Overview
- Christie’s has listed an online‑only auction titled Final Treasures From The Wine Cellar Of Andrew Lloyd Webber, with all proceeds designated for The Music in Secondary Schools Trust.
- Headline lots include three bottles of 1947 Château Cheval Blanc estimated up to £15,000 each, a 1900 Château Margaux up to £7,000, and a 1961 Château Haut‑Brion magnum up to £4,000.
- MiSST provides free instruments, weekly tuition, and a classical curriculum called The Andrew Lloyd Webber Programme to pupils in 37 secondary schools in areas of high deprivation.
- The programme has reached nearly 30,000 students so far, and the auction is expected to extend access to music education to more than 2,000 additional young people.
- Lloyd Webber calls the wines the last great bottles from his Sydmonton Court cellars, with some stored there for over 50 years, and Christie’s says the online format opens bidding to collectors worldwide.