LONDON.- A rare collection of fifty-nine bottles of Château Mouton Rothschild will be offered in the Fine Wine Sale on the 7th July at Bonhams New Bond Street. The bottles are estimated to sell for £40,000 – 50,000. Spanning from 1945-2005, each bottle has been designed by a famous artist of the day. Until 1924, as in every vineyard in the Médoc, Château Mouton Rothschild wine was sold in casks to a merchant in Bordeaux who became responsible for maturing, bottling, labelling and marketing the wine. With no rights over the finished product, the owner took little interest in the appearance of the bottle. In 1924 however, Baron Philippe de Rothschild made a decision that was revolutionary at the time, to bottle the entire harvest before it left the property. With the Liberation of France, Baron Philippe conceived the idea of dedicating the vintage of 1945, to the “Year of the Victory”. He commissioned the young pa