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By DJ A-OH
Mar 16, 2021
Over the weekend a bottle of JAY-Z’s D’USSÉ sold for $52,000 during its first appearance at Sotheby’s auction.
“Bottle Number 1” is a limited edition diamond-shaped bottle of D’USSÉ with 24 karat gold leaf wrapping on the neck, and includes D’USSE’s signature Le Croix de Lorraine symbol, with an engraved signature from part-owner Shawn “JAY-Z” Carter.
Proceeds from the sale of the bottle will go to the Shawn Carter Foundation in support of the development and entrepreneurship workshops designed for college alumni.
The remaining bottles of the 1969 Anniversaire Limited Edition by Shawn “JAY-Z” Carter and D’USSE will be available for $12,000 in select cities.
Jay-Z’s expensive taste is worth a fortune but it s for a good cause.
The billionaire rapper’s D’ussé Cognac sold for more than $50,000 at Sotheby’s over the weekend, with the money raised going towards his charity organization, the Shawn Carter Foundation, a non-profit dedicated to mentoring students.
The Grande Champagne Cognac, called Bottle No. 1, is a limited edition spirit from 1969. It’s stored in an opulent, diamond-shaped bottle with an engraved signature from the Empire State of Mind rapper himself. Jay-Z s D’ussé Cognac sold for more than $50,000 at Sotheby’s (Photo by Greg Allen/Invision/AP, File)
The Shawn Carter Foundation, in collaboration with Sotheby’s auction house, recently debuted Bottle No. 1 of the new D ussé 1969 Anniversaire Limited Edition an ultra-rare bottle of cognac that is one of just 285 in existence.
The limited edition bottle sold for an impressive US$52K at auction last week, will all proceeds going toward Shawn Carter Foundation, a public charity founded by Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter and his mother, Gloria Carter, that aims to help individuals facing socio-economic hardships further their education at postsecondary institutions.
The first bottle of D ussé s small collection of ultra-rare Grande Champagne Cognac comes from a single barrel, which has aged for decades at one of the most storied Cognac houses in France Château de Cognac. All of the bottles are numbered with an inscription to showcase their place in the batch. Placed in a 12-cut crystal diamond decanter encased in a leather box, the bottle also comes with a 24 karat gold foil around