Article: Blesbok sold for R7.8 million

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A game breeder paid R7.8 million for an exotic Saddleback blesbok, Beeld reported on Monday.

The brown and white blesbok, named Top Deck, stole the limelight at the 13th Absa Kirkwood Wildlife Festival when Gamevest owner Phillip Mostert bought him.

 

[Sneeky]

Expensive biltong

 

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A game breeder paid R7.8 million for an exotic Saddleback blesbok, Beeld reported on Monday.

The brown and white blesbok, named Top Deck, stole the limelight at the 13th Absa Kirkwood Wildlife Festival when Gamevest owner Phillip Mostert bought him.

I giggled a bit ..

 

[ShaunSA]

Top Deck?

 

[Creag]

What a waste of money. I just do not see how the beast could fetch that sort of price tag.

 

[R13...]

What a waste of money. I just do not see how the beast could fetch that sort of price tag.

Lots of stupid things (signatures, locks of hair, first gun of whatever, signed books, etc) fetch very good prices for what looks like absurd reasons. It's a crazy world we live in.

 

[Albereth]

Brandy, coke and auctions don't mix.

 

[SuperBru]

Expensive biltong

You will get about 10 kgs of biltong and droewors from it. That is 780000/kg

 

[Paul Hjul]

Brandy, coke and auctions don't mix.

they mix very well for the auctioneer and party placing items on bid

 

[Rocket Raccoon]

they mix very well for the auctioneer and party placing items on bid

Tell me about it. I had a bad episode on bidorbuy once.

 

[Ancalagon]

Brandy, coke and auctions don't mix.

"I did what last night???"

 

[froot]

Seems people are missing the point.

Breeding stock go for a heck of a lot of money because of their good or rare genes.
On something like this, the investment is paid off in two to three years (three for a buck, or 1.5-2 for a buffalo).
Last year a breeding buffalo bull went for around R45m.