White Truffle Auction

The 1st December 2007 sees the annual International Truffle Auction in Florence in Palazzo Medici Riccardi.

The event is linked by satellite to bidders, restaurants, celebrities and the curious from around the world.   

Truffles have become status symbols and this year it seems the truffle find of the century will be up for grabs.    

Those in the know have declared that a white truffle between 800 gr and 1.5 kilos has been dug up near San Miniato, province of Pisa, Tuscany.

Although even this is dwarfed by the biggest truffle ever found, in the same zone in 1954.

If it enters the bidding the prevision is for a price 100k-200k euros even if the going rate is 6000 per kilo for much smaller versions.

The biggest truffle ever found.