15 liter sqn inaugural at upcoming auction!

mark_rudner · January 31, 2020, 10:56pm

anyone care to guess at the hammer price?
anyone care to guess how many people it takes to finish it, and not end up hospitalized??

C_h_r_i_s_C1 · February 3, 2020, 3:53am

Which auction?

amjohnstone · February 3, 2020, 5:15pm

Acker’s February 7 auction. It’s lot 409. Estimate is $40K - $55K.

There’s a lot of large format stuff at that auction, including methuselahs of 1996 Dom Perignon Rose, imperials of Yquem, etc.

Ray.Tuppa_sch · February 3, 2020, 5:20pm

It’s one of those lots that could go unsold or hammer for twice the high estimate.

Chris_Seiber · February 3, 2020, 5:40pm

Can the auction winner pick it up via helicopter? Asking for a friend.

Dave_English · February 3, 2020, 10:16pm

15L = 20 bottles of wine, say about 2-3 people per bottle so you’d need around 50 drinking people to make it worthwhile. If it goes for $50K then that is about $2.5K per bottle or $1K per person.

Robert_Sand · February 4, 2020, 10:25am

I have absolutely no mercy with anybody who thinks needing THIS …

David_Kaufman · February 4, 2020, 2:14pm

I was told by someone familiar with the consignor that the bottle has been pulled

Andrew_Dodd · February 4, 2020, 5:47pm

Time for a home equity loan!

Craig_G · February 4, 2020, 7:59pm

No longer deductible. But if the bottle is big enough to live in you may be able to apply for a regular mortgage.

Scott_G_r_u_n_e_r · February 4, 2020, 8:38pm

Wonder if it was corked!

Reginald_Wheeler · February 6, 2020, 4:04pm

I love SQN, but this is an exceptionally good one. This must be supremely rare. Wow. Why would one sell it?

Anton_D · February 6, 2020, 4:28pm

If I owned it, I would prefer the 55K to the bottle.