Port/Madeira auction

[Frank Carrano]

Hi all--for anyone interested, I'm selling much of my Port and Madeira collection through Skinner Auctioneers next month. While they are a smaller operation to be sure (I've generally purchased from HDH,Christie's, Zachy's, as I am sure most of you have), they are local to me so I don't have to deal with the monumental shipping costs of >20 cases. I'll be (sadly) selling Port from 1935 until 2011, and Madeira from 1815 until the mid 1950s, including a bottle of HM Borges 1862.

Hope all are well.

Edit: here's a list to peruse:

1815 Unknown producer Madeira Boal
1822 Cossart Gordon & Co. Madeira Solera
1834 Barbeito Madeira Malvazia
1851 Cossart Gordon & Co. Madeira Bual
1856 Leacock Madeira Bual
1862 H.M. Borges Madeira Terrantez
1863 Barbeito Madeira Bual Reserva Velha
1875 Barbeito Madeira Malvazia
1882 Cossart Gordon & Co. Madeira Bual
1886 Blandy's Madeira Malmsey
1910 Cossart Gordon & Co. Madeira Verdelho
1925 H.M. Borges Madeira Boal
1927 Domaine Bory Rivesaltes Blanc
1930 Barbeito Madeira Boal
1935 Taylor (Fladgate) Porto Vintage
1942 Niepoort Porto Vintage
1945 Graham Porto Vintage
1946 Bodegas Toro Albala Don PX Convento Selección
1947 Tuke Holdsworth Porto Old Vintage
1953 Barbeito Madeira Sercial Reserva Velha
1960 Taylor (Fladgate) Porto Vintage
1963 Dow Porto Vintage
1963 Taylor (Fladgate) Porto Vintage
1963 Warre Porto Vintage
1966 Quinta do Noval Porto Vintage
1966 Warre Porto Vintage
1967 Cockburn Porto Vintage
1970 Fonseca Porto Vintage
1970 Graham Porto Vintage
1970 Taylor (Fladgate) Porto Vintage
1977 Dow Porto Reserve
1977 Fonseca Porto Vintage
1977 Taylor (Fladgate) Porto Vintage
1982 Dow Porto Colheita
1983 Graham Porto Vintage
1983 Taylor (Fladgate) Porto Vintage
1983 Warre Porto Vintage
1985 Blandy's Madeira Malmsey
1985 Bodegas Toro Albala Montilla-Moriles Don PX Gran Reserva
1985 Dow Porto Vintage
1985 Fonseca Porto Vintage
1985 Warre Porto Vintage
1987 Kopke Porto Colheita
1991 Croft Porto Vintage
1992 Fonseca Porto Vintage
1993 Château Pajzos Tokaji Esszencia
1994 Cockburn Porto Vintage
1994 Dow Porto Vintage
1994 Fonseca Porto Vintage
1994 Graham Porto Vintage
1994 Quinta do Noval Porto Vintage
1994 Taylor (Fladgate) Porto Vintage
1994 Warre Porto Vintage
1997 Quinta do Noval Porto Vintage
1997 Taylor (Fladgate) Porto Vintage
1997 Taylor (Fladgate) Porto Vintage
2000 Fonseca Porto Vintage
2000 Oremus Tokaji Aszú 5 Puttonyos
2000 Quinta do Noval Porto Vintage
2000 Taylor (Fladgate) Porto Vintage
2003 Dow Porto Vintage
2003 Fonseca Porto Vintage
2003 Graham Porto Vintage
2003 Taylor (Fladgate) Porto Vintage
2003 Warre Porto Vintage
2007 Dow Porto Vintage
2007 Fonseca Porto Vintage
2007 Quinta do Noval Porto Vintage
2007 Sandeman Porto Vintage
2007 Taylor (Fladgate) Porto Vintage
2007 Warre Porto Vintage
2011 Fonseca Porto Vintage
2011 Graham Porto Vintage
2011 Taylor (Fladgate) Porto Vintage
2011 Warre Porto Vintage

[Mike K.]

Thanks for the heads-up Frank. I hope you are well and the sale is not due to health issues.
I'll keep any eye out for it - I'm local as well which makes post-auction pick-up easy.

Cheers, Mike

[Eric Menchen]

I'm guessing in this auction: https://www.skinnerinc.com/auctions/3796T
Remind us when that gets closer

[Moses Botbol]

Skinner does not ship wine FWIW.

[Frank Carrano]

Skinner doesn't ship but they do allow third-party shipping.

[Moses Botbol]

I'm sure you'll get all the money and then some.

Skinner lots hammers for more than going to the liquor store for the same. A victim of their own success.

[Mike K.]

Interesting - the Skinner auction starts tomorrow - I see the Ports listed, but none of the Madeira.

[Moses Botbol]

Going to be a ton of bidding. I see some stuff a couple of friends and I plan to go in on.

[Mike J. W.]

I see some Ports, but not all of them? This is the Skinner auction out of marlborough, correct?

[Roy Hersh]

Jeez Frank, it has been years. I always wondered why you dropped off the face of the earth. I hope you and your family are all doing well. Quite a stash you have collected. I hope this helps your retirement fund!

[Nick Mc]

I'm trying to understand the mechanics of this, seeing as I live in Wisconsin.

The Skinner FAQ site basically says it's up to the buyer to arrange shipping outside of the local Boston area, but doesn't give any suggestions. Does anyone have any experience with shipping wines from here?

[Moses Botbol]

Skinner did well on the auction. I bid on about dozen port Lots. I pushed them up pretty high, so whomever beat me paid retail or more . "Should I just bid a little higher" I kept thinking. Luckily I did not get burned.

Nice to see port prices on the rise!

[Mike J. W.]

Skinner did well on the auction. I bid on about dozen port Lots. I pushed them up pretty high, so whomever beat me paid retail or more . "Should I just bid a little higher" I kept thinking. Luckily I did not get burned.

Nice to see port prices on the rise!

I won the '45 Croft and 2 '92 Taylor's from this auction. I wanted the '45, nonetheless after taxes and bid fee I feel like I paid a few hundred under retail (when I looked at Wine-Searcher). The '92's I paid about 30% below retail. It's hard to show discipline sometimes in an auction, but I try, lol.

Did you win anything Moses?

[Moses Botbol]

Did you win anything Moses?

For port, I won the case of '85 Fonseca, and 5 bottles of '07 Noval. I was close to splitting the '45 Croft with a friend, but was the same with commission as a retail bottle I know about. Certainly perhaps the finest vintage of Croft ever.

You're welcome; the Croft was one of the few lots I did not pump up.

[Mike J. W.]

Did you win anything Moses?

For port, I won the case of '85 Fonseca, and 5 bottles of '07 Noval. I was close to splitting the '45 Croft with a friend, but was the same with commission as a retail bottle I know about. Certainly perhaps the finest vintage of Croft ever.

You're welcome; the Croft was one of the few lots I did not pump up.

My limit was set at $50 more than what I won it at so it was close. Thanks Moses.

[Moses Botbol]

My limit was set at $50 more than what I won it at so it was close. Thanks Moses.

That one was too expensive to just have fun bumping up the bids.

If I were to bid on that won, it would be a one and done winning bid. All the smaller stuff I can take or leave it so it's fun & a game pushing those prices higher. I did not get stung on any of the other lots.

[Frank Carrano]

The second half of Skinner's auction just went live, it's very port and Madeira heavy (and some good bourbon I saw in there as well). They asked me to let them put most of my stuff at this auction and I didn't see any reason to say no. Hope all are well and happy holidays!

https://live.skinnerinc.com/auctions/4-4DF67X

Frank

[Moses Botbol]

The second half of Skinner's auction just went live, it's very port and Madeira heavy (and some good bourbon I saw in there as well). They asked me to let them put most of my stuff at this auction and I didn't see any reason to say no. Hope all are well and happy holidays!

https://live.skinnerinc.com/auctions/4-4DF67X

Frank

You should do even better on this one with Christmas and New Year a few weeks away. I wonder if the pool buyers are already spent from the last one, but for sure will be new buyers with the Holiday Auction.