Wine

With an unrivalled network of international salerooms, 2007 has been Christie’s Wine Department’s best year ever, realizing a global total of $71,647,944 (₤36,003,991/€52,925,868) and placing Christie’s at the front of the international wine auction markets. Christie’s is the only auctioneer to offer sales on three continents, including four European countries, the United States, and Hong Kong, providing collectors with the widest and most regular international auction schedule.

With 29 auctions in Europe sale totals soared to $44,427,157 (₤22,325,204/€32,818,050), marking an impressive 45% increase from 2006. The top lot of the year was a 12-bottle case of 1961 Hermitage, La Chapelle that sold at London- King Street for ₤123,750, setting a new world auction record for a case of Rhône wine and for any wine case sold in Europe (September 2007).

In the US, Christie’s held 10 sales totaling $27,220,787 (₤13,678,787/€20,107,818), with Christie’s Beverly Hills saleroom in California accounting for 50% of annual sales. The top lot of the year was also sold in Beverly Hills -- 30 dozen bottle cases of 1986 Château Mouton-Rothschild that realized $288,000. Christie’s first auction of spirits in New York City since Prohibition totaled $304,800, including $54,000 for a bottle of The Macallan, 1926 (December 2007).

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