A 750-gramme white truffle from northern Italy sold for 100,000 euros ($150,000) during an auction at the end of the 79th White Truffle Festival of Alba.
The Piedmont region, where Alba is located, is considered to have the best ‘tartufo bianco’ (white truffles) in the world.
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