Auction officer Alexis Velliet displays 2 bottles of Chateau Haut Brion 1er Cru Pessac Leognan at the Tour d'Argent cellar, in Paris, Thursday Dec. 3, 2009, two of the 18,000 bottles on auction on Dec.7 and 8 . The landmark Tour d'Argent restaurant, which dates back to 1582, is cleaning out its 450,000-bottle wine cellar, considered one of the best in the world.
(AP Photo/Francois Mori)