Pipa Collectors Edition II English

PiPa Collectors Edition II
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Dear Pigeon Enthusiast,
In the past years PIPA auctions have grown into the most talked-about auctions in
the pigeon world. Over the past few years PIPA has innovated a lot in both
internet and public auctions, for example the introduction of the live stream of
public auctions, which enabled people from all over the world to follow a public
auction live from behind their computers. Another example is the introduction
of the interactive photo which allowed auction visitors to have a look at enlarged
pictures of the pigeon’s eye and wing. The 360° photo was also a brand-new
feature in pigeon auctions. As can be derived from its name, the 360° photo
shows a 360 degree view of the pigeon. The most recent innovation, and a very
important one to the pigeon sport, is
the introduction of the DNA profile.
PIPA is the first auction house to
introduce this profile. A first step in
its use is that for all rounds of young
birds in the 2012-2013 auction
season each youngster will be
accompanied with a DNA profile. In
the long term we intend to offer this
DNA profile for as many pigeons as
possible. When innovating we
always kept the most important
thing to us at the back of our mind,
viz. that the quality of the pigeons
offered was brought to a higher level. The selection procedure which
precedes the actual auctioning of the birds on PIPA is twofold: The first part
of the selection is based on the information provided by the fancier:
• When someone offers a proven breeding pigeon, we first ask the fancier
for the breeding details. If everything is in order the pigeon can go
through the second part of the selection procedure (see below). When a
breeder is to be auctioned we look at many aspects of the bird, for
instance its age. There is a significant difference between a seven year old
bird that has bred one good racer and a four year old bird with several top
class youngsters. The first of the two is likely not to be auctioned here,
whereas the pigeon with four good youngsters is.
• If someone wants to sell a proven racing bird we will first ask him for a
list of achievements and their dates. The dates are important to us:
fanciers would offer a five or six year old bird with an impressive list of
achievements, up until their second season. But after closer inspection
we notice that the bird in question has not won any prize or has not
bred any top class pigeons anymore after its second season. Such a
pigeon will probably not pass the selection procedure because we think
that if a bird has had the chance to prove itself in the breeding loft it
should have bred a few good birds already. If this is not the case PIPA
is not likely to auction the bird, even if it has a decent list of
achievements as a racing bird.
s
Martin Martens; one of our experts checking
the quality of the pigeon by hand.