Hello all. I have just come into possession of a collection of
Marilyn Merlot bottles. There are 1990 through 2005 inclusive and a
1987. Also there are some Norma Jean bottles. I am not a collector
nor a consumer of wine so I am trying to find bonafide sellers or
buyers of this. Can anyone point me in the right direction? Thanks
very much.

On Dec 21, 8:51 pm, wrote:
> Hello all. I have just come into possession of a collection of
> Marilyn Merlot bottles. There are 1990 through 2005 inclusive and a
> 1987. Also there are some Norma Jean bottles. I am not a collector
> nor a consumer of wine so I am trying to find bonafide sellers or
> buyers of this. Can anyone point me in the right direction? Thanks
> very much.

Are the bottles still full of wine or empty? If empty, an auction site
such as eBay would be a good place to try. Follow eBay for a while and
hopefully some Marilyn bottles will come up for auction to give you
and idea of what price to expect. Then you have to decide if you want
to sell the 1990 to 2005 bottles as a single lot or as individual
bottles. A sequence of bottles may be worth more per bottle than
single bottles. However many will pass it by if they already have some
of the bottles in the sequence.

If the bottles are still full, a wine auction house may be best. Look
up various wine auction houses in a Google search. Then find their
policy for buying your wines or putting them up for auction. Such
houses will need to know that the wines have been stored well at cool
temperatures if they want them. Then you may have to deliver or ship
the wines to the auction house. There can be problems in some states
in shipping wines by an individual. In many cases the wines can be
shipped if you want to take a risk, but if something happens to them
in shipment you may find it difficult to collect for damage or loss
because the shipping company may say that they do not ship wine from
your area and it is illegal to do so. Thus they may consider it your
fault if loss or damage occur.

Thanks for the help. The bottles are full and I am currently looking
at Ebay. The prices there seem to run the gamut. I was thinking it
best to keep the collection together, also. Thank your for your
suggestions.

On Dec 22, 11:13 am, wrote:
> Thanks for the help. The bottles are full and I am currently looking
> at Ebay. The prices there seem to run the gamut. I was thinking it
> best to keep the collection together, also. Thank your for your
> suggestions.

Now that I know the bottles are full, go to http://www.wine-searcher.com/
and put in Marilyn as the name. You will get a list of several years
available somewhere. Click each year to get a listing of where the
wine is available, cost, etc. Some locations are auctions, others are
retail wine stores. Keep in mind that retail prices usually are higher
than what you will receive at auction or what a store will pay you for
your wine. As often happens with collector items, prices are all over
the map. It depends if the wine has been stored properly, how much is
still available to collectors, and what someone thinks they may be
able to charge. If there are no buyers, the price often gets reduced.
In auctions when 2 or more people are determined to have the item, the
final bid price sometimes gets inflated far above above the worth of
the wine; in other cases the wine will not even sell at a low price,
since bidders are not interested in it at that time.

On Dec 21, 10:51�pm, wrote:
> Hello all. �I have just come into possession of a collection of
> Marilyn Merlot bottles. There are 1990 through 2005 inclusive and a
> 1987. �Also there are some Norma Jean bottles. �I am not a collector
> nor a consumer of wine so I am trying to find bonafide sellers or
> buyers of this. �Can anyone point me in the right direction? �Thanks
> very much.

Looks like you are in US. Easiest way for a one-time transaction is
probably winebid.com or winecommune.com. You don't really have enough
to warrant interest from a B&M auction house in my opinion. With
winebid you'd send to them, they'd auction on commission. Winecommune
is more like ebay.

All bottles are in perfect condition and have been stored in a cool,
dark place.

Marilyn Merlot
1987 1 bottle
1991 1 bottle
1992 1 bottle
1993 1 bottle
1994 2 bottles
1995 2 bottles
1996 3 bottles
1997 1 bottle
1998 1 bottle
1999 3 bottles
2000 3 bottles
2001 2 bottles
2002 1 bottle
2003 1 bottle
2004 2 bottles

Norma Jean
1998 1 bottle
1999 3 bottles
2001 2 bottles
2002 2 bottles
2003 1 bottle
2004 1 bottle
2006 1 bottle

Also, 1 bottle of Elvis

No champagnes