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Auction, Christie, Manson & Woods, 6 November 1975.
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I wonder what management flaws caused Morgan Steel to go bust?
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jdaw1 wrote:I wonder what management flaws caused Morgan Steel to go bust?
Are you hinting that there is an interesting story here, or genuinely wondering?
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djewesbury wrote:Are you hinting that there is an interesting story here, or genuinely wondering?
It was the sort of steel company that had bought 100 dozen of ’63 Port. How many other core skills did they have, I wonder.
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jdaw1 wrote:
djewesbury wrote:Are you hinting that there is an interesting story here, or genuinely wondering?
It was the sort of steel company that had bought 100 dozen of ’63 Port.
But it was only Gonzalez-Byass. Sounds very restrained to me.
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jdaw1 wrote:It was the sort of steel company that had bought 100 dozen of ’63 Port.
I apologise for slanderously under-estimating Morgan Steel & Co. Ltd.

From the same auction by Christie, Manson & Woods, on 6 November 1975, lots 381 to 389 comprised another 39 dozen of the same, except duty paid, and sold at £19 and £19.50 per dozen.
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[url=http://www.theportforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=86527#p86527]Here[/url] jdaw1 wrote:Auction, Christie, Manson & Woods, 12 February 1976.
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Auction, Christie, Manson & Woods, 17 June 1976.
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One hundred dozen Fonseca 1970 sold at £30 per dozen.
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Christie, Manson & Woods, 1 June 1976.
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Auction, Christie, Manson & Woods, 11 November 1976 (and previous auctions).
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Auction, Christie, Manson & Woods, 11 November 1976, lots 413 to 415 (obscured by weight)
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Auction, Christie, Manson & Woods, 11 November 1976.
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Oh, prices? You want to know what they cost? You don’t. Really, you don’t.

Behold, and weep!
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jdaw1 wrote:One hundred dozen Fonseca 1970 sold at £30 per dozen.
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someone please invent a time machine!
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Nowadays they don’t do this.

Auction, Christie, Manson & Woods, 5 April 1977.
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Auction, Christie, Manson & Woods, 30 June 1977.
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Strange.
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Christie, Manson & Woods, 2 June 1977.
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These memos are fascinating. Thank you for unearthing them and sharing them.
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[url=http://www.theportforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=86730#p86730]Here[/url] jdaw1 wrote:Auction, Christie, Manson & Woods, 14 July 1977.
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[url=http://www.theportforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=86737#p86737]Here[/url] jdaw1 wrote:Auction, Christie, Manson & Woods, 13 September 1977.
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[url=http://www.theportforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=86740#p86740]Here[/url] jdaw1 wrote:Auction, Christie, Manson & Woods, 6 December 1977.
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That means that I have typed all the Christie’s data I have, which is for auctions ≤1977. There will be one more day of photographing, partly to retake some imperfectly taken the first time (oops!), and partly to get to auctions in the nineteen eighties.

And that, I declare, will be enough data. Or too much.
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Auction, Christie, Manson & Woods, 19 March 1868.
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So small it hardly seems worthwhile bidding :roll:
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[url=http://www.theportforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=87103#p87103]Here[/url] jdaw1 wrote:Auction, Christie’s, 14 February 1978.
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[url=http://www.theportforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=87110#p87110]Here[/url] jdaw1 wrote:Auction, Christie’s, 30 March 1978.
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