The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-11-03
GREAT SALE OF WINES.
Tho niggost Lot Of Champngnc Ever Pat
Up at 4 uction.

Tho largest quantity OF champagne
ever put UP 10 auction without reserve
was sold at the London Commercial
Salesrooms on Wednesday afternoon,
BY Messrs. Molly. Kelly, Graham &
Company. Tho sale was on account OF
an eminent firm OF New York bankers.
which had ordered the wine 10 be re-
shipped from New York, where II was
imported In the carly part OF 1891 In
all, 10000 dozen OF Premiere Quall,e
was offered, and prices opened at My
two gbilllngs per dozen In bond, but the
enormous quantity to be disposed or
soon began TO tell on the buying capn
billtles OF the room, and 1t was not
long before values had descended to the
Lowell OF forty Bhlllings, from which
there was n gradual decline until tho
final lots were disposed OF at thirty
shIlllngs per dozen. Tho catalogue com
prlsed no less than 9g9 lots Of ten bas-
kets,cnch OF which contained one dozen
bottles or two dozen half bottles.
\ very large cOnCOursG OF buyers
was attracted from all parts OF the
kingdom 10 MCssrs. w. & r. Rcstclrs
snle at the London Commercial Sales
rooms. The catalogue contained many
important parcels Of wines, the prlnci-
pul OF which was 1897 dozen OF lrrOy'g
1884 champagne, which formerly be-
lOnge1 to Francis TNlctt, trading M
Messrs. DlaCkwood & Company, now
In bankruptcy. The winc which was
imported In 1887, and was the balance
Of the celebrated CuvcG 'G3, wnStwGll
competed for, md sold for cighty-scven
shllllnBs to cighty-one sElllinEs per
dozen, duty paid. A lot OF fine claret,
Chateau Lailtc." vintage OF 1878 "a lit
tie over ten dozen hottles), realized tho
high figure OF cIghty-slx BhIllinGa per
dozen, duty paid, but some important
parcels OF port and sherry went very
| Chcaply. \ consignment OF 22J pipes
| OF port, described ms n tawny. useful
wine, with n one shilling duty, sold,
without reserve, ut Go fifteen shit
lng3 TO Gl2 i've shlllIngs per pipe In
bond. This was followed by the offer.
without reserve, OF sixteen butts and
eighty-sIx hogshcads OF sherry, con-
signed by Senior Don Juan Garcia OF
Jerez, In whose stock they had been
FOR many years. The old East India
| sherry, described as OF old-flshlOncd
| style, for which the shlppcTs' price was
| Gas. free on board, realized no more
than eli ten shllllngs. while parcel OF
very old fruIty Pasado, which was
priced by the shipper at CAS-, went for
cl2 per butt In bond. Three parcels OF
| Gonzales, Byass &: Company's wine.
however. fetched rates more nearly APP
proaching valuation. One OF nine hogs
heads, valued at esq. making eco ten
shillIngs. and another two OF three
butts two hogsheads. valued at Ei2,
brought G29 ten shllllngs. The first
parcel was Carascal sec OF 1873. and the
last two Machlrnud OF 1850. Five par
cells OF sparkling burgundy were also
submitted. These, embracing 900 cases,
which had been shipped by juliet Ou-
ward rs trial to Introduce his wines
on the English market, met with fair
| attention. and realized twenty shIllIngs
10 forty-nve shNllngs per dozen. Some
16S hogshcads OF Australian wines were
sold without reserve to close accounts.
They were all shipped from Adelaide.
and made fairly good prices. The white
wine. with a shilling duty. making two
shlll!ngs 10 two shlllIngs two pence per
gallon, and red wine one shilling six
pence to two shilllngs two pence. A fine
lot OF old Scotch wh!skey realized two
shlllings nine pence per gallon In bond.
London Times.