This picture shows a snow crab, sold for a record of 46,000 USD at an auction, in Tottori city on November 7, 2019. - A Japanese bidder may be feeling the pinch after forking out 46,000 USD at auction for a snow crab -- a price that "probably set a new world record," local officials said November 7. The crab, weighing in at 1.2 kilogrammes and measuring 14.6 centimetres across, went for a final price of five million yen at the auction in western Tottori prefecture. (Photo by STR / JIJI PRESS / AFP) / Japan OUT (Photo by STR/JIJI PRESS/AFP via Getty Images)
This snow crab sold for record $46,000
A snow crab was auctioned off in Japan for a record-breaking $46,000, which is thought to be the highest-ever price paid for a snow crab.
00:57 - Source: CNN
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This picture shows a snow crab, sold for a record of 46,000 USD at an auction, in Tottori city on November 7, 2019. - A Japanese bidder may be feeling the pinch after forking out 46,000 USD at auction for a snow crab -- a price that "probably set a new world record," local officials said November 7. The crab, weighing in at 1.2 kilogrammes and measuring 14.6 centimetres across, went for a final price of five million yen at the auction in western Tottori prefecture. (Photo by STR / JIJI PRESS / AFP) / Japan OUT (Photo by STR/JIJI PRESS/AFP via Getty Images)
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