BOWMORE-35 YEAR OLD-1964 TOPS BONHAM

BOWMORE-35 YEAR OLD-1964 TOPS BONHAMS EDINBURGH WHISKY SALE

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Bowmore-35 year old-1964. Sold for £19,642.

A bottle of Bowmore-35 year old-1964 was the top selling lot at Bonhams Whisky sale in Edinburgh on Tuesday 1 June. Distilled and bottled by Morrison’s Bowmore Distillery, it was bottle number 26 of 99 from cask 3709. It sold for £19,642 having been estimated at £10,000-14,000.

Other highlights included:

• The Macallan Select Reserve-52 year old-1946. Distilled and bottled by The Macallan Distillers Ltd this was bottle number 1053, was accompanied by a Certificate of Guarantee, and came in a wooden presentation case. Sold for £14,640. Estimate: £10,000-14,000.

• Hanyu Ichiro’s Malt-Two of Diamonds. One of the 54 bottles in the famous Full Card Series from the tiny Hanyu distillery which closed in 2000. Sold for £14,640. Estimate: £12,000-15,000.

• Bowmore-38 year old-1957. Bottle number 264 of 861 it was distilled and bottled by Morrison’s Bowmore Distillery. Sold for £10,980. Estimate: £10,000-12,000.

Sale: Whisky
Location: 22 Queen Street Edinburgh
Date: Tuesday 1 June at 11.00

Link to catalogue and full list of results: Bonhams : Whisky Sale

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