$112,000 Truffle!
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Recently, at the 17th annual World Alba White Truffle Charity Auction, which took place in Piedmont, Italy and Philadelphia, a white truffle sold for $112,000! This truffle was about 2.5 lbs and the bidding began at $480 an ounce. White truffles have about a seven day shelf life so time was crucial. This was a fancy event with world class chefs cooking truffles and people bidding on world class truffles. One chef, Hamann, who was cooking at the event had about $20,000 worth of truffles to cook with. The Italians were much more enthusiastic about bidding on truffles than the Americans, but the auctioneer, Freeman, kept the auction going. The remaining two bidders were Giordano and Del Raso, the event chairs and Dong Zhenxiang executive chef at Da Dong Roast Duck in Beijing, China. Unfortunately this truffle did not end up in the United States and you will have to fly to Beijing and eat at Da Dong Roast Duck in the next week in order to taste it. However, the whole event raised about $60,000 for the National Italian American Foundation (NIAF).
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