Madeira prices at auction

[Eric Menchen]

My research was inspired by trying to bid on bottles for the SF tasting in May. I did some searching for past auction results. Since my current bids are in at Hart Davis Hart, I looked there and found the following results from an auction May 11th and 12th of last year:

Terrantez Madeira, Special Reserve 1802 Oscar Acciaioly
Label scuffed and torn
111 1 bottle per lot $3585

Bual Solera Madeira 1811 Blandy
Label damp stained, bin soiled and scuffed; chipped wax capsule; rebottled 1961
112 1 bottle per lot $1015

Sercial Madeira 1815 Jose Rufi no d’Almeida Teixeira
113 1 700ml bottle per lot $1195

Madeira, Freitas Family Reserve 1820 Freitas Branco
Base neck level; remnants of original handwritten label; Patrick Grubb Selections label
114 1 bottle per lot $717

Boal Solera Madeira 1825 Lomelino
Label damp stained and scuffed; slightly corroded capsule
115 1 bottle per lot $537

Sercial Garrafeira Particular Madeira 1826 Barbeito
Base neck level; slight signs of past seepage; damp stained label; chipped wax capsule
116 1 bottle per lot $1015

Bual Madeira 1827 Quinta do Serrado
One base neck level; three chipped wax capsules; bottled in 1988; Christie’s Wine Dept., UK label
117 4 700ml bottles per lot $5975

Malmsey Madeira 1830 Quinta do Serrado
Both wax capsules chipped; Christie’s Wine Dept., UK labels
118 2 bottles per lot $1912

Malvasia Madeira Reserva Velha 1834 Barbeito
119 1 bottle per lot $776

Bual Madeira, Centenary Solera 1845 Cossart-Gordon
Label damp stained and torn; chipped wax capsule
120 1 bottle per lot $657

Boal Madeira, Garrafeira Particular 1850 Barbeito
Top shoulder level; damp stained label
121 1 700ml bottle per lot $657

Malmsey Solera Madeira 1853 Lomelino
One base neck, one top shoulder level; one slight signs of past seepage; both labels damp stained and slightly scuffed, one also tattered
122 2 bottles per lot $1015

Sercial Solera Madeira 1860 Cossart-Gordon
Two base neck, two top shoulder level; two signs of past seepage; one wine stained label
123 4 bottles per lot $1683

Bual Madeira Reserva Velha 1863 Barbeito
Bottled October 2002
124 2 bottles per lot $1135

Gran Cama do Lobos Solera Madeira 1864 Blandy
Top shoulder level; slight signs of past seepage; slightly corroded capsule; scuffed label
125 1 bottle per lot $537

Terrantez Madeira 1870 Adegas de Torreao
126 1 bottle per lot $956

Terrantez Madeira 1877 Borges
Believed to be Borges; large “T” stenciled on bottle
127 1 bottle per lot $1195

Verdelho Madeira, Torre Bella 1878
Label damp stained and torn; chipped wax capsule; Christie’s Wine Dept., UK label
128 1 bottle per lot $776

Bual Madeira 1907 Blandy
One base neck level; one slightly corroded capsule
129 4 bottles per lot $3346

Malmsey Madeira 1920 Cossart-Gordon
130 2 bottles per lot $1553

Sercial Madeira 1935 Barbeito
One chipped wax capsule
131 2 700ml bottles per lot $776

Boal Madeira Reserva, Grand Old Vintage NV Henriques & Henriques
Damp stained label; bottled 1927; rebottled in 1955 and in 1975
132 1 bottle per lot $776

Malvazia Reserva Madeira NV Henriques & Henriques
Bottled in 1964
133 1 bottle per lot $836

Moscatel Madeira Reserva 1900 (1)
Verdelho Reserva Madeira 1900 (1)
Boal Madeira, Reserva 1903 (1)
All above D’Oliveira
134 Above 3 bottles per lot $1792

Bual Madeira 1914 (1)
Bual Madeira 1934 (1)
Bin soiled label; bottled in 1986
Both above Leacock
135 Above 2 bottles per lot $896

[Bradley Bogdan]

http://www.wineberserkers.com/forum/vie ... =7&t=77889

If you're looking, there is an 1845 Madeira on his list and a few good references. I have no affiliation or experience, but I figured I'd pass it along.

[Roy Hersh]

Thanks Bradley. I'd never have seen that otherwise. Some really fine wine in that offering.