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Our auction experts provide a detailed look at prices and trends at individual commercial sales. Discover how notable wines fared against their average prices.

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May 2013

Christie's, May 2, 2013
Location: London       Number of lots: 549      Percent sold: 93
Sale Total: $1,930,888 / £1,242,528 (inclusive of the 15 percent buyer's premium)
Pre-sale low estimate: $1,607,706 / £1,034,560 (exclusive of the buyer's premium)
Pre-sale high estimate: $2,108,529 / £1,356,840 (exclusive of the buyer's premium)
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April 2013

Acker Merrall & Condit, April 27, 2013
Location: New York       Number of lots: 660      Percent sold: 96
Sale Total: $2,480,172 (inclusive of the 23 percent buyer's premium)
Pre-sale low estimate: $2,078,100 (exclusive of the buyer's premium)
Pre-sale high estimate: $2,855,650 (exclusive of the buyer's premium)
If ever there were an opportunity to snap up a large array of premium mixed lots, "Acker in Bloom's" April 27 auction, held at Manhattan’s Marea restaurant, may have been it.  ...   » Read full auction analysis

Sotheby's, April 26-27, 2013
Location: New York       Number of lots: 1,081      Percent sold: 96
Sale Total: $2,579,850 (inclusive of the 22.5 percent buyer’s premium)
Pre-sale low estimate: $1,558,050 (exclusive of the buyer’s premium)
Pre-sale high estimate: $2,234,050 (exclusive of the buyer’s premium)
The second portion of Ferran Adrià's elBulli foundation auction was held at Sotheby's New York headquarters on April 26 to benefit the famed chef's experimental culinary center.  ...   » Read full auction analysis

Zachys, April 25-26, 2013
Location: New York       Number of lots: 1,318      Percent sold: 99.5
Sale Total: $4,134,140 (inclusive of the 22.5 percent buyer's premium)
Pre-sale low estimate: $2,835,550 (exclusive of the buyer's premium)
Pre-sale high estimate: $4,316,000 (exclusive of the buyer's premium)
One of the most historically significant lots in Zachys' April 27 sale at Manhattan's Smith & Wollensky restaurant consisted of a two-bottle lot of Chateau Montelena Chardonnay 1973 and Stag's Leap Wine Cellars Stag's Leap Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon 1973.  ...   » Read full auction analysis

Sotheby's, April 17, 2013
Location: London       Number of lots: 656      Percent sold: 97
Sale Total: $2,065,399 / £1,349,934 (inclusive of the 18 percent buyer’s premium)
Pre-sale low estimate: $1,507,739 / £985,450 (exclusive of the buyer’s premium)
Pre-sale high estimate: $1,953,428 / £1,276,750 (exclusive of the buyer’s premium)
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Sotheby's, April 4, 2013
Location: Hong Kong       Number of lots: 614      Percent sold: 97
Sale Total: $3,289,596 USD / $25,658,850 HKD (inclusive of the 21 percent buyer’s premium)
Pre-sale low estimate: $1,905,653 USD / $14,792,000 HKD (exclusive of the buyer’s premium)
Pre-sale high estimate: $2,700,000 USD / $22,100,000 HKD (exclusive of the buyer’s premium)
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Bonhams & Butterfields, April 4, 2013
Location: London       Number of lots: 674      Percent sold: 78
Sale Total: $1,007,842 / £656,019 (inclusive of the 20 percent buyer's premium)
Pre-sale low estimate: $1,020,763 / £664,430 (exclusive of the buyer's premium)
Pre-sale high estimate: $1,269,859 / £826,570 (exclusive of the buyer's premium)
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Sotheby’s, April 3, 2013
Location: Hong Kong       Number of lots: 848      Percent sold: 99
Sale Total: $5,500,000 USD / $43,100,000 HKD (inclusive of the 21 percent buyer’s premium)
Pre-sale low estimate: $2,200,000 USD / $17,400,000 HKD (exclusive of the buyer’s premium)
Pre-sale high estimate: $3,200,000 USD / $24,200,000 HKD (exclusive of the buyer’s premium)
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Acker Merrall & Condit, April 3, 2013
Location: New York       Number of lots: 895      Percent sold: 90
Sale Total: $2,369,743 (inclusive of the 23 percent buyer's premium)
Pre-sale low estimate: $2,204,300 (exclusive of the buyer's premium)
Pre-sale high estimate: $3,016,800 (exclusive of the buyer's premium)
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March 2013

Hart Davis Hart, March 23, 2013
Location: Chicago       Number of lots: 1,469      Percent sold: 100
Sale Total: $4,424,415 (inclusive of the 19.5 percent buyer's premium)
Pre-sale low estimate: $2,954,820 (exclusive of the buyer's premium)
Pre-sale high estimate: $4,426,170 (exclusive of the buyer's premium)
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