Mongolian falcon fetches record SR1.4m at Riyadh auction

JEDDAH: A Mongolian falcon sold for SR1.4 million ($373,000), setting a record at the Mongolian falcons auction during the International Saudi Falcons and Hunting Exhibition in Riyadh. The sale took place on the auction’s fifth night, when three juvenile saker falcons fetched a combined SR1.651 million. The first bird sold for SR151,000 and the second for SR100,000. Bidding for the third opened at SR100,000 before reaching SR1.4 million, making it the most expensive falcon sold at the auction to