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RESULTS | NEW YORK | 1 OCTOBER 2020 | Christie’s Wine & Spirits Online New York TOTAL: $1,408,638

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RESULTS | NEW YORK | 1 OCTOBER 2020 |

Christie’s Wine & Spirits Online New York

TOTAL: $1,408,638

100% SOLD BY VALUE | 84% SOLD BY LOT

 

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LOT 45
Château Haut-Brion 1989
12 bottles per lot
Price Realized: $25,000
LOT 382
Macallan Millennium 50 Year Old
1 bottle per lot
Price Realized: $35,000
LOT 90
Petrus 1971
12 bottles per lot
Price Realized: $25,000

Results –Christie’s Wine & Spirits Online (17 September – 1 October) achieves a total of $1,408,638 with 100% sold by value and 84% sold by lot. The sale attracted 35% new registrants and witnessed global bidding across five continents.

The top lot of the sale was a bottle of Macallan Millennium 50 Year Old, distilled in January 1949, bottled in August 1999, and offered in its original presentation box, which sold for $35,000. Other notable results include cases from the celebrated 1989 vintage of Château Latour that doubled initial estimates selling for $8,124 and Château Haut-Brion which achieved $25,000. Additionally featured was a rare imperial of Jacques Prieur Montrachet 1999 created as a special request from Windows of the World, the restaurant in the north tower of the World Trade Center, that sold for $3,250. California producers also achieved impressive results including three bottles of Screaming Eagle that sold for $8,750.

Rounding out the September sale was a robust selection of whiskies, American, Irish, and Scottish. Notable results included  a bottle of Macallan, 29 Year Old 1976 that achieved $17,500, and a special bottle from Kentucky Owl with their limited edition batch blend, Dry State, marking 100 years since the start of Prohibition that sold for $1,625 with one hundred percent of proceeds designated to the National Restaurant Association’s Employee Advancement Fund.

Select Results | Christie’s Wine Online | 17 September – 1 October
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LOT 6
Château Latour 1989
12 bottles per lot
Price Realized: $8,125

 

LOT 129
Château Figeac 1998
12 bottles per lot
Price Realized: $2,500
LOT 150
Domaine de la Romanée-Conti,
Romanée-Conti 2016
1 bottle per lot
Price Realized: $16,250
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LOT 216
Screaming Eagle 2006
3 bottles per lot
Price Realized: $8,750

 

LOT 229
Scarecrow 2015
6 bottles per lot
Price Realized: $3,000
LOT 394
Macallan, 29 Year Old 1976
1 bottle per lot
Price Realized: $17,500
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LOT 499
Kentucky Owl Dry State Limited Edition Bourbon
1 bottle per lot
Price Realized: $1,625
LOT 161
Jacques Prieur, Montrachet 1999
1 imperial per lot
Price Realized: $3,250

 

LOT 148
Domaine de la Romanée-Conti, Grands-Echézeaux 2009
1 bottle per lot
Price Realized: $2,000

 

About Christie’s  

Christie’s, the world’s leading art business, had auction sales in 2019 that totalled £4.5 billion / $5.8 billion. Christie’s is a name and place that speaks of extraordinary art, unparalleled service and international expertise. Christie’s offers around 350 auctions annually in over 80 categories, including all areas of fine and decorative arts, jewellery, photographs, collectibles, wine, and more. Prices range from $200 to over $100 million. Christie’s also has a long and successful history conducting private sales for its clients in all categories, with emphasis on Post-War & Contemporary, Impressionist & Modern, Old Masters and Jewellery.

Alongside regular sales online, Christie’s has a global presence in 46 countries, with 10 salerooms around the world including in London, New York, Paris, Geneva, Milan, Amsterdam, Dubai, Zürich, Hong Kong, and Shanghai.

*Please note when quoting estimates above that other fees will apply in addition to the hammer price – see Section D of the Conditions of Sale at the back of the sale catalogue.

*Estimates do not include buyer’s premium. Sales totals are hammer price plus buyer’s premium and are reported net of applicable fees.

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