Bill Koch to auction half his wine collection
Sotheby’s is to hold a three-day sale in New York this May featuring some 20,000 bottles from the cellar of billionaire US collector and anti-fraud campaigner, Bill Koch.
Grouped together in 2,700 lots, the bottles are expected to fetch in the region of US$10.5 million to $15m, which will make it one of the highest totals ever achieved by a Sotheby’s fine wine sale.
As Sotheby’s US CEO, Jamie Ritchie, said, the sale includes “significant quantities” of very fine and rare wine from various regions – though Bordeaux and Burgundy most notably.
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