The first mangoes of the season have sold for a record-breaking $50,000 at a charity auction in Sydney.
A group of local green-grocers forked out the whopping price for a tray of the lucious Top End treats, pummeling into a pulp the previous record of $40,000 set in 2009.
It means each of the mangoes sold on Wednesday were worth $4166 each - a far cry from 2008, when the entire first tray went for just $7000 as global financial markets were pulverised.
The auction result also means a juicy pay-day for The Cancer Council Australia and the Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia which share the fruits of the green-grocers' generosity.
NSW Premier Barry O'Farrell and Primary Industries Minister Katrina Hodgkinson were among those who watched wide-eyed as the bid price rocketed at Sydney Markets, Flemington.
"It's been an absolutely amazing morning," Ms Hodgkinson told AAP.
Mango growers say the bumper price in Sydney signals a decent season ahead, with 50,000 tonnes of the fruit set to be harvested in the months ahead.
The first tray of mangoes sold for $30,000 in 2011 and 2010.
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