Auction Blog

This year the auction is at The Ritz-Carlton Tokyo.

Mark Lettenbichler, Area General Manager of The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, said the auction which will feature five smaller white truffles as well as the ‘Queen Tartufo’ star fungus.

Last year, the highest bid at the Alba Truffle Auction was 208,000 US dollars for a 750 gram truffle.

White truffles grow naturally underground with tree roots in Italy. Proceeds from Sunday’s auction will go to a Tokyo-based charity.

Here is the original:
10th Annual World Alba White Truffle Auction

SPOKANE, Wash. - Top auctioneers and ring people from the U.S., Canada and the United Kingdom came together earlier this month to compete in the 20th Annual World Auction Auctioneers Championship at DAA Northwest.
Paul Behr, of the National Auto Auctioneers Association, announced the winners as:
—Champion: Danny Schorno, of Yelm, Wash.
—Top Ring Person: […]

Originally posted here:
20th Annual World Auction Auctioneers Championship