
Courvoisier is selling off the very last sets of its rare bottles designed by famed Art Deco artist and fashion illustrator Erté 20 years ago. The legendary cognac house commissioned the seven bottle set from the Russian-born artist for its extraordinary blend of precious Grande Champagne cognacs, some dating back to 1892. The last remaining sets which had been held in reserve will now be sold for $10,000 apiece; only eight of them are making their way to the U.S. market in November and can be pre-ordered here . Each of the seven bottles' designs represents a different facet of the cognac making process:
Vigne (Vine) shows the importance of the soil and environment to the grapes produced to make cognac.
Vendanges (Harvest) celebrates the passion of perfection for which Courvoisier is best known.
Distillation illustrates the process of distillation as a woman riding a volatile giant peacock.
Vieillissement (Aging) symbolizes the aging process as a robed female emerging from darkness.
Degustation (Tasting) shows the blending process of the cognacs.
L'Esprit du Cognac (The Spirit of Cognac) interprets the cognac spirit as a woman standing majestically surrounded by grapes.
La Part Des Anges (Angel's Share) symbolizes part of the aging process where some of the spirits' volume is lost through evaporation.






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9-27-2008 @ 7:58AM
Kenneth Thomas said...
I wonder why Courvoisier is not including the 8th and final bottle with the collection. I know there were only 4,000 bottles produced as opposed to 12,000 for the first 7 bottles that were issued. I am fortunate in owning the full 8 bottle collection along with the book "Erte and Cognac" which was published in 1991 with a limited edition of 2,000 copies.
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10-04-2008 @ 1:05PM
Sara said...
Can anyone tell me what one bottle is worth?
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10-04-2008 @ 5:04PM
Kenneth Thomas said...
It depends on which bottle. Bottles 1 & 2 because they were the first issued sell for the highest amount. Currently bottle 1 is listed on Ebay for $2,000 with bottle 2 listed for $800. Bottle 8 was not initally released (and will not be included in the $10,000 price) because Erte's drawing was of a partially nude female and it seems the censors had a problem with it. That is the rarest with only 4,000 bottles produced (as opposed to 12,000) and is also listed for $2,000 on Ebay. I am certainly glad that I purchased the collection when it was originally released in the late 1980's.
10-06-2008 @ 8:59PM
Tatiana said...
Does anyone know how I would sell my complete set. I have looked at some sites and It seems having the whole set is worth quite a bit.
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11-21-2008 @ 2:05PM
Reba said...
I have the entirer collection 1-7, I also have the the 8th bottle they all in there original packaging. How do I find interested buyer, knowing the 8th bottle was not part of the original collection how would I go about pricing that bottle? Please reply
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