The huia bird feather, which was expected to sell for up to $3,000 NZD ($1,830), smashed the estimate on Monday to become the world’s most expensive feather ever sold, Webb’s Auction House said.

A feather of the extinct huia songbird just sold in New Zealand for about $28,000. That makes it worth about $3,153 per gram, or 40 times as much as gold's $77 per gram in New Zealand.

A single plume from the extinct huia bird has sold for a record sum at auction in New Zealand making it the most expensive feather ever. Bonnie Malkin in Sydney 22 June 2010 • 2:30pm .

Rare feather of extinct New Zealand bird fetches $28,000 at auction, making it the most expensive in the world The previous record sale of a feather also belonged to another huia feather that sold ...

A rare feather from New Zealand’s extinct huia bird has been auctioned for a staggering $46,521 (A$42,980), setting a new world record for the most expensive feather ever sold.

Huia was last spotted in wild in 1907. Arpan Rai. Wednesday 22 May 2024 13:38 BST. Comments. Māori Party co-leader performs Haka in parliament. Your support helps us to tell the story.

There is growing international interest in the resurrection of some of New Zealand's extinct birds, including the moa, Haast's eagle and huia, despite Māori concerns.

A single feather of the now extinct New Zealand huia bird has set a world record after being sold for NZD$46,521.50 ($28,417, £22,409) at an auction.

Rare feather of extinct New Zealand bird fetches $28,000 at auction, making it the most expensive in the world The previous record sale of a feather also belonged to another huia feather that sold ...