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Piguet said the buyer was a Geneva resident and the seller, a Swiss collector, purchased the item at a London auction in 1978 for about $1,900.
"He was fascinated by its rarity and everything to do with Hillary," Piguet said. "It's a blue bear from the Himalayas. But it was considered the yeti until the expedition of Sir Edmund in 1960. He went there to find out if the yeti was real or not."