The Associated Press reports a Macau casino mogul bid a record $330,00 at auction Saturday to win a giant white truffle dug up in Tuscany, organizers said.
Billionaire Stanley Ho made the winning bid for the 3.3 pound truffle during an auction staged simultaneously in Florence, London and at Ho’s Grand Lisboa hotel in Macau, said auction organizer Giselle Oberti.
The price bested the previous record for a truffle of $212,000, she said.
The unusually heavy truffle was dug up last week by truffle hunter Cristiano Savini, his father Luciano and dog Rocco in Palaia, a town about 25 miles from Pisa. The Savinis said Rocco started sniffing “like crazy” when he zeroed in on the fungus.
What the f*ck? That’s just vulgar display of wealth!
that man is a billionaire. He was found on a celebrity and millionaire dating site named searchingmillionaire.com but it’s not confirmed by him yet.
I agree ruben, the money wasted on the mushroom could have gone to charity. Cleary Stanley has more money than sense.
What do they do with these truffles? Do they have a use? Or is it just something he wasted all that money on for no reason?
Vulgar displays of wealth happen all the time.