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Records Were Meant to Be Broken

Autumn auctions offered both historic sales and bargains

By Peter D. Meltzer

This fall, wine auction records shattered under the hammer. Two days of feverish bidding broke the record for the largest total raised by a wine auction, a mark that had stood for almost seven years. .....

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