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Ritchie appointed Sotheby’s head of wine
Jamie Ritchie has been named as Sotheby’s new ‘worldwide head of wine’ and will oversee all of the house’s wine auction and retail businesses.
Ritchie, who has been at the auctioneer since 1990 and based in New York since 1994, has been responsible for conducting some of Sotheby’s most important fine wine sales to date including the ex-cellar auctions of Margaux, Mouton Rothschild, Lafite, Domaine Clarence Dillon and Palmer.
Similarly he was the auctioneer at the recent sale of Bill Koch’s cellar in New York, which set a new record for a fine wine auction, achieving US$21.9 million over three days.
He was also responsible for opening Sotheby’s retail stores in both New York and Hong Kong.
The appointment sees him step into the shoes of Serena Sutcliffe MW, who left the position in June last year and is now supporting the wine team as honorary chairman.