Tag Archive: Sotheby’s
Whisky Advocate: Auction Update
The June auction market got off to an impressive start, with a bottle of Yamazaki 55 year old selling at the highest hammer price of the year, thanks to a $200,000 bid at Bonhams Skinner, Massachusetts. Continue reading →
Posted in News on June 26, 2025Wine Spectator: An Impressive Auction From The Cellar Of The Counterfeit Crusader
William “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. Continue reading →
Posted in News on June 9, 2025Whisky Advocate: Whisky Auctions Boom In October
October was a monster month for whisky auctions: It’s the fourth month of the year where the 20 highest single bottle hammer prices exceeded $1 million, joining April, June, and July. Continue reading →
Posted in News on November 6, 2024News Briefs for October 9, 2023
•Sotheby’s recently announced it will sell what it hopes will be the most valuable wine collection ever to come to the auction market, encompassing 25,000 bottles from the private collection of Taiwanese businessman and art collector Pierre Chen. Continue reading →
Posted in News on October 9, 2023News Briefs for March 13, 2023
•Bacardi has announced a number of global leadership changes. Pete Carr, who moves into the previously announced role of global growth officer on April 1, will add leadership of Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) to his responsibilities. Continue reading →
Posted in News on March 13, 2023Sotheby’s Wine and Spirits Auction Sales Set New Company Record
Sotheby’s worldwide auction sales of wine and spirits reached $150 million in 2022, up 14% from the previous year’s $132 million and setting a new record for the New York-based auction house. Continue reading →
Posted in News on December 21, 2022
