Thread: About to sell wine at auction - thank you new money!!

A few weeks ago, I was curious what bottles of certain wines I own were selling for. Did a search, and was flabbergasted at how much certain vintages and producers have gone up in the past several years. Seems that a lot of the newly wealthy folks overseas see high-end wine as a status symbol, especially the mainland Chinese and the former Soviet Union republics. Luckily I'm in the same area as several notable auction houses, so I'm about to ship them a list of what I have and get these on the auction block here shortly.

Anyone sold wine at auction, recently or ever? Curious how big of a cut the auction house took.

I'll post pics of what I'll be selling here in a bit.....

Not sure about wine specific but generally the auction rates around here are like 25-30% depending on the auction house.

I'd be curious to know what you might be getting rid of.

Bordeaux, cab and petite shiraz:

'88 Haut Brion (magnum)
'94 Dominus (magnum)
'99 Penfolds Grange
'02 Ch Lafite-Rothschild
'02 Ch Margaux
'02 Ch Mouton-Rothschild
'03 Ch Margaux
'04 Ch Margaux

Great wines there! Expect to give up about 15-18% depending on what you negotiate and what auction you use.