WHISKY FROM BLUE CHIP DISTILLERIES TRIUMPHS AT BONHAMS HONG KONG WHISKY SALE

New auction record for Karuizawa ‘Samurai’ series

Bonhams Director of Wine and Whisky Asia Daniel Lam commented: “After a strong start in our January sale, the whisky market in 2021 continues to be robust and healthy. Collectors showed huge interest in the finest editions from the ‘blue chip’ distilleries such as Macallan, Karuizawa, and Yamazaki, the fame of which is enjoying a new high due to the auction world record we set last year. Overall, Karuizawa whisky has seen a growth of up to 30% over the past six months, and this time we are pleased to establish a new auction record for the Karuizawa ‘samurai’ series.

Browse all results here:

https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/26983/

Notable highlights include:

Top lot of the sale:

Lot 482 Macallan Lalique-50 year old

Estimate:HK$750,000-950,000

Sold for HK$1,178,000

Lot 702

Karuizawa-1984-30 year old-#3139-侍 (1)

Karuizawa-1984-30 year old-#7963-侍 (1)

Karuizawa-1984-30 year old-#3656-侍 (1)

Karuizawa-1984-30 year old-#8354-侍 (1)

Karuizawa-1984-30 year old-#3139-侍 (1)

Karuizawa-1985-30 year old-#4201-侍 (1)

Karuizawa-1985-30 year old-#3622-侍 (1)

Karuizawa-1985-30 year old-#6432-侍 (1)

Karuizawa-1985-30 year old-#3620-侍 (1)

Karuizawa-1985-30 year old-#7843-侍 (1)

Estimate: HK$500,000-700,000

Sold for HK$818,400

**New auction record for a Karuizawa ‘Samurai’ series**

Lot 686

山崎 Yamazaki-35 year old. This is only one of the 200 bottles released.

Estimate: HK$720,000-850,000

Sold for HK$868,000

Lot 880

山崎 Yamazaki-Mizunara-1979-#RF1037

Estimate: HK$150,000-230,000

Sold for HK$347,200, over doubling the pre-sale estimate.

Lot 701

Karuizawa-1967-#6426-TWE

Estimate: HK$150,000-200,000

Sold for HK$272,800

NOTES 

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