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Pair of Yubari melons fetch Y1.5 mil at auction
TOKYO —
A single pair of premium melons fetched 1.5 million yen at an auction in Japan on Friday.
The winning bid was placed by a local fruit wholesaler for the first Yubari melons to go under the hammer this year at the Sapporo Central Wholesale Market in Hokkaido, officials said.
The figure—enough to buy a brand new car in Japan—is some way short of the record for the luxury fruit, which fetched 2.5 million yen last year.
High prices are the norm for the opening auction of the season and reflect buyers’ desire for prestige.
http://www.japantoday.com/category/national/view/pair-of-yubari-melons-fetch-y1-5-mil-at-auction