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3 falcons fetch over $98,000 on 10th night of Saudi auction

JEDDAH: Three falcons sold for a combined SR369,000 (about $98,400) on the 10th night of the well-attended National Falcon Center Auction 2026 in Riyadh, which runs until Nov. 30. On Tuesday night, the first bird, a juvenile peregrine falcon trapped in Haradh by Fahad Sultan Al-Marri, Hamad Nafal Al-Marri and Abdullah Al-Saiari, was sold for SR118,000 after bidding opened at SR50,000. A second juvenile peregrine, trapped in Rafha by Saad and Hamad Mohammed Al-Shammari, Abdulaziz Aqla Al-Shammari