Wine Spectator: An Impressive Auction From The Cellar Of The Counterfeit Crusader
June 9, 2025William “Bill” Koch, who amassed a 43,000-bottle cellar of rare wines and then launched a crusade of litigation to stamp out sales of counterfeits, has consigned nearly 7,800 bottles from his collection to Christie’s, which will conduct a three-day auction of the wines June 12 to 14.
This is Koch’s second major sale. In 2016, Sotheby’s New York auctioned off 20,000 bottles in a three-day sale that fetched a staggering $21.9 million, topping the presale high estimate of $15 million by 46%. Wine Spectator has the full story.
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