IMPORTANT COLLECTION AT BONHAMS SKINNER IN APRIL

Six 750ml bottles of the Springbank Millenium Collection, estimated at $36,000 – 48,000. 

Boston – Bonhams Skinner’s Fine Wine and Rare Spirits department will present two sales in April that feature important collections from experts in their respective fields – Josh Raynolds, esteemed Wine Critic, and Joseph Congiusti, renowned international spirits authority and longtime Chicago retailer.

Rarest Spirits

April 8 – 18

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One 750ml bottle of Bowmore Black Bowmore 1993, estimated at $10,000 – 15,000.

A collection of spirits from Joseph Congiusti (1950-2004), renowned international spirits authority and longtime Chicago retailer, will highlight the Rarest Spirits sale from April 8 – 18. During his 40-year career, Congiusti, known to his customers as Joe C., worked in many aspects of the liquor retail business and established an outstanding reputation with producers, wholesalers, suppliers and customers throughout the world. He was responsible for introducing and educating many consumers in the Chicago area about single malts in the early 1980s, building a demand, and then later in the decade, selecting and bottling casks of single malts. The offerings from the collection are highlighted by six bottles from the Springbank Millenium Collection, estimated at $36,000 – 48,000, as well as bottles of Bowmore ‘Black Bowmore’ from 1993, 1994 and the 1995 Final Edition, each estimated at $10,000 – 15,000.

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Recent important auctions and landmark single-owner collections, include the white glove sales of Sir Michael Caine: The Personal Collection, Alain Delon: Sixty Years of Passion; Sir Roger Moore: The Personal Collection; Personal Property of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and The Robert & Jean-Pierre Rousset Collection of Asian Art: A Century of Collecting. Other notable single-owner sales included The Estate of Barbara Walters: American Icon; The Alan and Simone Hartman Collection; The Crown Auction: Props and Costumes and The Claude de Marteau Collection.

Top lots for 2023 include 1967 Ferrari 412P Berlinetta, Sold at Quail Lodge, US for US$30,255,000. Tipu Sultan’s Bedchamber Sword (sold in London for £14m – a world record for both an Islamic and an Indian object); Paul Signac (1863-1935), Sisteron, 1902. Sold for US$8,580,000 (estimate US$4-6 million), and Claude Monet (1840-1926), La Seine près de Giverny, 1888. Sold for US$6,352,500 (estimate US$4-6m), both from the Alan and Simone Hartman Collection; A Gilt Copper Alloy figure of Virupaksha, Central Tibet, Densatil Monastery, Early 15th century. Sold for HK$37.9m (£4,060,326) in Hong Kong. Yoshitomo Nara (born 1959) Three Stars. Sold for HK$36,754,000 (£3,930,914), also in Hong Kong.

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