Jay-Z Rare Bottles will be signed for D’Ussé bottles for $ 52,500 at auction

Pass an D’ussé.

D’ussé’s rare bottles, officially known as “Bottle No. 1 ”from Grande Champagne Cognac Anniversaire Limited Edition 1969, which sold at Sotheby’s for $ 54,000 this weekend. The liquid is housed in a diamond-shaped crystal decanter and is engraved with a signature from mogul-musician Jay-Z.

The auction, which went live on March 1, benefited the Shawn Carter Foundation, a non-profit organization focused on student counseling and assistance. This is the first such bottle to be made available for public sale.

There was no reserve on the bottle, which means bids started at $ 1. Sotheby’s had estimated that Lot 7 would sell in the range of $ 24,000 – $ 75,000; they were right. The winning entry came in at $ 52,500. As of March 14, Sotheby’s has not announced the amount of entries in this lottery or the identity of the winner.

Were you banned for Bottle No. 1? You still have a chance to taste the rarefied liquid. More than 200 extra bottles of this spirit, sourced from one barrel of aged cognac, estimated to be at least 30 years old, will be available to consumers later this spring. their chosen markets for $ 10,000. Compared to the bottle sold at auction, they do not reveal the signature.

The pandemic was perhaps optimistic for future celebrations. The D’ussé was in stormy company.

Lot 1 of this spirit-focused Sotheby’s auction contained a 75cl bottle of the 1967 Macallan News Collection, with a label designed and signed by Sir Peter Blake. The lottery also includes a special wooden carriage case; an original frameless print by the artist and a two-day tour of the Macallan Estate. Like the D’ussé, Lot 1 had no reserve, but an estimated closing offer range of $ 170,000 – $ 750,000. It sold for $ 437,500.

Hennessy XO 150 was in Lot 8^th Anniversary in a decanter designed by Frank Gehry made of bronze. It also includes the original mold. Bids were estimated at $ 15,000 – $ 30,000; sold for $ 18,750.

Rare spirit ropes imply high sales at a healthy level, nonetheless a pandemic. Spirits raised $ 18 million in sales at Sotheby’s last year. According to the company, last year’s spirits auction accounted for 20% of Sotheby’s annual wine and spirit auction sales, a significant increase from less than 2% just five years earlier.

Sales in 2020 were notorious for two headline numbers: The Macallan Red Collection (sold for $ 977,496 in October), and the Macallan Six-Column Collection in Lalique ($ 507,819, last March). And while those numbers are certainly high, consider that Sotheby’s set the current record for a major wine or spirit sold privately or at auction in October 2019 when it sold The Macallan Fine & Rare 60 Year Old for a cool $ 1.9 million during the Ultimate Whiskey Collection sale.