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A Dynasty of Wine: The Estate of Award-Winning Actor John Forsythe at Bonhams

NEW YORK, NY.- Bonhams announced its September 24, 2011 three-city Fine and Rare Wine auction. The first session of the sale will be held in Bonhams’ New York sale room and will be simulcast to San Francisco and Los Angeles, while its second session will be held in Bonhams San Francisco sale room, simulcast to Los Angeles and New York – in a unique auction format, well received by Bonhams clients. The highly anticipated sale will consist of important Bordeaux and Burgundy vintages, as well as a selection of wines from the Estate of award-winning stage, television and film actor John Forsythe. Forsythe was best known for his roles in three television series, spanning four decades and three genres: in the 1950s sitcom Bachelor Father, as single playboy father Bentley Gregg; as Charles “Charlie” Townsend, the unseen millionaire on the 1970s crime drama Charlie’s Angels and as Blake Carrington, patria