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Summary The skin of a rare Tibetan blue bear auctioned for $21,600.
The skin of a rare Tibetan blue bear killed by mountaineer Sir Edmund Hillary during his 1960s yeti hunt sold for $21,600 at a Swiss auction.It is an iconic hide which was collected by New Zealand explorer Hillary while seeking the legendary abominable snowman in the Himalayas. The buyer was a Geneva resident who was fascinated by its rarity and everything to do with Sir Edmund Hillary. The hide is considered historic because it is associated with the journey of Hillary in 1960s to find if the yeti was real or not.The seller, a Swiss collector, purchased the item at a London auction in 1978 for about $1,900.
