NEW YORK, Dec. 21, 2017 /PRNewswire/ --
- Top Lot:
- The Macallan In Lalique Legacy Collection
- Sold for $987,994, A Record For A
Whisky Lot At Auction
- Top Wine Lot:
- 12 bottles Vosne Romanée, Cros Parantoux, Henri Jayer 1990
- Sold For $156,825
- 25% Of Lots Under $1,000
- 6 Single-Owner Sales
- Over 60 Events and Tastings In 19 Cities
- Buyers From 50 Countries
- 24% Of Bidders New To Sotheby's
- 20% Of Lots Sold Online
- 64% Of Lots Sold Exceed High Estimate
- Expanded Team in New York
& Hong Kong
- Single-Owner Sales Planned In NY, HK, and London In 2018
- Retail Sales Up Over 50% On A Same-Store Basis
- Sales Of Sotheby's Champagne Up 60%
Today Sotheby's announces global wine auction sales for 2017 of
$63,832,387.
Jamie Ritchie, Worldwide Head of
Sotheby's Wine, commented: "2017 was a very strong year for
Sotheby's Wine in which we delivered great results across both our
retail and auction businesses at a time of market stability. All
vintages of Red Burgundy, from the best growers, as well as mature
wines, that are ready to drink, from all regions all over the world
continue to be the main areas of growth, with demand from
collectors around the world driving outstanding prices. Our
highpoints this year included the recording-breaking sale of The
Macallan in Lalique Legacy
Collection, the Cellars of Don Stott
and Park B. Smith, and robust growth
in our retail and online stores. We look forward to building on
this success and rolling out new digital products and an expanded
range of services in 2018."
Auction Sales
New York
|
$22,948,780
|
Hong Kong
|
$24,503,078
|
London
|
$16,380,529
|
TOTAL
|
$63,832,387
|
Sotheby's Wine Market Report offering an in-depth analysis of
the market will be published mid-January.
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art since 1744. Sotheby's became the first international auction
house when it expanded from London
to New York (1955), the first to
conduct sales in Hong Kong (1973)
and France (2001), and the first
international fine art auction house in China (2012). Today, Sotheby's presents
auctions in eight different salesrooms, including New York, London, Hong
Kong and Paris, and
Sotheby's BidNow program allows visitors to view all auctions live
online and place bids in real-time from anywhere in the world.
Sotheby's offers collectors the resources of Sotheby's Financial
Services, the world's only full-service art financing company, as
well as private sale opportunities in more than 70 categories,
including S|2, the gallery arm of Sotheby's Contemporary Art
department, as well as Sotheby's Diamonds and Sotheby's Wine.
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*Estimates do not include buyer's premium and prices achieved
include the hammer price plus buyer's premium.
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Dan Abernethy |
Dan.Abernethy@Sothebys.com |
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