Today the first part of Gerard Koopman's total sale took place. And he said goodbye with a bang! The 74 pigeons put up for sale today brought a total of € 1,349,400, or an average of € 18,235 per pigeon. On to part 2, for which you are welcome tomorrow. Viewing of the pigeons is possible from 10:30 am, the auction starts around 1:00 pm. Location: Hotel Nobis, Nobisweg 1 in Asten (Netherlands).Parts 3, 4, 5 and 6 are entirely online at www.herbots.be. The online auctions run from December 9 to 12. A more detailed report with photos will follow later.

On Saturday, the most expensive pigeons were:

Lot 9, COBY - € 180,000

Lot 52, NATIONAL POGACAR - € 99,600

Lot 53, SON GOED GRIJS - € 74,400

Lot 12, LILIANE - € 57,600

Lot 27, ARNALDO - € 57,600

Lot 19, ALBINA - € 49,200

Lot 32, ZORAN - € 43,200

Lot 13, VANIR - € 37,200

Lot 26, RANA - € 36,000

Lot 38, CALISTO - € 33. 600

Lot 23, THAISA - € 32,400

Lot 14, RATANA - € 27,600

Lot 49, SADA - € 27,600

Lot 16, OLYMPIC GAURA - € 25,200

Lot 20, BERT JUNIOR - € 25,200

Lot 3, JAN - € 24,000

Lot 51, SON DANIELA - € 24,000