Lots at the November Zachy's online auction

[Eric Menchen]

There are quite a few listings for Port and Madeira in this month Zachy's online auction. At the moment I've only bid on:
Lot 515 10 375ml Dow Vintage 1980
Lot 564 1 750ml Burmester Novidade 1922
But there were lots of other tempting bottles out there, 1970s, 1977, 1985 ...
If I bid on additional lots, I'll post here. And if other FTLOPers post here, I won't bid against you. But if I don't see anything here in a few days, I may outbid some of the existing bids.

[Miguel Simoes]

Will have to check it out.
They often have interesting lots.

[Daniel Fraley]

Hmmm, might be interested in the Welsh Bros bottles if the price stays low. Thanks for the heads up.

[Eric Menchen]

Hmmm, might be interested in the Welsh Bros bottles if the price stays low. Thanks for the heads up.

I was looking at those too. Compiling my own spreadsheet now to figure out what else to bid on. I was already outbid on a d'Yquem.

[Eric Menchen]

Here are all the Port & Madeira lots that I found, with info as follows:
Lot Qty Description Size LowEst HighEst CurrentOrMinBid
475 6 Dow 1985 750ml 180 280 180
476 12 Dow 1985 750ml 360 550 360
477 12 Graham 1985 750ml 500 750 500
514 3 Taylor Fladgate 1970 375ml 180 280 150
515 10 Dow Vintage 1980 375ml 160 240 120
516 1 Fonseca 1985 1.5L 100 150 80
517 13 Fonseca 1994 375ml 480 750 500
518 1 Fonseca 1994 1.5L 160 240 120
519 18 Taylor Fladgate 1994 375ml 800 1,200 640
520 18 Warres 1994 375ml 340 500 260
521 16 Taylor Fladgate 2000 Port 375ml 400 600 320
522 2 Taylor Fladgate 2000 Port 1.5L 220 340 180
523 7 1 Cockburn 1970, 1 Delaforce 1970, 1 Warres 1970, 1 Gould Campbell 1977, 3 Taylor Fladgate 1980 750m 300 460 320
524 9 3 Warres 1983 750ml, 1 Hooper Port 1983 750ml, 2 Cockburn 1983 750ml, 1 Taylor Fladgate 1983 1.5L, 1 Dow 1983 750ml, 1 Taylor Fladgate 1983 750ml Mixed 400 600 320
525 7 3 Warres 1994 750ml, 3 Quinta do Vesuvio 1994 750ml, 1 Royal Oporto Port 1994 375ml Mixed 220 340 180
564 1 Burmester Novidade 1922 750ml 240 400 220
565 2 Warres 1970 750ml 100 180 80
566 12 Taylor Fladgate 1994 750ml 1,100 1,600 850
580 1 Taylor Fladgate 1955 750ml 260 440 200
581 1 Taylor Fladgate 1977 750ml 80 120 60
617 1 Graham 1911 750ml 340 550 260
618 2 1 Croft 1963, 1 Taylor Fladgate 1977 750ml 160 260 120
698 1 Fonseca 1963 750ml 200 300 160
699 1 Graham 1963 750ml 160 260 120
700 1 Fonseca 1977 750ml 100 160 80
701 3 Fonseca 1992 750ml 200 300 160
702 6 Taylor Fladgate 1992 750ml 600 900 550
703 5 Fonseca 1994 750ml 360 600 280
704 5 Taylor Fladgate 1994 750ml 440 700 340
705 5 1 Quinta do Noval 1963, 1 Cockburn 1963, 2 Warres 1963, 1 Croft 1963 750ml 440 700 340
706 2 1 Warres 1977, 1 Graham 1977 750ml 100 160 80
707 10 5 Graham 1985, 4 Taylor Fladgate 1985, 1 Fonseca 1985 750ml 420 650 320
708 12 2 Quinta do Infantado 1992, 5 Quinta do Vesuvio 1994, 2 Dow 1994, 1 Graham 1994, 1 Dow 1997, 1 Martinez 1997 750ml 420 650 320
709 7 3 Warres 2000, 2 Dow 2000, 1 Smith Woodhouse Port 2000, 1 Quinta de Roriz Port 2000 750ml 180 280 140
710 5 2 Fonseca 2000, 2 Taylor Fladgate 2000, 1 Graham Port 2000 750ml 200 320 160
711 1 Madeira Sercial Welsh 1910 750ml 140 260 100
712 1 Madeira Bual Welsh Brothers 1920 750ml 140 260 100
713 2 1 Madeira Verdelho Welsh 1952, 1 Madeira Malvazia Welsh Brothers 1952 750ml 240 400 180
908 5 Guedes Vintage Port 1940 750ml 500 750 400
909 2 Sandeman 1950 750ml 300 480 240
910 1 Sandeman 1958 750ml 100 160 80
911 4 Fonseca 1970 750ml 420 650 320
912 3 Graham 1970 750ml 240 380 180
913 2 Taylor Fladgate 1970 750ml 200 300 160
914 1 Fonseca 1977 750ml 100 160 80
915 4 Taylor Fladgate 1977 750ml 320 500 260
916 7 4 Quinta do Noval 1960, 3 Fonseca 1960 750ml 500 800 400
917 11 2 Quinta do Noval 1970 750ml, 4 Croft Port 1970 750ml, 2 Smith Woodhouse 1977 1.5L, 3 Graham 1977 750 ml Mixed 650 1,000 500
948 2 Taylor Fladgate 1970 750ml 200 300 160
1036 8 Croft Port 1970 750ml 320 500 260
1037 12 Croft Port 1970 750ml 500 750 400
1038 12 Croft Port 1970 750ml 500 750 400
1039 12 Fonseca 1970 750ml 1,300 1,900 1000
1040 12 Fonseca 1970 750ml 1,300 1,900 1000
1041 12 Graham 1970 750ml 1,000 1,500 900
1042 12 Graham 1970 750ml 1,000 1,500 900
1043 12 Graham 1970 750ml 1,000 1,500 900
1044 12 Fonseca 1977 750ml 1,200 1,800 1100
1045 12 Fonseca 1977 750ml 1,200 1,800 1100
1046 12 Graham 1977 750ml 700 1,000 550
1047 12 Graham 1977 750ml 700 1,000 550

[Eric Menchen]

I've so far bid on:
515 (outbid, bummer, but not going higher as it approaches retail prices),
516,
548 (outbid),
564,
608 (outbid),
706,
837,
911,
1013

I'll probably bid on those Fonseca magnums if I don't hear from any FTLOPers, and a few more of the lots like 911 and 917, maybe 705, 709, 916 ...

Update: Put in a bid on 516, the 1985 Fonseca magnum; and 911, 1970 Fonseca.

Update: Outbid on the 1980 Dow, so 917 is looking more likely to get a bid from me. Also there is some CdP and Recioto I might bid on.

[Miguel Simoes]

Heads up that their Holiday Auction is also open.
There are a number of interesting lots (some of them fairly large). Plenty of 1963 bottles, some from before.
One of the lots is a bottle of Scion (lot 1147).

[Miguel Simoes]

Am likely to put a bid on 1041. No bids on it so far.
Will likely hold off until close to the end.

[Eric Menchen]

I was outbid on the four bottles of 1970 Fonseca, so I put in a bid on a full case. If I win one, and someone wants to split it, let me know. I also just put a bid in on lot 916.

[Glenn E.]

I was outbid on the four bottles of 1970 Fonseca, so I put in a bid on a full case. If I win one, and someone wants to split it, let me know. I also just put a bid in on lot 916.

I'd split part of a case of F70. I was thinking of bidding on one, but didn't really want that many.

And wow is their website slow right now...

[Glenn E.]

Looks like I got 1041.

[Miguel Simoes]

Glenn, sounds like you outbid me. Why not take one of the other 2 identical lots that ended up w no bids??

[Glenn E.]

Glenn, sounds like you outbid me. Why not take one of the other 2 identical lots that ended up w no bids??

???

When I bid, they were all showing no bids... I saw your post, but since there were no bids on it I thought you'd decided not to bid.

[Glenn E.]

Though that might explain why I had to "outbid" the minimum bid that was displayed. We must have placed our bids at almost the same time, so I never saw yours displayed. I've never used Zachy's before so wasn't sure how it all worked.

[Tom D.]

For all the auctions they do, Zachy's website and online bidding system is one of the worst I could imagine. Slow, confusing, pathetic really.

[Miguel Simoes]

Though that might explain why I had to "outbid" the minimum bid that was displayed.

Their system is messed up... they log you out all the time, logging in is a pain and the quotes are often stale.

Anyway, if you'd be ok w it we could split it at the price you paid, provided it could be arranged w Zachys - in the past they've come across pretty flexible...

[Eric Menchen]

Though that might explain why I had to "outbid" the minimum bid that was displayed.

Their system is messed up... they log you out all the time, logging in is a pain and the quotes are often stale.

I've been annoyed by having to log back in, but I haven't experienced the stale quotes thing. In fact, I noticed that when pages were loading in my browser that it would flash away and come back with a different bid while the load was happening. After the page was fully loaded, I didn't see updates, nor did I expect to.

I really wish they had a "watch" feature. I found it tedious to keep looking up lots I had not bid on to see what was happening.

And once long ago I remember a way I could enter multiple lots or a range and get them to all show up, but I haven't managed to do this lately. If you could do this, that would somewhat alleviate the need for a "watched lots" feature.

[Eric Menchen]

I see that 1042 and 1043 were passed. Perhaps call Zachy's and see if you can buy one of those.

[Glenn E.]

I see that 1042 and 1043 were passed. Perhaps call Zachy's and see if you can buy one of those.

I was going to suggest the same thing. I'm sure they'd be happy to sell another lot, and you'd get it cheaper than what I paid!

[Glenn E.]

Though that might explain why I had to "outbid" the minimum bid that was displayed.

Their system is messed up... they log you out all the time, logging in is a pain and the quotes are often stale.

I've been annoyed by having to log back in, but I haven't experienced the stale quotes thing. In fact, I noticed that when pages were loading in my browser that it would flash away and come back with a different bid while the load was happening. After the page was fully loaded, I didn't see updates, nor did I expect to.

I saw this and wondered what it was. When I saw the weird flashing, nothing changed that I noticed so I thought it was just poor website design.

Once it fully loaded, though, there was no more flashing. So at that point the quotes could have become stale.

I really wish they had a "watch" feature. I found it tedious to keep looking up lots I had not bid on to see what was happening.

Agreed. There were several that I was watching and I kept having to close the window, go back to Zachys.com/auctions, re-filter for Portugal, and then scan all the lots again.

This was further compounded by the slowness of their website on Sunday. At one point it took me 20 minutes to log in and look at the Port lots. That was at 5:20 pm (ending at about 5:40 pm), and the auction was closing at 6:00! As I recall that was about the time that I said screw it and just went ahead and placed a few bids. I was worried that if I waited any longer I'd miss out due to their slow website.

2 of my 3 bids weren't sufficient even though I'd overbid... the 3rd went through (1041) but for the full amount that I'd bid and not the minimum bid.

(Overbidding is a trick I've learned when sniping... it helps you get the lot if multiple people are all trying to snipe it at once.)