Lafite-Rothschild 300-Bottle Collection Tops $7.6 Million Sale

A 300-bottle collection of Chateau Lafite-Rothschild, spanning every year from 1981 to 2005, was the top lot in a two-day Hong Kong auction that raised HK$59.5 million ($7.6 million).

The sale ended last night with 547 lots successful, 96 percent of those offered, according to an e-mailed statement from London-based auction house Christie’s International. The auction was once estimated to raise as much as $8.3 million.