Acker, Merrall and Condit may have seasonally titled its first wine sale of 2012 “The Icemen Cometh,” but even in Chicago, it’s expecting a warm result. The world’s top selling wine auctioneer in 2011 will be offering 726 lots at the January 28th event, the highest valued of which is a 12-bottle assortment of 1985 Domaine de la Romanee Conti including 3 bottles of La Tache, 2 of St. Vivant-lstdc, and 3 of Echezeaux. It’s estimated at $40,000-$60,000.Not surprisingly, other DRC vintages are also among the top valued items, including a single bottle of the 1972 (est. $5,000-$7,000), a Magnum of 2005 La Tache (est. $8,000-$11,000), a single bottle of the 1990 (est. $12,000-$16,000), and a 3-bottle lot of La Tache 1990 (est. $10,000-$15,000). Rare champagnes also figure prominently, led by a 2-bottle lot Salon Vintage 1948 Le Mesnil (est.$5,000-$8,000), a 1-bottle lot of Moet & Chandon Vintage 1914 ($4,000-$6,000), and a 5-bottle lot of Taittinger Vintage 1966 (est. $4,000-$6,000).
Acker, Merrall–And The “Icemen”–In Chicago
January 27, 2012
Records Fall At Acker Merrall Hong Kong Sale
December 13, 2011The general news about Acker Merrall & Condit’s recent sale in Hong Kong was certainly upbeat: the company sold 92% of over 800 lots offered for a total of $9.09m. The specific news was even better. A superlot of 55 bottles of DRC Romanee Conti containing every vintage released between 1952 and 2007 sold for an astounding $813,333—or almost $15,000 a bottle. That was the highest price paid for a lot of wine this year, as well as the highest every paid for a lot of Romanee Conti at auction.
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Burgundy Scores Records in Hong Kong
November 7, 2011It was getting repetitive: another wine auction, more record prices for Bordeaux, so this past weekend in Hong Kong sparked a notable change when record prices were set for burgundies at the Acker Merrall & Condit auction that reaped $14.45m in two days. Nearly every lot was sold at prices exceeding expectations. The big draw was Part II of Don Stott’s burgundy collection.
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Shipwreck Champagne Pops To $43,630
June 6, 2011An online bidder in Singapore paid a world record $43,630 on Friday for a single bottle of vintage Veuve Cliquot champagne. Found in a 19th century shipwreck in the Baltic, the bottle is thought to have been produced between 1811 and 1830. It was part of a cache of 145 bottles that had been on their way to Tsar Nicholas 1. A second bottle of champagne by Juglar, a company that ceased to exist in the early 19th century, sold for $35,000 at the auction in Aland Finland.
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Rising Value of Unrestored Cars
By Malcolm Welford, Vintage Car Specialist
