An employee of Pipa, a Belgian auction house for racing pigeons, shows a two-year old female pigeon named New Kim after an auction in Knesselare, Belgium, Sunday, Nov. 15, 2020. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)An employee of Pipa, a Belgian auction house for racing pigeons, shows a two-year old female pigeon named New Kim after an auction in Knesselare, Belgium, Sunday, Nov. 15, 2020. All 445 birds were put on auction and the overall sale was closing in on 5 million euros ($5.8 million). Only a decade ago, the record price for a pigeon stood at one-tenth of New Kim’s price. And the news that a pigeon can sell for $1.9 million could prompt new challengers to enter the sport.
