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Frye's Wine Cellar Breaks Records

It was set to be an amazing sale but the results of Sotheby's auction of the wine cellar of Russell H. Frye exceeded expectations. Eight auction records were broken and bidders spent $7.8 million on the auction, which was only estimated tor bring in $5.1 million. Big ticket items included a double magnum of 1865 Château Lafite which sold for $111,625, a case of 1989 Romanée-Conti, Domaine de la Romanée-Conti which went for $111,625 and two magnums of 1947 Cheval-Blanc which sold for $105,750. Frye, who has switched his obsessive nature from wine to tennis, can now afford lot of rackets and perhaps a new house to put them in.

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The Magnificent Cellar of Russell H. Frye

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Wine, Auctions

Russell H. Frye has an enviable problem, too many fabulous wines and not enough time to drink them. Apparently his obsession has shifted from wine to tennis and the two, alas, are not so compatible. Therefore he is putting his collection up for auction at Sotheby's New York on May 20. The collection of 8,500 bottles is estimated at $3.5 to $5 million and contains some of the rarest wines in the world today. Frye fell in love with wine after his first experience with the 1961 Haut Brion. His collection includes a wide range of Latour, Mouton and Haut Brion as well as California beauties such as the Ridge Montebello from 1963 to 1997 and selections from Harlan, Screaming Eagle and Stag's Leap.

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