Christie’s Hong Kong Wine Auction Nov 29
Published July 26th, 2008
The first Christie’s Wine Auction to be held in Asia since 2001, will take place on November 29th, 2008.
The evening sale will feature around 250 selected lots, with 150 lots from Château Latour. The Latour selection will comprise of bottles, magnums and many large formats from a wide range of vintages up to 2005 with a number of rarities from older vintages dating back to 1865. Classic vintage highlights from 1900, 1929, 1945, 1959, 1961 and 1982 include a 1900 magnum (estimate: HK $140,000-190,000); 12 bottles of 1959 (estimate: HK $300,000-380,000); one 1961 imperiale (estimate: HK $480,000-600,000); imperiales of 1982 (estimate: HK $180,000-220,000 each); and a 2000 jeroboam (estimate: HK $75,000-100,000). The Latour selection in its entirety is expected to realize in excess of HK $10 million.
The auction will take place at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center. Christie’s Hong Kong sales totaled HK $2.4 billion in Spring 2008, the highest total ever achieved for any auction season in Asia.
