LOS ANGELES, CA.- Bonhams & Butterfields announced its summer Wine auction on June 18, 2011 in San Francisco, simulcast to Los Angeles. The sale, which will consist of numerous fine and rare wines, features several collections of important Bordeaux and…
1966 Romanee Conti Case Expected to Bring $85,000+ at Heritage-Martin Joint Wine Auction
BEVERLY HILLS, CA.- A full wood case of 1966 Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Romanée-Conti is estimated to bring $85,000+as the highlight lot from the superb collection of an American financier in the Heritage and Greg Martin Auctions joint Signature® …
19th Annual High Museum Atlanta Wine Auction Nets $1.7 Million
ATLANTA, GA.- In its 19th year, the 2011 High Museum Atlanta Wine Auction reached a Live Auction total of more than $1.125 million and a Silent Auction total $158,100. Silent auctions under the tents on Saturday, March 26, coupled with a Paddle Raise d…
Inaugural Wine Auction Realizes $1.65+ Million at Heritage Auctions
BEVERLY HILLS, CA.- An Imperial of Chateau Lafite Rothschild 1982 brought $28,680 as the top lot of Heritage Auctions’ $1.65+ million Inaugural Signature® Wine Auction, April 1, held at the company’s Beverly Hills location, 9478, West Olympic Boul…
California Love: More than 70 Years of Napa Wines to Highlight June Auction
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- Bonhams & Butterfields announced the summer Wine auction on June 18, 2011 in San Francisco, simulcast to Los Angeles. The sale, consisting of numerous fine and rare wines, will feature several collections of important Bordeaux and B…
High Museum of Art Appoints Kimberly Watson New Director of Museum Advancement
ATLANTA, GA.- Michael E. Shapiro, the Nancy and Holcombe T. Green, Jr. Director of the High Museum of Art, announces that the Museum has appointed Kimberly Watson as the new Director of Museum Advancement. Watson will oversee the High’s advancemen…
Sotheby’s to Offer The Greatest Collection of Domaine de la Romanée Conti and White Burgundy
HONG KONG.- Sotheby’s April wine auctions in Hong Kong will present the most important collection of fine and rare wines to have appeared as a single sale at Sotheby’s for over a decade – The Ultimate Cellar, which will be auctioned over two…
Christie’s Hong Kong Completes First Day of Two-Day Wine Sale with HK$53m/US$6.8m
HONG KONG.- Christie’s Hong Kong started the Spring season with its sale of Finest and Rarest Wines (Part I ) on Friday, 4th March 2011, with 91% of its lots sold, totalling HK$53,023,000/US$6,808,179. The two top lots of the day were both La…
Asians Toast Lloyd Webber’s Wines in $5.6 Million Sale
HONG KONG (REUTERS).- Some $5.6 million worth of fine wines from the cellars of British composer Andrew Lloyd Webber were hammered off in a sale at Sotheby’s Hong Kong on Saturday amid ebullient demand from Asian and online bidders. With the former Bri…
Sale of the Magnificent Cellar of Marcus D. Hiles Realised a Total of US$6.4 Million
HONG KONG.- Robert Sleigh, Sotheby’s Head of Wine, Asia, “Sotheby’s Hong Kong saleroom was filled to capacity today as we completed our eighth consecutive 100%-sold wine auction in Asia in the last 18 months. What was most exciting about…