This present season at Sotheby’s has seen some distinctive outcomes for our gross sales of whisky and spirits, so we needed to give you a quick overview and in addition a take a look at the gross sales taking place this July.
In June in New York, we bought a bottle of The Yamazaki 55 for $600,000, in opposition to an estimate of $400,000-500,000, and two ultra-rare casks of whisky from the fabled Brora and Port Ellen distilleries for a mixed complete of £1.75 million ($2.1 million).
The month of Could noticed our largest ever spirits providing with a sale of over 1,000 bottles of Scotch whisky, which achieved a complete of $2.5 million (est. $1.5-2.1m) with 95% of tons bought. Two days later, our first devoted Moutai public sale in London, consigned from the descendants of a Chinese language restaurant proprietor in Brazil, introduced £1 million.
We’ve three extra gross sales to go till the shut of the summer season season, two out of Hong Kong, and one out of New York.
Distilled | Whisky is a 247-lot sale celebrating the best and rarest Scotch, Japanese whisky and Moutai, led by the extremely treasured and collectible Macallan Tales of The Macallan Quantity I 71 12 months Outdated (est. HK$750,000-1,000,000), adopted by the enduring Macallan Crimson Assortment 78 12 months Outdated (est. HK$700,000-1,000,000). A number of uncommon Japanese whiskies from famend distilleries options the extremely sought-after Hanyu Ichiro’s Malt Card Collection (a terrific alternative for collectors trying to full a full set of the sequence), Karuizawa 31 12 months Outdated #4961 Shinanoya Non-public Cask fifth Anniversary 1981, and Hibiki 35 12 months Outdated Arita Ceramic Assortment.
On the identical day at 2pm HKT, we are going to current a devoted single-lot sale of The Dalmore Constellation Assortment (est. HK$3,500,000-5,000,000) – the complete 21 bottle set of vintages spanning 1964 all over to 1992, first launched in 2012, which has by no means been seen at public sale in its entirety till now. Bottled at cask energy and pure color, this was the primary time the Dalmore created a classic sequence akin to this.
Final, however not least, on 29 July in New York, Whisky & Whiskey | The Three Continents Assortment Half V – The Ultimate Chapter. This sale sees the finale of the largest whisky assortment Sotheby’s has bought from a single proprietor that includes over 3,000 bottles of uncommon whisky. The public sale is supported by numerous different collections together with a Yamazaki 55 12 months Outdated, and three 50 12 months Outdated Black Bowmores together with vintages from 1961, 1964 and 1966.
That may carry the whole variety of spirits sale held to this point this yr to 12 – with lots extra upcoming within the calendar.
Trying forward, on 23 September in New York, Sotheby’s will public sale The Timeless Whisky Assortment. This can be a single proprietor sale of almost 600 bottles estimated to attain $2million. The sale is led by The Macallan in Lalique Six Pillars Assortment that’s supplied alongside an expertise donated by Lalique themselves in addition to personalised glassware and a bespoke show platform hand crafted from Highland Scottish Burr Elm by Anselm Fraser Design on which the bottles may be lovingly showcased by the fortunate bidder.
