Here are the top selling lots at Sotheby’s in 2008. Not cheap…
– $ 724,371: Ch Yquem, 70 vintages, 136 bottles ($5326/bottle)
– $169,400: Romanée Conti 1971, 6 magnum ($14166)
– $151,250: Romanée Conti 1985, 12 bt ($12604)
…follwed by another four lots of RC. And then:
– $102,850: Château Pétrus 1961, 12 bt ($8570)
– $90,750: La Tache 1985, 6 mag ($7562)
– $84,700: Château Latour 1961, 1 impérial ($10587)