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Case of Romante-Conti Sells for £74,000 at Bonhams Summer Fine Wine Sale

LONDON.- Enthusiastic bidding from international buyers resulted in a superb result at Bonhams Fine Wine Sale on July 7th, which realised over £910,000 with 93% sold by value. Top price was for a case of 12 bottles of 1988 Romanee- Conti which sold for £74,750 to a UK buyer. Six bottles of 1985 Romanee-Conti sold for £50,600 to a South American buyer and a case of 1966 La Tache sold for £16,100, this time to a North American buyer. One of the highlights of the sale, a collection of fifty-nine bottles of Château Mouton Rothschild, from 1945-2004, sold for £52,900. The label for each vintage of the wine was designed by a famous artist of the day, including Picasso, Dali, Warhol and Miro. Other top lots of the sale included current market favourites, Chateau Mouton Rothschild and Chateau Lafite Rothschild – a dozen bottles of 1959 Chateau Mouton Rothschild sold for £18,400 and five cases of Chateau Lafite