Cantaloupe Melons Sell For £10,000, Two cantaloupe melons have sold for 1.4 million Yen (£10,385) in a Japanese auction.
The Yubari melons are considered a status symbol in Japan and buyers will present them as gifts to friends and colleagues.
The Yubari melons are considered a status symbol in Japan and buyers will present them as gifts to friends and colleagues.
They were bought by a fruit wholesaler on the first day of the auction.
Fruit is regularly sold for high prices in Japan. A single apple can sell for over £3 and a box of cherries has an asking price of over £66.
The melons are the third highest price ever paid for a luxury fruit brand. In 2007, another set of Yubari melon sold for 2.4 million Yen (£15,697).
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