Une plume extr\u00eamement rare a \u00e9t\u00e9 adjug\u00e9e aux ench\u00e8res plus de 26.000 euros. Une somme in\u00e9dite pour un \u201cobjet\u201d de cette nature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Cette plume de huia, un oiseau n\u00e9o-z\u00e9landais historique dont l\u2019esp\u00e8ce s\u2019est \u00e9teinte au d\u00e9but du XXe si\u00e8cle, p\u00e8se \u00e0 peine 9 grammes. Elle a \u00e9t\u00e9 propos\u00e9e au plus offrant lors d\u2019une vente aux ench\u00e8res \u00e0 Auckland par la maison Webb\u2019s et adjug\u00e9e 46.521 dollars locaux, soit 26.117 euros, soit 5.169 dollars NZ le gramme (2.900 euros). En comparaison, l\u2019or 24 carats ne co\u00fbte que 71,45 euros le gramme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
La maison de vente aux ench\u00e8res Webb\u2019s avait tabl\u00e9 sur une estimation beaucoup plus modeste, entre 2.000 et 3.000 dollars NZ (entre 1.120 et 1.685 euros). <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Le pr\u00e9c\u00e9dent record en la mati\u00e8re concernait toutefois d\u00e9j\u00e0 une plume de cette esp\u00e8ce \u00e9teinte: en 2010, un exemplaire authentique avait en effet atteint 8.400 dollars NZ (4.720 euros), relate HLN.be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Le huia, une esp\u00e8ce de passereau, a \u00e9t\u00e9 aper\u00e7u pour la derni\u00e8re fois en 1907. Ses plumes \u00e9taient d\u00e9j\u00e0 sacr\u00e9es chez les Maoris, la population autochtone originelle de l\u2019archipel n\u00e9o-z\u00e9landais. Leur valeur a encore augment\u00e9 davantage \u00e0 l\u2019arriv\u00e9e des colons europ\u00e9ens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
L\u2019acheteur, dont l\u2019identit\u00e9 n\u2019a pas \u00e9t\u00e9 r\u00e9v\u00e9l\u00e9e, est un collectionneur priv\u00e9. Plusieurs conditions avaient \u00e9t\u00e9 fix\u00e9es, pr\u00e9alablement \u00e0 la mise en vente. La plume ne peut notamment pas quitter le territoire national sans l\u2019autorisation du minist\u00e8re de la Culture et du Patrimoine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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