BOWMORE AND MACALLAN STAR IN BONHAMS EDINBURGH WHISKY SALE 

Three exceptional bottles of Bowmore, presented in one lot and estimated at £12,000-15,000, made £16,500 at Bonhams Whisky sale in Edinburgh yesterday, 26 February. 

The bottles were: Black Bowmore-42 year old-1964, number 557 out of an edition of 827 bottles; White Bowmore-43 year, number 183 of 732 and Gold Bowmore, number 83 from an edition of 701.

A bottle of The Macallan-55 year old in a Lalique Crystal Decanter sold for £12,500 against an estimate of £12,000-15,000.  The Macallan 55 year old is regularly included in the world’s top 10 most desirable whiskies and this bottle was numbered 220 out of 420.

A bottle of the Macallan Select Reserve-52 year old from 1946 estimated at £5,000-6,000 sold for £6,250 and two bottles of The Macallan 1938 estimated at £4,000-5,000 both made £5,625. 

Bonhams whisky specialist, Martin Green, said, “The Bowmores were a special and unusual combination of very desirable bottles so it is no surprise to see them doing well. The Macallan is highly sought after and seven of the top 10 bottles came from this famous Highland Distillery including, of course, the celebrated Macalllan-55 year old.” 

In total 87% of the lots were sold with the sale making 90% by value. 

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