Tube Magnato Pico White Truffle 3,300 punds sold to China

Yesterday the biggest white Truffle found in the Pisa's Hills, has been sold by auction and bought by a magnate from Macao Cina for an amount of 330.ooo Dollars.

Finally this history come to the end , a good end as the proceed of this sale will be given to charities : in Italy to Telethon, in China to the Caritas and in United Kindom to the Street Children Consortium.

The Auction was connected by satellite from Florence at the Palazzo Medici Ricciardi
one of the most important reanaissane and baroque monument.

The largest White Truffle in the world was found in Italy on the 1954 , is weigt was
2,5 kg, and it was donated to the President of United States Mr. Eisenhower.

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