FINE AND RARE WINES ONLINE: FEATURING THE RENOWNED CELLAR OF AN AMERICAN COLLECTOR TOTAL: $1,421,438
LOS ANGELES – Christie’s Fine and Rare Wines Online: Featuring the Renowned Cellar of an American Collector totaled $1,421,438, with 96% sold by lot and 104% hammer above low estimate. There was global participation with registered bidders from 16 countries and 31% first-time registrants. Throughout the sale several auction records were set.
The auction featured over 700 lots from the greatest winemaking regions around the globe, the top lot of the sale was a Magnum Domaine Armand Rousseau, Chambertin 1978 which sold for $25,000.
Other notable results were achieved for a Château Mouton-Rothschild 2000, (Lot 104, 12 bottles per lot) which sold for $23,750 and Petrus 1987 ( Lot 119, 12 bottles per lot) which achieved $23,750.
A number of auction records were achieved in the sale including a Pommery Brut, 1945 which sold for 9 times over its expected low estimate ( lot 6, 1 bottle per lot).
Chris Munro, Head of Department, Wine and Spirits, Christie’s Americas, commented: “Our opening sale of 2023 was a resounding success with a record number of participants for an online wine sale. We were particularly pleased with the results for the Renowned Cellar of an American Collector which was 100% sold by lot. Elsewhere we witnessed strong prices for rare Champagne with several new world records.”
RECORDS
Lot 6 – 1 bottle - Pommery, Brut 1945 Price Realized $4,750
Lot 7 – 1 bottle - Louis Roederer, Rosé 1959 Price Realized $4,750
Lot 12 – 2 bottles - Pol Roger, Extra Cuvée de Reserve 1961 Price Realized $8,125
Lot 18 – 6 bottles - Pol Roger, Cuvée Sir Winston Churchill 1985 Price Realized $5,250
Lot 19 – 5 bottles - Louis Roederer, Cristal 1986 Price Realized $2,750
Lot 87 – 11 bottles - Les Forts de Latour 1982 Price Realized $5,625
Lot 253 – 1 magnum - Domaine Armand Rousseau, Chambertin 1978 Price Realized $25,000
Lot 487 – 2 magnums - Vega Sicilia, Unico 1995 Price Realized $4,000
Lot 531 – 9 bottles - Shafer Vineyards, Hillside Select, Cabernet Sauvignon 1985 Price Realized $2,125
Lot 704 – 2 bottles - Taylor 1912 Price Realized $3,000
