(CNN) -- A Chinese buyer bid more than $1.4 million for a prized Belgian racing pigeon in an "unprecedented" sale, according to the auctioneer that organized the sale. The pigeon, named Armando, is ...

A pigeon sold for $1.4 million in an auction. That's the whole blog. Well, no it's not. He's a star racing pigeon in Belgium named Armando. Armando has set racing records — and now bidding records. It ...

Belgian-bred pigeons are known as the best in the world of pigeon racing, but even seasoned breeding families were left stunned after an anonymous Chinese buyer swooped in to buy a female pigeon named ...

Armando was described as the Lewis Hamilton of pigeons. Armando is not your ordinary pigeon. He's been called the Lewis Hamilton of pigeon racing. He's mean, lean and one of pigeon racing's (yes, that ...

Sometimes a bird in the hand is worth much, much more than two in the bush. Two Chinese bidders operating under the pseudonyms Super Duper and Hitman drove up the price of a prized Belgian racing ...

Don’t bet against the high-flying lifestyle of rare bird and sports. A buyer has bid more than $1.4 million for a champion Belgian racing pigeon in a sale, according to the auction house Pipa, which ...

A racing pigeon has sold at auction for more than £1.4 million to a mystery Chinese buyer. The three-year-old hen called New Kim was sold by Belgian auctioneers Pigeon Paradise (PIPA) in an online ...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) - New Yorkers think of pigeons a certain way. So that's why this story got our attention. Check out the price for a special pigeon at auction. Its name is New Kim, and she's ...

HALLE, Belgium — New Kim is worth her weight in gold and then some — actually much, much more. A wealthy Chinese pigeon racing fan put down a world record price of 1.6 million euros ($1.9 million) for ...

You might call him the Mike Trout of racing pigeons. A prized bird from Belgium just sold at auction for $1.4 million. The bird, named "Armando," is said to be the best long-distance racing pigeon of ...