Prestige Whisky Auction is a family business set up and owned by Andrew and Nicola Loan. Founded on their expertise gained as successful investors in the ever-popular Scotch Whisky market, Prestige Whisky Auction benefits from their extensive industry knowledge and contacts gained from trading prestigious whiskies from all over the world.

Prestigewhiskyauction.com was a custom-built website which was meticulously designed by the couple to ensure it lived up to its prestigious name.

Each monthly auction, held online and lasting for around seven days, brings a large variety of rare and exclusive whiskies to their global customer base.

Andrew and Nicola have bought whisky from many outlets and felt that they could bring the personal service, transparent pricing and selection that the market demands.

Prestige Whisky Auction are very particular about the service they provide, believing that offering a personal service at an outstanding level is paramount. To accompany this belief, they offer an exclusive personal collection service for bottles which are to be auctioned. Customers can also take advantage of this service and arrange a bespoke white-glove delivery for high value orders.

Each auction includes whiskies from many prestigious distilleries including Macallan, Bowmore, Yamazaki and many more.

If you are thinking of selling your whisky but are unsure what it is worth, Prestige Whisky Auction offer a free no-obligation valuation service regardless of whether you have one bottle, a large collection or even a cask to sell.

Likewise, if you are looking to start a collection or add to an existing investment portfolio, whether you prefer Islay or Speyside whiskies, there is something for all whisky lovers.

Registering to become a member is quick and simple with a one-off lifetime membership costing only £6.

Their upcoming auction begins at 8pm on Friday 29^th April 2022. If you would like to enter any bottles into this auction then why not take advantage of their free UK collection service, and zero sellers’ commission. Listing fees are just £3 + VAT with optional reserve fee of £4 + VAT.

The whisky industry is a small yet amazingly interesting world and the possibilities are endless, let Prestige Whisky Auction be part of your whisky journey.

Find out more at Prestigewhiskyauction.com

The Grand Whisky Auction Ends Soon!

(Auction Ends April 11th, 2022)

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IRISH WHISKEY REACHES NEW HEIGHTS AT AUCTION

Two of Ireland’s oldest bottles of whiskey sell for record prices

2020-released Midleton Very Rare Silent Distillery 45 Year Old Single Malt fetches a new high for Irish whiskey of €48,000…

…as the hammer comes down on 2021’s edition – an exceptional 46-year-old single pot still Irish whiskey distilled in 1973 in the signature style of Old Midleton Distillery – for €46,000

Irish whiskey continues its march to the highest levels of desirability among private collectors, with two rare bottles of Midleton Very Rare selling at auction for a combined €94,000.

The history-making whiskeys – put up for sale by private collectors – were sold separately at auction on Sunday 21^st March, with both lots coming from the ultra-prestigious Midleton Very Rare Silent Distillery Collection, which has received worldwide acclaim since its first releases in 2020 and 2021.

The first – a 2020 bottling of Midleton Very Rare Silent Distillery Collection Chapter One, a 45-year-old Irish single malt from the Old Midleton Distillery which operated for 150 years from 1825-1975 – fetched a record hammer price of €48,000 (€50,952 including fees), the highest price paid for an Irish whiskey at public auction. One of just 48 bottles unveiled two years ago for sale in Ireland, UK, France and US, Chapter One commanded a selling price at launch of €35,000 per bottle (750ml).

The second – a bottle of the 2021-released Chapter Two, an exceptional 46-year-old single pot still Irish whiskey distilled in 1973 in the signature style of Old Midleton – sold for €46,000 (€48,829 including fees). At launch, 70 bottles were made available for sale in Ireland, UK, Global Travel Retail, US, and France at a price per bottle (750ml) of €40,000.

It is not the first time that Irish whiskey auction site www.IrishWhiskeyAuctions.com has made history with Midleton Very Rare. In March 2020, it sold a bottle of Chapter One for €42,000 (€44,583 including fees), at the time making it the world’s most expensive Irish Whiskey ever sold.

“Irish Whiskey now has bottles that are comparable to the bottles of Scotch and Japanese whiskies that command ultra- premium prices on the world stage,” explains Anthony Sheehy, Founder & Owner of www.IrishWhiskeyAuctions.com. “It is something that we should be shouting from the roof tops to show the fantastic growth and interest that exists for Premium Irish Whiskey.”

The new record sales come as the third chapter of Midleton Very Rare Silent Distillery Collection is expected to be released, in what will eventually be a six-chapter Collection that is ushering in a new era for ultra-rare luxury Irish whiskey.

The whiskey maker has previously revealed there will be one release each year from 2020 until 2025, ranging in age from 45 to 50 years old, all from the legendary Old Midleton Distillery. The Collection will culminate in 2025 with the oldest ever release to celebrate the 200th Anniversary of the Old Midleton Distillery.

Every month Irish Whiskey Auctions have charity lots which are donated by members of the whiskey community of Ireland to help raise much needed funds for local and national charities. Adding to the excitement of the March auction, Irish Distillers donated Bottle Number 1 from its recent Midleton Very Rare 2022 vintage release for a special charity lot, raising €11,220 for The Capuchin Day Centre, Bow Street, Dublin. Bottle Number 1 from the annual vintage release has never been available to the public in the whole 38 years of production.

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Irish Whiskey Auctions was founded in 2018 by Dundalk couple Anthony & Katie Sheehy and since then has become Ireland’s premier Whiskey Auction Website. Holding a Monthly Online Auction lasting 9 days the business has gone from strength to strength and now employs 5 people in addition to the company founders. They have had 38 online auctions including 3 dedicated memorabilia auctions. Their first charity item on the site was in 2018 to raise money for ‘The Zoe Murphy Appeal’, a local charity in Dundalk which raised €2,222.

This kind gesture inspired the couple to try and have a charity item each auction going forward. This idea was so well received by the whiskey community that on many occasions some auctions had more than one charity item. To date Irish Whiskey Auctions has helped raise in excess of €50,000 for various charities.

The 130th auction is up and running, and bids are coming in thick and fast.  In case you missed them first time around here are a few auction highlights you might have missed.

Brora 1972 40 Year Old

This fabulous beast is one of the oldest Broras ever released, and certainly one of the most highly regarded.  Distilled way back in 1972 this 40 year old dram was Diageo’s most expensive expression at £7,500 when it was first brought to the market in 2014.  Seems like a bona fide bargain now compared to today’s market.

Macallan 1967 Sir Peter Blake Anecdotes of Ages ‘Down to Work Limited Edition’

This fantastic 1967 vintage Macallan was made in collaboration with British pop art legend, Sir Peter Blake.  Almost 4 decades worth of colloboration between the esteemed artist and Speyside heavyweight Macallan has produced some memorable expressions, the most recent being the Anecdotes of Ages Collection.  This particular bottling is the ‘Down to Work Limited Edition’ and the label depicts the era when Macallan rededicated itself to using solely European Sherry Oak to age their whisky.  This is an especially rare and exquisite lot.

Glen Grant 1956 65 Year Old Connoisseurs Choice for La Maison Du Whisky

It is rare to see a whisky of this age, this Glen Grant 1956 has spent an incredible 65 years in a first fill sherry cask before being bottled by famed indie bottlers Gordon & MacPhail to mark the 65th anniversary of celebrated French whisky house La Maison Du Whisky.  Rich in colour and with a surprisingly high ABV given it’s time in cask, this is a special bottling and would be a welcome addition to even the most exclusive whisky collections.

Falklands Charity Bottles

To commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Falklands War, this month we have a Glen Moray 2008 13 Year Old Pauillac Single Cask bottling and a Port Dundas .  All proceeds from the sales of these bottles go to the Falklands Veterans Association and the South Atlantic Medal Association.

Bottles as fine as these don’t come around that often so register your bids now before the auction closes on Sunday night.  We have thousands more bottles up for auction this month with something to suit every palate and pocket, so delve into the auction before time runs out and find your perfect bottle.

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Please see below our collection schedule for April 2022.

Please note home collections are available to those customers sending 10+ bottles or bottles to the value of £1000 and above in towns and cities where we do not offer a collection point.

Please get in touch if your area is not listed below but you would like a home collection. We will do our best to accommodate all requests.

To register your interest please complete the form which can be found HERE

Collections are limited and by appointment only. If you would like to attend please complete the form which can be found here. Please note deadlines apply for collection requests. It would be appreciated if bottles could be packed for uplift. In addition a submission form and label should be completed. Submission forms can now be completed via your main accounts page.

A winner in our auction? We are now offering a delivery (to collection point) service to customers who are dropping bottles off for a future auction. This service is charged at £12 (inc VAT), optional loss and breakage cover is available.

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BONHAMS TO SELL OUTSTANDING COLLECTION OF ULTRA RARE WHISKY

View the catalogue: Bonhams : The Old, the Rare and the Only an extraordinary single owner collection of Whisky, Part 1

Glenfiddich Rare Collection-64 year old-1937. Estimate: £80,000-90,000

London – Bonhams is to sell one of the most exciting and comprehensive collections of rare Whisky, Cognac and Armagnac to appear on the market for many years. The Old, The Rare and The Only: an extraordinary single-owner collection of rare Whisky will be offered over two sales in London on 13 April and 10 June 2022. The private collection took more than 20 years to assemble and includes some of the most desirable and rarest bottles ever to appear at auction.

With more than 400 Single Malts, the collection is a Scotch Whisky time capsule. There are vintages from eight decades from the 1920s to the 2000s with many whiskies matured for up to 60 years and beyond.

Diego Lanza, Bonhams Senior Whisky specialist in London said: “This wonderful compendium of old, rare, and unique aged spirits was put together by an avid collector who travelled the world chasing down the rarest and most desirable bottles of single malts. The quality is staggering and there are bottles on offer of such rarity that collectors can spend a lifetime waiting for them to appear on the market.

Highlights of the 13 April sale include:

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• Glenfiddich Rare Collection-64 year old-1937. Regarded as the most legendary Glenfiddich ever produced, this is bottle No. 9 of 61 (£80,000-90,000).

• Black Bowmore Aston Martin DB5-31 year old-1964. This legendary Bowmore vintage was first bottled in 1995. Renowned for its unparalleled taste, it was re-bottled in 2020 and is presented in a decanter that incorporates a genuine Aston Martin DB5 piston. It is decanter 19 out 27 (£75,000-85,000). 

• Mortlach-70 year old-1938. One of the oldest single malts ever bottled was distilled in 1938, bottled in 2008 and released in a strictly limited edition of 54 of which this is decanter number 16 (£25,000-35,000).

• Ardbeg Double Barrel-1974. Two bottles from a limited edition of 250 pairs. Presented in an original bespoke leather-bound gun case made by Purdey & Sons, the pair comes with eight engraved sterling silver drinking cups (£20,000-25,000).

• Glenfiddich 1978-32-year-old. The Rafael Medina Edition is incredibly rare, and this is bottle 2 of only 7 in the world (£10,000-12,000).

• The cream of the crop of the Macallan’s legendary 1940s’ production era including The Macallan 1949 Millennium Decanter 50-year-old (£25,000-30,000); The Macallan Select Reserve-51 year old-1948 (£14,000-16,000) and The Macallan Select Reserve-52 year old-1946 (£13,000-15,000). 

• Glenfarclas 60-year-old. Bottled 2014, it is one of 360 bottles (£14,000-16,000).

Bonhams, founded in 1793, is one of the world’s largest and most renowned auctioneers, offering fine art and collectables, motor cars and a luxury division, including jewellery, watches, wine and whisky. The main salerooms are in London, New York, Los Angeles, Paris and Hong Kong, with auctions also held in Knightsbridge, Edinburgh, and Sydney. With a worldwide network of offices and regional representatives in 22 countries, Bonhams offers advice and valuation services in 53 specialist areas. For a full list of forthcoming auctions, plus details of Bonhams specialist departments, please visit bonhams.com

Our March Auction ENDS SOON!

Auction closes from 8pm (BST) Tuesday 5th April.

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Great selection of Macallan whisky available in this month’s auction.

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 March 2022 Auction // 25 March – 4 April

ENDS SOON: March 2022 Auction

A warm welcome to our March Auction. Please take your time and browse our curated highlights below. Standing at over 8,500 lots of rare whiskies and fine spirits, this month’s auction catalogue features an exciting array of legendary expressions and intriguing curiosities.

Nc’nean Ainnir & Batch #1-10 with VIP Experience / Signed Charity Lot

Incredible Intertrade Collection

Yamazaki 1984 Single Cask #WE2005

The Macallan 1957-1962 Campbell, Hope and King​ Vertical

The Macallan 1946 Select Reserve 52 Year Old

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