ORIGINAL: AF Hunter
The Albia buck sold for 1.5 million. If I had a huge rack and a sporting goods store wanted to buy it, I would consider renting it at X dollars per year until they obtained a larger one. But outright sell it, I don't think so, but it would be hard to say for sure until the situation arose.
Sorry AF, but this is urban legend.I live very near Albiaand have an inside to the truth about the buck.That deer was sold for less than $200 thousand which included 4 Knight rifles and 4 replica mounts.One of the replicas spent some time in the hardware store 2 doors down from my business. Even huge racks are worth far less than most think.I also know of a 234" non-typical that sold 5 or 6 years ago. It got a lot of attention from collectors all over and finally a collector from Kansas bought it for $7,500. The really big money in deer racks is just not there. You can buy a 222" rack off ebay right now for $5,500.