Topic: food - on April 11, 2008 at 10:27:00 AM CEST
Pair of Japanese mangoes fetches 2,000 dollars
The mangoes, produced in southern Miyazaki Prefecture, were sold for 200,000 yen in the season's first auction here, an official at fruit wholesaler Tokyo Seika said. The buyer's identity was not disclosed.
The price far surpassed the previous Japanese record of 38,000 yen bid last year for a similar pair.
... Comment