Antique Trader posed the question to their readers, and did they ever get a big response.
It is well worth the read to see all the different opinions people had of Ebay Live Auctions.
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For anyone not familiar with the history of the Global Auction Guide Media Group , the original website was launched in 2001 as I could not find farm auctions in an easy searchable and sortable format. I thought that if I was having trouble there was likely others having trouble finding the same info. On Feb 1st 2001 the website at
www.farmauctionguide.com was turned on and we had 200 visitors the first day by leveraging our traffic from
www.prairielinks.com . We were using the auction listings supplied by our local auctioneer (and guinea pig)
Bill Klassen .
Within a year our several hundred auctioneers were clamoring for us to give them exposure to their non-agricultural auction sales and we were relaunched as the Global Auction Guide Media Group with websites designed and optimized for specific industries
That was 2002, I’ll fill you in on the next phases of our success another day…….Dwayne
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From the News-antique.com Press Release service
- Highest price for a single wine lot sold at Sotheby’s in London –
– Second highest price for a single wine lot sold at Sotheby’s –
SOTHEBY’S, LONDON, APRIL 16, 2008 –Sotheby’s London announced today that an extraordinary 70-
vintage vertical collection from the famed Château d’Yquem, arguably the world’s greatest sweet wine,
sold to a European Private Buyer for £368,000 (est. in excess of £100,000*) in a sale of Finest and Rarest WInes.
Bidding was vigorous with the highly sought-after lot contested by two telephone bidders and a room
bidder. When the hammer finally fell, the price far exceeded expectations. Commenting on the sale,
Stephen Mould, Head of Sotheby’s European Wine Department, and today’s auctioneer said “We had
expected and indeed received a lot of interest from Europe and Asia in this special lot but we were delighted with
the result, which set a record for a single wine lot sold by Sotheby’s in London and the second highest price for a
wine lot sold at Sotheby’s.** The final price demonstrates how wines of such exceptional provenance sell for well in
excess of high estimate.”
This century-spanning vertical comprised 136 bottles, two from every year featured (with the exception
of four vintages), from 1892 to the stupendous 2001 vintage. Among these are wonders such as 1896,
1899, 1909, 1921, 1924, 1928, 1929, 1934, 1937, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1955, 1959, 1961,
1962, 1967 and all the great wines of the modern era; not one of the bottles in this collection has ever
previously surfaced from the cellars of the Château.
Serena Sutcliffe, MW, International Head of Sotheby’s Wine department, said: “Of all the great wines
produced in the Sauternes region of Bordeaux, Château d’Yquem is widely acknowledged as the most splendid, a
wine that seems indestructible and an unparalleled sensory experience. Renowned for its lusciousness,
concentration, and longevity, it has long commanded the highest prices at auction and is pursued in today’s market
by long-standing and new collectors alike.”
Notes to Editor:
* Estimates do not include buyer’s premium.
** $1,051,600 (£557,348) for a unique fifty case lot of Château Mouton Rothschild 1982, Sotheby’s New York,
November 18, 2006, Magnificent Wines from the Park B. Smith Collection – a record for a wine lot sold at auction
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