Christie’s: London – Monday 15 & Thursday 18 September 2008

Oct 8th 2008
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Sale Nos: 7681 & 7607– Combined Top Ten.[All sold prices include buyer’s premium].

Sold: £1,654,775/$3,001,762/€2,094,945. Lots Sold: 1178. Lots Offered: 1238. Sold by Lot: 95%. Sold by £:98%. Exchange Rate£:=$1.814 / €1.266

Lot

Description

Estimate (£)

Purchase Price

Buyer

1238

A unique superlot of Bordeaux from the superlative millennium vintage featuring a single case of every wine in the sale at King Street, 59 dozen bottles

£45,000-55,000

£57,500

$104,305

72,795

Asia Private

595

Carruades de Lafite-Vintage 2000

25 dozen bottles

£17,500-20,000

£31,625

$57,368

40,037

UK Trade

620

Les Forts de Latour-Vintage 2000

25 dozen bottles

£17,500-20,000

£26,450

$47,980

33,486

UK Private

571

A unique superlot of Bordeaux from the superlative millennium vintage featuring a single case of every wine in the sale at South Kensington

50 dozen bottles

£11,000-15,000

£11,500

$20,861

14,559

UK Trade

572

Château Lafite-Rothschild-Vintage 2000

12 bottles

£7000-9000

£10,925

$19,818

13,831

UK Trade

967

Château Lynch-Bages-Vintage 2000

10 dozen bottles

£8000-10000

£11,730

$21,278

14,850

UK Private

797

Château Montrose-Vintage 2000

10 dozen bottles

£8000-10000

£10,638

$19,297

13,468

UK Private

597

Château Latour-Vintage 2000

12 bottles

£6000-8000

£9,200

$16,689

11,647

UK Private

599

Château Latour-Vintage 2000

12 bottles

£6000-8000

£8,625

$15,646

10,919

UK Trade

753

Clos du Marquis-Vintage 2000

25 dozen bottles

£6000-7500

£7,245

$13,142

9,172

European Private

Comment: Chris Munro, Head of Wine, Christie’s London said: “The two sales held this week in London generated huge interest throughout the fine wine world. Following tastings in Hong Kong, Paris, London and New York we witnessed active bidding from around the globe by fax, telephone and on line as well as many active bidders in the room. The combined totals reached £1,654,775 with 98% sold by value. We saw an upswing of prices for the 2000 vintage with all the first growths jumping by around 20%. Amongst many highlights Lafite Rothschild 2000 made a whopping £10,925 per case and Latour 2000 made £9,200 per dozen. The market for fine wine continues to show resilience across all levels with not just first growths showing strongly. We also witnessed a surge in demand for all wines from this famed vintage.”


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