Buyers solely interested in the Cognacs of revolutionary and Napoleonic France will be disappointed. Mr van der Bunt is aiming to sell the entire collection, which was started by his great grandfather in 1880, to a single buyer by the end of this year.
He is also haunted by the idea that a buyer might open and drink his historic brandies.
“I fear people will drink them. This will be more than a pity. It will be barbaric. Just barbaric.”
Bart Laming, the agent for the sale, will uphold Mr van der Bunt’s wishes by vetting prospective buyers to ensure collectors rather than drinkers get their hands on the Cognacs.
“We are aiming at a wealthy Russian or Chinese buyer, because we think people from these countries are willing to spend their money on this,” he said.
“We certainly are afraid that a potential buyer would empty some of them. We will screen potential buyers to minimise that risk”.
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