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Fine wine market in ‘recovery mode’A series of successful auctions and improved fine wine pricing shows that investors are regaining their thirst for top Bordeaux.
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Extra lots unveiled for El Bulli auctionBidders at an auction of wines from famed Catalan restaurant El Bulli will now also have the chance to secure lunch with chef Ferran Adria and a selection of memorabilia.
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UK government to auction top wines from official cellarThe UK Government will auction wines from its official cellar for the first time, selling off valuable wines that are 'approaching or are at peak drinking'.
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‘Stupendous’ Vega Sicilia collection goes under the hammerA 'stupendous' selection of Vega Sicilia wines shipped direct from the legendary producer's cellars is to be auctioned by Sotheby's in Hong Kong early next month.
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French government auctions Elysee Palace cellarThe French government is due to auction off 1,200 bottles of its 12,000-strong official wine cellar.
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Petrus tops Hugh Johnson cellar auctionOrganisers have said they are 'very pleased' with the auction of Hugh Johnson's wine cellar, which fetched hammer price sales of £88,000.
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Elysee Palace wine sale fetches nearly triple estimateThe public auction of Eylsee Palace wines saw frenzied bidding over two sessions, raising €718,000 (including auction charges) – a sizeable increase on the estimated €250,000.
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Irish government plans wine sell-offDays after the Elysee Palace wine auction in Paris, the Irish government plans to sell off some of its wines.
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Sotheby’s Hong Kong to auction US$2.1m DRC collectionA Sotheby's auction exclusively devoted to the wines of Domaine de la Romanee-Conti (DRC) is expected to raise up to HK$16m (US$2.1m) when it takes place in Hong Kong this autumn.
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Nigerian firm pays highest price in Nederburg auctionSouth Africa's premium wines are of growing interest to the continent's rising middle class, as the 39th Nederburg auction shows.
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NY auction house debuts with Lafite double magnums, top BurgundyWally's Auctions will next month add its name to New York's crowded autumn auction scene by selling a selection of lavish wines valued at around US$3m.
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Bidding war hikes price for Moet 1914 Champagne at Sotheby’sBottles of 1914 vintage Moet & Chandon Champagne have significantly beaten sales estimates at a Sotheby's auction in London, with the much-lauded 1928 vintage also faring well.
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Hospices de Beaune auction sales highest on recordThis year's Hospices de Beaune auction has achieved a record sales total, raising over EUR6.3m, despite the smallest volume of wine on sale for three decades.
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Debut Wally’s auction in New York raises $2.68m
Just four months after being founded, Wally's Auctions has added to evidence that New York's wine auction scene remains buoyant in autumn 2013 after its inaugural sale fetched $2.68m.
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Sotheby’s claims auction record with DRC ‘super lot’Sotheby's has sold a 114-bottle 'super lot' of DRC Romanee-Conti wines for more than US$1.5m in Hong Kong, reinforcing collectors' thirst for top Burgundy and setting a new auction record.
