15 of the Most Expensive Auction Items Ever Sold

15 of the Most Expensive Auction Items Ever Sold

One Expensive Wine Party

A "Superlot" of 55 bottles of every vintage of Domaine Romanee Conti (DRC) released between 1952 and 2007 (with the exception of 1968, which was never released) are seen here at an auction preview in Hong Kong, December 7, 2011. The collection, regarded as the most important wine lot to be sold in 2011 anywhere in the world, fetched $813,333 from a Chinese collector, setting new auction records.

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