The surprising closure of New York City wine shop Shelley Lehman was odd, but it took an even more bizarre turn to settling the business.
A cache of memorabilia from the iconic Vintner in midtown Manhattan is closed in 2023 over stolen prize money, but was previously stolen for selling stolen watches. It was offered at a price that was heavily marked up by a vintage jewelry dealer.
Items sold on the dealer's website 2001 Grand Cru Bienvenues Batard-Montrachet – White Burgundy of the Awards – $4,995.
Catch: An empty display bottle.
According to wine searchers, the price of bottles that are not open in full averaged $1,033 last month.
Elsewhere, the 2019 Chateau Bel Air Bordeaux is available for $695. According to the listing, the bottle is “almost sealed, but may have slightly evaporated over the past five years.”
“You can buy the latest Bel Air Bordeaux for $20,” wine expert and author Kevin Zully told the Post.
Daniel Posner, who owns White Plains at New York-based Grapes the Wine Co., was equally baffled by the $495 list of a “about 60% full” 2018 Lacroix Barton Bordeaux bottle.
“When that bottle is completely sealed, it's worth $11 — and this one has been open for years,” he said. “There's nothing here that makes sense in terms of price.”
This item is part of the real estate sales that is running until April 57, a bone shop shop in midtown Manhattan at 200 W. 57th St. west of Shelley Laman's now-deprecated store. is.
According to sources with knowledge of the transaction, Shelley Lehmann's former landowner sold what remained inside the store for “Next Nothing.”
The April 57 website stated that it had “recently purchased Shelley Lehmann's entire inventory,” including over 500 chocchikes and liquor, but the seller did not disclose it.
Rosenbloom, who called himself an “appraiser” on the wide radio show he hosted, is not accustomed to the controversy.
In 2002 he was arrested on suspicion of allegedly selling a stolen FP Journe Watch worth $30,000. At the time, he posted that he never bothered to look at the receipts the officers had for the watch.
RosenBloom has also made landfall in New York ABC affiliate marketing Eyewitness News ''7 On Your Side'' Consumer Watchdog Segment Four times it was allegedly not paid to the contracting client for the jewelry he sold, and to not return the valuable items he was asked to repair.
He appeared in another TV news segment after refusing to let go of the Rolex watch brought to be repaired. He rejected the owner for three years until she got the help of the media. PIX11 Report 2018.
RosenBloom did not return an email or phone call for comment. His shop was decorated with pictures of himself posing with stars like Sylvester Stallone, Harrison Ford, Martin Sheen and Kelsey Grammer – On the moon, sources told the post.
According to a representative from the next door FedEx Store, in December, Picketers appeared outside the APR57 store during their holiday, warning customers not to get close to them.
Meanwhile, the shop's website advertises framed photos Shelley Lehmann's Andy Warhol signed a wine bottle in 1978.
Price is $925 – wine not included. The frayed empty green box containing Dom Perignon bottles is listed in $295.
Among the strange memorabilia for sale: Construction hard hat decorated in front with the name of Shelley Lehman's dishonorable original owner – Shaida Gilmer – The price is $7,900.
Real Estate Sales is the latest chapter in Shelley Lehman Saga, which includes an aggressive FBI investigation.
The customer sued the store claiming he had purchased a multi-million dollar contract with wine that was not delivered. Others claim that they have expensive collections in the missing company's storage facility, as reported by the Post.
Amidst the chaos, its owners, Gilmer and Chris Green, abandoned the business leaving millions of dollars of unpaid bills – over $3 million on unpaid rent alone – and wine It's a huge mystery about what happened to the wines stored in the cave cave facility.
Gilmer and Greene did not respond to requests for comment.
According to Edmund O'Brien, the Hong Kong-based glorious Sun, former landowner of Shelley Lehman, could not be reached for comment.
“The brand is pretty dead,” said a former Shelly Lehman employee who doesn't want to be identified. Another said, “It looks like someone has passed away and this is the sale of the property.”
