microrobert
06-08-2012, 04:44 AM
Oldest Champagne May Fetch $140,000
Eleven bottles of some of the world’s oldest champagne may sell for more than $140,000 at an auction in Finland today after 170 years at the bottom of the sea.
Six bottles are Juglar, a house that disappeared in 1829, four are Veuve Clicquot and one is Heidsieck. With interest from the Champagne makers, the sellers will be watching after a 30,000 euro ($37,720) a bottle record set in the last sale, though the Paris-based auction house of Artcurial Briest-Poulain-F.Tajan has placed a formal estimate of just 10,000 euros each at hammer prices.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-06-07/oldest-champagne-may-fetch-140-000-after-170-years-under-water.html
Eleven bottles of some of the world’s oldest champagne may sell for more than $140,000 at an auction in Finland today after 170 years at the bottom of the sea.
Six bottles are Juglar, a house that disappeared in 1829, four are Veuve Clicquot and one is Heidsieck. With interest from the Champagne makers, the sellers will be watching after a 30,000 euro ($37,720) a bottle record set in the last sale, though the Paris-based auction house of Artcurial Briest-Poulain-F.Tajan has placed a formal estimate of just 10,000 euros each at hammer prices.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-06-07/oldest-champagne-may-fetch-140-000-after-170-years-under-water.html