NYC restaurateur Nello Balan got his hands on a four-pound white truffle (supposedly the "world's biggest"). Instead of serving it at his restaurant Nello, he sold it to the Russian oligarch Vladimir Potanin for $95,000. According to Forbes, Potanin is the 58th richest person in the world, so NBD. [NYP][Photo: Shutterstock]
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