Ticker: Iron Throne auctions for $1.5M; Beyond Meat McNuggets make menus in France

“Game of Thrones” fans came out in droves to bid on hundreds of costumes, props and other items from the series in an auction that raked in over $21 million.

From Thursday through Saturday, the Heritage Auctions event in Dallas featured over 900 lots including suits of armor, swords and weapons, jewelry and several other items of significance from the HBO series.

The top-dollar item was the very thing the characters in the series vied for throughout its eight-season run: the Iron Throne. After a six-minute bidding war, the throne sold for $1.49 million.

The replica was made of plastic and molded from the original screen-used version, then finished off with metallic paint and jewel embellishments. In the series, the throne was forged with dragon breath that melted the swords of a thousand vanquished challengers and became a symbol of the struggle for power throughout the show’s run.

McDonald’s adds Beyond Meat McNuggets in France

McDonald’s is putting Beyond Meat’s plant-based chicken McNuggets on its French menu, marking an expansion of the El Segundo company’s European business.

The Veggie McPlant Nuggets, made from wheat and pea proteins, will be served at all of McDonald’s 1,560 restaurants in France on a permanent basis, the fast food company said.

“With a constant increase in the number of French people adopting a vegetarian or flexitarian diet, McDonald’s is responding to changing eating habits,” McDonald’s said in a press release.

Last year, the chain launched both its McPlant Nuggets and McPlant Burger, also supplied by Beyond Meat, in Germany, where they are now permanent menu items. The McPlant Burger is also on the menu to stay in the U.K., Netherlands, Austria, Baltics, Malta and Slovenia, Beyond Meat said.

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