A racing pigeon was bought at auction last Sunday – and the price tag was nothing to coo at. New Kim, a Belgian-bred racing pigeon, was sold for $1.9 million to a wealthy Chinese bidder under the ...

HALLE, Belgium (AP) — New Kim is worth her weight in gold and then some — actually much, much more. A wealthy Chinese pigeon racing fan put down a record price of 1.6 million euros ($1.9 million) for ...

At the Braintree/Norwood Racing Pigeon Club, enthusiasts train and race birds up to 600 miles, carrying on a time-honored tradition ...

A pigeon sold for a record-breaking $1.9 million in China in November 2020, making it the most that a racing pigeon has ever been sold for. Messenger pigeons were used across ancient Egypt and Rome, ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — You’ve probably heard of racing boats, cars, and horses but what about racing pigeons? Well, one Hawaii pigeon racer said he does just that, and he isn’t the only one. Racing ...

Sometimes a bird in the hand is worth much, much more than two in the bush. Two Chinese bidders operating under the pseudonyms Super Duper and Hitman drove up the price of a prized Belgian racing ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Pigeon racing enthusiast Matt Wiesbrock ...

An age-old hobby in Western Europe identified with working-class men now has a new, elitist foreign lease on life: A wealthy Chinese pigeon racing fan put down a record price of $1.9 million for New ...

New Kim, a two-year old female racing pigeon, sold for $1.9 million. A wealthy Chinese pigeon racing fan paid the record price for the Belgian-bred bird. It was proof again that an age-old hobby in ...