This article first appeared on RNZ.
Three special feathers have been sold at an auction in Auckland for more than $10,000 each.
Webb’s head of decorative arts, Leah Morris said one rare huia feather sold for $19,000, another went under the hammer for thirteen thousand and the third for $10,000.
Morris said a buyer was still negotiating over the sale of a fourth feather and a fifth was sold privately for $5000.
Interest in the extinct native bird’s feathers has soared since a single feather sold at Webb’s earlier this year for a record $46,521 - making the feather the most expensive in the world, and more expensive than gold.
- RNZ
