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The magnificent five: famous wine cellars offered at Christie’s
Yul Brynner is just one of many celebrities whose wine collections have been auctioned at Christie’s, says specialist Charles Foley Yul Brynner (1920-1985) The legend of stage and screen, celebrated for his performances in The King and I, The Ten Commandments and The Magnificent Seven, was also a collector of fine wines. The cellars at his French estate, Le Manoir de Cricquebeuf in Normandy, were meticulously recorded and temperature-controlled, their vintages concentrated on the period that marked the height of his career, between 1959 and 1979. When Christie’s was invited to… Read More
Investing in fine wine
On March 20th a wine sale held by Christie’s, a British auction house, featured so many lots that the voluble auctioneer lost count at number 36. “Thanks for keeping me on my toes,” he told the observant attendee who had noted his error. That hiccup aside, the auction was a success. Nine out of ten lots found a buyer. The most valuable—a 12-bottle case of Domaine de la Romanée-Conti 1988, from Burgundy—fetched £232,750 ($305,135). The entire sale raked in £1.3m. Yet the room itself was almost empty: fewer than 20 people watched… Read More
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