White truffle auctioned for record €184,000

Rafaela Mörzinger, 15.11.2022

A bidder from Hong Kong paid a record price of more than €180,000 for the 700 gram tuber at an auction in Italy.

700 grams of truffle pleasure: white Alba truffles of this size are extremely rare. Some gourmets are happy to pay thousands of euros for them. On Sunday 13 November, a bidder from Hong Kong paid a record sum of €184,000 for a white truffle at an auction in Rome.