First round of elBulli sale a resounding success

The much- anticipated Sotheby’s elBullicellar auction in Hong Kong on April 3, sold to benefit the elBulli foundation made HK$14.1 Million, with 82 per cent of items making more than their pre-sale estimate. The pre-sale estimates had totaled HK$9.2 Million, with all of the 445 wine lots sold.

Highlights included three bottles of Romanée Conti 1990, which fetched HK$563,500. A dinner with elBulli super chef Ferran Adrià for four in Barcelona sold for HK$220,500, to an online bidder. Bidding for the meal at Tickets Restaurant in Barcelona started at HK$40,000.

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