Bird's feathers with a value of about 500,000 yen and updated the highest price of the auction

The bird's feather which does not contain the decoration of diamonds or pure gold is said to have been awarded at an auction with a value of about 500,000 yen added. This wing belongs to a bird that is thought to have been extinct, its rare value seemed to have been recognized, it seems that he updated the highest price as a wing feather.

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Feathers bidding for 8000 New Zealand dollar (about 500,000 yen) were those that were exhibited in New Zealand auctions, which is a price much larger than the expected price of 500 New Zealand dollars (about 30,000 yen), so far with bird feathers It was much higher than the 2,800 dollar (about 250,000 yen) of Hakutouwashi's wings at American auction which was the highest price.

This wing has not been confirmed since 1907 and is thought to be extinct bird "Huia(Hokudare Mukudori) "Things. From generation to generationMāoriIt seems that the feathers worn by the leader of this Huia were also.

Brown Huia feathers whose tip is whitening.


Maori wearing Huia's wings on his head.


Huia which seems to have been extinct by hunting for feather decoration and logging of forests.


A bidder for a wing was a collector who collects Maori items, and the seller was a person who inherited wings over generations. On the Internet, Huia feathers of unknown origin are traded, but feathers exhibited this time have been appraised by the director of the National Museum of New Zealand, and the high reliability seems reflected in the price as well.