Spectrum Wine Auctions Launches March Online Auction Part One
Irvine, CA, March 8, 2010 – After a stunning success for their very first live auction in November 2009, new auction house Spectrum Wine Auctions has announced the latest in its series of online wine auctions. The next online auction, the March 2010 Online Auction Part 1, has pre-bidding underway from now until Thursday, March 11, 2010, when live Internet bidding on 204 lots begins at 10:00AM Pacific Standard Time.

Aubrey McClendon Unloads More Wine
I thought Aubrey McClendon (left) might be done liquidating his collection of liquids...

Aubrey McClendon Puts His Big Bottles On The Block
Chesapeake Energy CEO Aubrey McClendon may have sold off wine at an auction earlier this year but he still has cases and cases to go. The Wealth Report draws our attention to the "The Aubrey McClendon Collection" sale scheduled for November 21 at The St. Regis Monarch Beach Resort in Dana Point, California. Spectrum Wine Auctions will be simulcasting the sale in Hong Kong, which appears to be where the big spenders on vintage wine are these days. The sale will feature more than 3,000 bottles and may bring in as much as $3 million.

Burgundies on the Block
By Matthew Lickona | Published Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010 http://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2010/jan/20/crush-burgundies-block/ I have no idea if it's any kind of leading economic indicator, but according to Amanda Keston, director of client services for the newly formed Spectrum Wine Auctions, "The wine-auction market has turned the corner. I think it hit bottom last spring, and it's been going up from there. It's not where it was four or five years ago, but it's starting to recover." (Before 2009, Spectrum had limited its auction work to coins, stamps, and military collectibles. "What happened was, we got our hands on a really great consignment," says Keston, referring to the wine collection of Aubrey McClendon, CEO of natural-gas giant Chesapeake Energy Corporation. "Greg Roberts, our CEO, brought it in.")...

SPECTRUM WINE AUCTIONS’ DEBUT AUCTION
Irvine, CA, December 1, 2009 – With a champagne toast and a pound of the hammer, Master of Ceremonies, “Gavel Goddess” and Screaming Eagle Estate Director Ursula Hermacinski kicked off the very first live auction from new auction house Spectrum Wine Auctions last weekend, held simultaneously at the St. Regis Monarch Beach in Dana Point, California and Crown Wine Cellars in Hong Kong. By the wee hours of the following morning (and well into the Hong Kong afternoon), 686 lots and $3,454,944 in fine and collectible wines had changed hands with 100% of lots sold.

Wine Auctioneers Adopt Innovative Techniques To Tap Hong Kong Market
(Jing Daily) New Wine Auction House Spectrum Sells 686 Lots, 5,500 Bottles In All, In First Trans-Pacific Auction

Spectrum Wine Auctions Announces Magnificent Anchor Collection
IRVINE, Calif. – Spectrum Wine Auctions, the world’s newest live and online auction house of fine collectible wine, announced today that its premiere live auction scheduled for November 21, 2009, will be anchored by a selection of wines from “The Aubrey McClendon Collection.” The auction will be held at The St. Regis Monarch Beach Resort in Dana Point, Calif., with live auction simulcast in Hong Kong.

Spectrum Group International, Inc., Launches Newest Auction Company, Spectrum Wine Auctions
IRVINE, Calif. – Spectrum Group International, Inc., a consolidated global collectibles network and leading auctioneer of stamps, coins, arms, armor and militaria, and other memorabilia, today announced the launch of its latest auction venture, Spectrum Wine Auctions.

Spectrum Group International Inc. celebrates the launch of its latest auction house, Spectrum Wine Auctions
Spectrum Group International Inc. celebrated the launch of its latest auction house, Spectrum Wine Auctions, in July 2009. Check back regularly for frequent updates on important company happenings. Watch for the official company launch press release to be posted here in the coming days.