Tuber magnatum pound ($2200–$4800 per kg); as of December 2009 they were being sold at $14,203.50 per kilogram. In November 1999, what was then the largest truffle in the world was found near Buje, Croatia. The truffle weighed and was entered in the "Guinness Book of Records". The record price paid for a single white truffle was set in December 2007, when Macau casino owner Stanley Ho paid $330,000 (£165,000) for a specimen weighing . One of the largest truffles found in decades, it was unearthed near Pisa, Italy, and sold at an auction held simultaneously in Macau, Hong Kong, and Florence.
Rice Lake Weighing Systems became Rice Lake Bearing Inc. in 1971, as the company began to offer refurbishing services for pivots and bearings. In 1981, Donald B. and his son Mark became sole owners of the company. In 1986, the company changed its name to Rice Lake Weighing Systems. Today, Rice Lake Weighing Systems is the largest employer in the city of Rice Lake, WI with over 600 employees The Rice Lake Weighing Systems corporate headquarters, primary manufacturing facility and NVLAP accredited metrology lab are located in Rice Lake, Wisconsin. Rice Lake Weighing Systems acquired Powell Scale in 2005. The facility in Jasper is