The first time an artist and a liquor company collaborated on a bottle was in 1985. Absolut was a Swedish brand trying to gain a foothold in the United States liquor market which was dominated by Russian made vodka. It was a battle to wean Americans off Russian liquor, the Cold War be damned. Then
KARL, Karl Lagerfeld s Estate Part I with Sotheby s Monaco closed on Monday, bringing in about four times as much as the 582 lots were expected to fetch.