10th Annual World Alba White Truffle Auction
Published November 9th, 2008
This year the auction is being held at The Ritz-Carlton Tokyo.
Mark Lettenbichler, Area General Manager of The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, said the auction which will feature five smaller white truffles as well as the ‘Queen Tartufo’ star fungus.
Last year, the highest bid at the Alba Truffle Auction was 208,000 US dollars for a 750 gram truffle.
White truffles grow naturally underground with tree roots in Italy. Proceeds from Sunday’s auction will go to a Tokyo charity.
