RARE DALMORE-50 YEAR OLD-1926 TOPS BONHAMS EDINBURGH WHISKY SALE

RARE DALMORE-50 YEAR OLD-1926 TOPS BONHAMS EDINBURGH WHISKY SALE

Dalmore-50 year old-1926. Sold for £15,860

Edinburgh – A bottle of the rare Dalmore-50 year old-1926 in a ceramic decanter and its original wooden presentation case sold for £15,860 at Bonhams online-only Fine Whisky & Spirits Sale which ran from 20 February – 1 March 2023. It had been estimated at £13,000-18,000.

Other highlights of the sale included: 

• A bottle of The Macallan Fine & Rare-30 year old-1973, bottled in 2003 and one of 534 bottles drawn from cask no. 6098. Sold for £14,640 (estimate £12,000-14,000).

• A bottle of Macallan-Glenlivet-22 year old. Liqueur Scotch Whisky, 100% Scotch Malt. Bottled by Row & Company Distillers Ltd. Imported by British American Importation Co. Ltd. 4/5 Quart. Single malt, 86 Proof. One of the earliest bottles ever to be released by The Macallan Distillery, it was imported for the US market by the British American Importation Co. Ltd, who at the time were sole importers of The Macallan. Released in the 1940s, and at 22 years of age, this bottle contains spirit distilled by The Macallan during the 1920s – a similar vintage to the legendary Macallan 1926. Sold for £6,100 (estimate: £5,000-6,000). 

• A bottle of Springbank Local Barley-24 year old-1966, bottled in 1990. Sold for £8,540 (estimate: £7,000-9,000). 

• A bottle of The Macallan-1950. Sold for £6,100 (estimate: £5,000-6,000).

• A bottle of The Macallan Anniversary Malt-25 year old-1958/59, bottled in 1985. Sold for £4,270 (estimate: £4,800-5,200). 

Georgia Porteous, Bonhams whisky specialist in Edinburgh, said, “In a strong and varied sale, the Dalmore-50-year old-1926 stood out for its rarity and desirability and not surprisingly emerged as the top lot. There were also impressive performances from a good selection of Macallans with the Macallan Fine & Rare-30 year old-1973 providing the pick of the crop.”

Sale: Fine Whisky & SpiritsLocation: online-only at Bonhams.comDate: Monday 20 February – Wednesday 1 March 2023

NOTES 

Bonhams, founded in 1793, is one of the world’s largest and most renowned auctioneers, offering fine art and collectables, collectors’ cars and a luxury division, which includes jewellery, designer fashion, watches, wine, and whisky. In 2021 and 2022, Bonhams made a number of important acquisitions which form the wider Bonhams network. These include: Bukowskis, Bruun Rasmussen, Bonhams Skinner, Bonhams Cornette de Saint Cyr and The Market by Bonhams.

There are 14 salerooms around the globe: UK: New Bond Street, London; Knightsbridge, London; Edinburgh. US: New York, Los Angeles, Boston, Marlborough. Hong Kong: Admiralty. France: Avenue Hoche, Paris; Rue de la Paix, Paris. Belgium: Brussels; Denmark: Copenhagen. Sweden: Stockholm and Australia: Sydney.

With a worldwide network of offices and regional representatives in 22 countries, Bonhams offers advice and valuation services in 60+ specialist areas.

In 2022, Bonhams held a number of important auctions and offered landmark single-owner collections, including the white glove sales of Sir Michael Caine: The Personal Collection, Sir Terence Conran: The Contents of Barton Court, Personal Property of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and The Robert & Jean-Pierre Rousset Collection of Asian Art: A Century of Collecting. Other notable single-owner sales included Style and Substance: The Collection of George and Charlotte Shultz and The Claude de Marteau Collection.

Top lots for 2022 included a 1955 Porsche 550 Spyder (Sold for US$4,185,000), a pair of blue and white octagonal candlesticks (Sold for HK$30,453,00/ US$3,911,913), La femme en rouge au fond bleu by Chaïm Soutine (Sold for £1,842,300/ US$2,236,940), and a rare emerald and diamond Cartier bracelet (Sold for US$3,240,375).

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