Zachys-Christie's sets American auction record

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The Zachys-Christie's auction garnered $2,118,000, a record for US wine auctions. Many of the high-selling items were large-format bottles and exceptional vintage case lots. Competitive bidding drove the prices up.

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World record set at Millennial auction

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The wine collection of a Norwegian businessman, totalling 48,000 bottles, sold for $14.4 million in November 1999 at Sotheby's in New York, NY. $20,700 was paid for a bottle of Chateau Lafite Rothschild 1811.

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Auctions show higher volume, lower percent-sold rates

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Issues concerning the prices realized at auction for 6,000 lots of wine, valued at around $9 million, during October and November 1999. The changing price trends at wine auctions are discussed.

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