's also a double grand son of intelt de joop(the only dtr of de joop in uk) de joop is  the grand father of inv. spirit.the photo don't do him any justice.

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the cock on the right is a double grand son of inv. spirit he's also a double grand son of intelt de joop(the only dtr of de joop in uk) de joop is  the grand father of inv. spirit.the photo don't do him any justice.

 

nice birds.....  ;)

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