They will be the first auction house in Massachusetts to offer wine at auction. The new venture kicks off on September 14 with 220 lots including two cases of Chateau Lafite Rothschild 2000 estimated at $6000-9000 each.
Marie Keep, Skinner’s long-serving Boston gallery director, heads the new department working in collaboration with Lower Falls Wine Co., based in Newton, Massachusetts.
Bottoms up in Boston
Following Christie’s decision to hold liquor sales in New York, Boston auctioneer Skinner is to launch a wine department.
