Christie’s Announces Fine & Rare Wines Including Two Outstanding Private Collections

 Christie’s Wine Department in America is pleased to announce our first online sale based in Los Angeles, Fine & Rare Wines Including Two Outstanding Private Collections, open for bidding online from 18 January to 1 February.

Highlighting the sale are two outstanding private collections. One notable collection includes over 100 lots from the superb cellar of Dr. Robert Maliner, who has bought and sold with Christie’s for more than fifty years. Of special note is his exceptional collection of Madeira, which includes many rare bottles such as 1795 Barbeito Terrantez ($8,500-10,000; 1 bottle per lot) and 1863 Blandy’s Malvasia Solera ($700-1,200; 1 bottle per lot).

Another 97 lots come from an expertly curated cellar, assembled by a knowledgeable collector over many years. The collection includes fantastic rarities from some of Burgundy’s greatest Domaines, including Domaine Leroy’s 1990 Clos Vougeot ($15,000-25,000; 10 bottles per lot) and Domaine Armand Rousseau’s 1978 Chambertin ($6,000-10,000; 1 bottle per lot).

From California, we have a rare offering of every vintage of Screaming Eagle from 1993 to present. Rounding out the sale are top-notch favorites such as Lafite, Mouton, and Petrus, and an outstanding selection of mid-century Ports and Madeiras. Further highlights can be viewed in the online viewing room here.

• The California Wines Every Collector Wants To Have In Their Cellar
• Madeira: A Taste of History
• Why collectors love Lafite

Founded in 1766, Christie’s is a world-leading art and luxury business. Renowned and trusted for its expert live and online auctions, as well as its bespoke private sales, Christie’s offers a full portfolio of global services to its clients, including art appraisal, art financing, international real estate and education. Christie’s has a physical presence in 46 countries, throughout the Americas, Europe, Middle East, and Asia Pacific, with flagship international sales hubs in New York, London, Hong Kong, Paris and Geneva. It also is the only international auction house authorized to hold sales in mainland China (Shanghai).

Christie’s auctions span more than 80 art and luxury categories, at price points ranging from $200 to over $100 million. In recent years, Christie’s has achieved the world record price for an artwork at auction (Leonardo da Vinci’s Salvador Mundi, 2017), for a single collection sale (the Collection of Peggy and David Rockefeller, 2018), and for a work by a living artist (Jeff Koons’ Rabbit, 2019).

Christie’s Private Sales offers a seamless service for buying and selling art, jewellery and watches outside of the auction calendar, working exclusively with Christie’s specialists at a client’s individual pace.

Recent innovations at Christie’s include the groundbreaking sale of the first NFT for a digital work of art ever offered at a major auction house (Beeple’s Everydays, March 2021), with the unprecedented acceptance of cryptocurrency as a means of payment. As an industry leader in digital innovation, Christie’s also continues to pioneer new technologies that are redefining the business of art, including the creation of viewing and bidding experiences that integrate augmented reality, global livestreaming, buy-now channels, and hybrid sales formats. 

Christie’s is dedicated to advancing responsible culture throughout its business and communities worldwide, including achieving sustainability through net zero carbon emissions by 2030, and actively using its platform in the art world to amplify under-represented voices and support positive change.