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Lafite ’59 Sells for $44,100 to Top Christie’s NY Auction
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A case of Chateau Lafite-Rothschild 1959 fetched $44,100 at a Christie’s International Plc sale in New York, beating its estimate amid demand for historic wines even as investors have shunned more recent Bordeaux vintages.
The Lafite ’59 was one of the estate’s top six vintages of the past 60 years, according to online scores awarded by U.S. wine critic Robert Parker, and the price paid by a U.S. private buyer made it the top lot, beating Burgundies from the 1990s.