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Auction results: Dominus Estate, Dominus 2020

What bottles fetched when collectors sold them at Christie’s, Sotheby’s and Hart Davis Hart, lot by lot, as each house published it.

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Auction results: Dominus Estate, Dominus 2020

What bottles of the wines in the ledger fetched at auction, lot by lot, from the results the houses publish themselves. Each row is one lot: the sale, the format and the price as the house published it. Nothing is converted, averaged or turned into an index.

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How a wine auction works

A collector sends bottles to an auction house. Bidders compete, the hammer falls, and the winner pays the hammer price plus the house’s fee, usually 15 to 25 percent.

These are real sales, so they show what someone actually paid for a famous bottle.

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Christie's10,575 lotsMar 2021 – Sep 2026 · 138 sales · 56 wines
Sotheby's38 lotsSep 2026 – Sep 2026 · 2 sales · 8 wines
Sale dateWine and vintageHouse and saleLotFormatLot pricePer bottleRecord
Jun 2025 Dominus Estate, Dominus 2020Dominus 2020 Christie'sThree Great Cellars: A Celebration of Superb Burgundy and Large Format Bordeaux (sale 23892) · London 2556 × 75 cl ≈$1,323≈$220 Lot page · fee included
Prices are in the currency of each sale. Christie’s and Sotheby’s prices include the buyer’s fee. Hart Davis Hart prices are before it.

Sales covered, most recent first

The two dozen most recent sales that included wines we follow.

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