Acker Merrall & Condit wine auction smashes record
Published October 24th, 2006
With a US$24m sale Acker Merrall & Condit has smashed an auction record which has stood since 1999.
Grossing US$24,685,593 at its 20-21 October sale, the New York City house broke the US$14. 4m record Sherry-Lehmann With Sotheby’s set at their Millennium Sale in November 1999.
The entire consignment of 2,310 lots, of which more than 94% were sold, was provided by a private owner.
It came from what John Kapon, Acker’s president and auction director, trumpeted as ‘arguably the greatest cellar on earth.’
