Sotheby's sold a record $88m (£57m) of wine at auction in 2010. Here are the key facts and figures. $88,270,602 Sotheby’s worldwide wine sales in 2010 – the company’s highest ever year total for wine sales.11 - The number of consecutive 100pc-sold wine auctions Sotheby's Hong Kong has had since since 2009 – a record unsurpassed by any other major auction house.