FIRST NEW YORK SPIRITS AUCTION SINCE PROHIBITION A GRAND SUCCESS AT CHRISTIE’S

$304,800 Total Far Exceeds Pre-Sale Expectations

$54,000 Bottle of the 1926 Macallan Becomes Most Expensive Bottle of
Scotch Ever Sold at Christie's

NEW YORK, Dec. 10 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On Saturday December 8
Christie's conducted the first auction of spirits to be held in New York
since Prohibition. A large crowd gathered in the Christie's saleroom at
Rockefeller Center to watch this historic moment in auction history, and
the total for the 100-lot selection of fine and rare whiskies, cognac,
armagnac, calvados and chartreuse fetched an excellent $304,800. [...]

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