- Christie's sold its most expensive spirit lot this year with a single bottle of 60-year-old whiskey that went for more than $1.5 million.
- Six of the top 10 most expensive lots on this list were French wines, while the other four were rare and antique whiskeys.
- Half of the lots on this list were sold in a single auction in London , the most successful wine and spirits sale for the auctioneer in 20 years.
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The 10 most expensive wines and spirits sold by Christie's in 2018
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10. Domaine de la Romanée-Conti, Montrachet 1986 — $120,960
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This past year, auction house Christie's sold a bottle of whiskey that is worth more than seven times as much as the average American house .
In fact, it even broke a world record for the most expensive scotch to ever be auctioned off.
Nearly $3.3 million of the auction house's total sales in 2018 came from just 10 high-valued alcohol lots alone.
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Here's a look at the most expensive wines and spirits Christie's has sold globally in the past year, ranked in ascending order.
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