Three falcons fetch $85,000 at Riyadh auction

RIYADH: Three falcons were sold for a total of SR319,000 ($85,000) on the 16th night of the National Falcons Center Auction in Riyadh, which runs until Nov. 30 and has drawn large crowds of falconry enthusiasts. The first falcon, a young peregrine caught in Al-Amhas, south of Hazm Al-Jalamid, by nine falcon catchers, attracted an opening bid of SR70,000 before…