The Grand Whisky February 2021 Auction Closes Today!

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1850+ lots to bid on including this Arrrrrrrdbeg!

Auction closes at (TONIGHT) 9pm Monday 15th Feb!

Interested in selling whisky in our next auction?

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Our February auction is now LIVE!

Place your bids from Friday 12^th February until Sunday 21^st February.

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Every month, we present an incredible selection of whiskies and other fine spirits to our members right across the globe. You will find everything here from limited edition releases and vintage bottles to whole casks of rare whisky. There is certainly something for everyone – whether you are looking to collect, invest or enjoy!

Macallan – Red Collection

Chichibu – Intergalactic Series

Macallan – Easter Elchies (2008-2013)

Kavalan – Single Cask (Virgin Oak)

Macallan – 52 Year Old

Selling whisky? Why not arrange the pick-up of your bottles using our global courier service? If you’re based in Scotland, you might want to arrange the personal collection of your bottles. Wherever you’re based in the world, we will make getting your bottles into our monthly auction as simple as possible. Get in touch with the Whisky Hammer team now by dropping them a message at sales@whiskyhammer.co.uk.

The Grand Whisky February Auction is…Live!

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1850+ lots to bid on including this Arrrrrrrdbeg!

Auction closes at 9pm Monday 15th Feb!

Interested in selling whisky in our next auction?

+44 (0)1463 210 427

E. sales@thegrandwhiskyauction.com

Opening for Bidding at 9am EST Today:

Sotheby’s 48-Hour Flash Sale Presenting the First Opportunity to Acquire at Auction

A Bottle of Black Bowmore Aston Martin DB5

*Two-Day Window to Acquire One of the Most Coveted Whisky Bottles in the World*

Estimate: $100,000-200,000

NEW YORK & LONDON, 8 February 2021 – Bidding opens at 9am EST today on ‘48 Hours Only | Black Bowmore x Aston Martin DB5 1964’, a flash sale offering the first opportunity to acquire at auction one of the most coveted whisky bottles in the world. Launched by Bowmore in 2020, of the 27 bottles produced, 25 were released, with the two remaining bottles destined for Bowmore Distillery’s archive. The bottle in Sotheby’s sale carries an estimate of $100,000-200,000, with bidding scheduled to close on Wednesday 10 February at 9:00am EST.

Jonny Fowle, Sotheby’s Spirits Specialist, said: “This rare expression is a high-concept marriage of British craftsmanship. The status of Black Bowmore as one of the greatest whiskies ever produced is fundamentally down to its quality and complexity. There can be no more fitting a tribute to such a legend in the world of whisky than this special partnership with arbiters of sophistication, Aston Martin. Sotheby’s has set records for both Bowmore and Aston Martin in recent years and we are delighted to offer the first opportunity for collectors to buy this hybrid bottle at auction in our very first 48-hour only sale for spirits.”

Of all Aston Martin’s models, the DB5 reigns supreme as its most iconic, since its rise to stardom in the 1964 James Bond movie Goldfinger. The imagery of the late, great Scottish actor Sean Connery manning the wheel of the DB5 on the silver screen made this model a must-have for every British car collector and it was even dubbed “The Most Famous Car In The World”.*

For nearly 30 years, since the release of its First Edition in 1993, Black Bowmore has been synonymous with collectability and an icon in the rare whisky market. However, its legacy can be traced back to 1964, not only the year Goldfinger was released, but also the year that Bowmore Distillery updated their distillery on Islay, swapping out the coal fired stills for steam heating. It was during this vintage that the Black Bowmore spirit was distilled, the whisky taking on its distinctive dark color, from which its name is derived, during the maturation process.

Black Bowmore Aston Martin DB5 is presented in a handblown glass bottle incorporating the DB5 piston into its design, which itself comes in a presentation box created from string-grain calfskin, brass latches and nickel plated hinges.

The partnership between Bowmore Distillery and Aston Martin marks a watershed moment in cross-category collaboration, the two brands operating as captains of industry in their respective fields.

Bowmore Distillery was founded in 1779 on the small Hebridean island of Islay off the west coast of Scotland. Over its 242 year existence it has established itself not only as the oldest, but also as the most valuable Islay whisky when the distillery’s 54 year old expression, distilled in 1957, sold for £363,000 at Sotheby’s London in 2019.

Aston Martin was founded in 1913 and its cars have been renowned for both their performance and their style ever since. The company received its Royal Warrant in 1982 and went on to set its own auction record at Sotheby’s when in 2017 a DB1/1 sold at RM Sotheby’s Californian auction for $22.5 million, making it the most valuable British car ever sold at auction.

Full sale details here.

Notes:

*The exact car used during the filming of Goldfinger went on to sell at RM Sotheby’s auction in Monterey for $6,385,000 in 2019.

Sotheby’s spirits sales in 2020 totalled $18 million, which was 20% of the Company’s annual auction total of $92 million for wine and spirits, and a huge increase from five years ago when spirits represented less than 2% of Sotheby’s wine sales – further details here.

Thank you to all customers who got in touch to register their interest in our contactless doorstep collection. We will be in touch will all customer to confirm a collection date over the coming days/week.

In February we will be offering a free contactless doorstep collection to customers sending 10+ bottles or bottles to the value of £1000 and above. If you would like to be included in this please complete the form which can be found here. As this is a contactless doorstep collection, we will require your bottles to be boxed with your name and registered email address clearly marked on the front of the box. Additionally a submission sheet should be completed and packed with your bottles.

The dates currently scheduled are as follows:

North of Scotland

Wednesday 10th & Thursday 11th February 2021

Edinburgh

Wednesday 10th February 2021

Fife

Wednesday 10th February 2021

Glasgow

Thursday 11th February 2021

England

Saturday 13th – Tuesday 16th February

We are also offering a delivery service to our local customers who normally collect in store, there is a small fee for this. The delivery charge is £12 (inc VAT) per delivery regardless of the number of bottles to be delivered. Please complete the form which can be found here to request this, we will then be in touch with your invoice.

Please complete the request form as soon as possible. This service is subject to availability and only available to our mainland UK customers.

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The SWA Collection Team

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SCOTCH WHISKY FETCH TOP PRICES AT BONHAMS HONG KONG SALE

Decanter of Glen Grant-1948-72 year old by Gordon & MacPhail

Sold for HK$1,054,000

Estimate: HK$300,000-380,000

Appearing at auction for the first time, a stunning decanter of Glen Grant-1948-72 year old by Gordon & MacPahil sold at Bonhams Hong Kong Whisky sale on 29 January for HK$421,600, exceeding the pre-sale high estimate of HK$380,000. Scotch whisky dominated seven of the top ten lots of the sale. The top lot was a classic Macallan Lalique-50 year old, which sold for an impressive HK$1,054,000, against an estimate of HK$750,000-900,000.

Macallan Lalique-50 year old

Sold for HK$1,054,000

Estimate: HK$750,000-900,000

Daniel Lam, Bonhams Director of Wine and Whisky, Asia, said, “After a record-breaking year for Japanese whisky, collectors are now turning their attention to Scotch whisky. Of all top ten lots sold in the sale, seven of them were Scotch whisky, all sold above their high estimate. This gives the market a very encouraging start for 2021.”

The decanter of Glen Grant-1948-72 year old was bottled in 2020 and this is the first time it has appeared at auction. Numbered 88 of 290, the bottle is especially auspicious – 88 is a symbolic number in Chinese culture, meaning “wealthy”. It is also unusual for a whisky of this age to retain such a high alcoholic content at 52.6% volume, and this gives particular vitality to its taste and aroma.

Top ten lots: https://bonhams.box.com/s/8obzl50qr3ev3cwbs10zq779rvq3zjqe

258 Macallan Lalique-50 year old  $1,054,000

177 Macallan Lalique Motor Car-1937-37 year old $558,000

178 Glen Grant-1948-72 year old Decanter $421,600

142 Hibiki ceramic-35 year old-Tokuda Yasokichi III $372,000

277 Bowmore-1967-40 year old-#4538 Decanter $347,200

45 Hibiki-Kutani-35 year old-九谷燒 色繪牡丹蝶図筒形瓶 $297,600

176 Macallan Fine & Rare-1965-36 year old $285,200

174 Macallan-40 year old $248,000

88 Karuizawa-45 year old-黑命の水  $223,200

257 Macallan Glenlivet-1949-50 year old Decanter $198,400

For full results, please visit: https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/26713/

Sale: Whisky Location: Admiralty Hong KongDate: Friday 29 January at 2pm

NOTES 

Bonhams, founded in 1793, is one of the world’s largest and most renowned auctioneers, offering fine art and antiques, motor cars and jewellery. The main salerooms are in London, New York, Los Angeles and Hong Kong, with auctions also held in Knightsbridge, Edinburgh, Paris, San Francisco and Sydney. With a worldwide network of offices and regional representatives in 22 countries, Bonhams offers advice and valuation services in 60 specialist areas. For a full list of forthcoming auctions, plus details of Bonhams specialist departments, please visit bonhams.com. bonhams.com

A very warm new year’s welcome from us here in chilly Glasgow. We’re all hoping you’ve blown away the January blues and begun the new year with a fresh spirit. This month there’s a plethora of malt, malt and more malt that may tickle the fancy or warm the cockles of collectors, drinkers and anyone in between.

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We have a superb selection of mighty rare Taliskers so pick from your choice whether it’s to be a 1951 Connoisseurs Choice, a 1937 Berry Bros & Rudd, or a Wolverhampton & Dudley Breweries edition.

A rare beast from The Macallan, is the Easter Elchies 1985 release. Not very often we see one of these passing through the doors.

Do you like games? Do you like whisky? Oh boy, you’re in for a treat. We have some truly unique arcade machine style bottles celebrating 30 years (I know, I feel old now too) since celebrated Japanese game developer SNK released the legendary NeoGeo console.  Bottled for Whiskyfest Takao 2020 the labels feature characters from the iconic NeoGeo title Fatal Fury!

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Whisky Auctioneer’s January Auction is Now Live!

Our January Auction presents over 5,500 diverse whiskies including a new offering from Pat’s Whisk(e)y Collection – the world’s largest private collection of whisky to come to auction. With thousands of whiskies to discover, we’ve whittled down some curated highlights picked by our in-house whisky experts for your attention…

SPECTACULAR BOTTLINGS FOR SCOMA

Our January Auction features two exceptionally rare releases from Islay bottled especially for SCOMA in Germany.

The cask strength Ardbeg is is one of the early Wm. Cadenhead “dumpies” from the early 1980s which are very rare and increasingly collectible. The ‘dark sherry’ Port Ellen bottled by James MacArthur remains one of the rarest and most sought-after of their bottlings, scoring a legendary 98 points from Serge Valentin on WhiskyFun.com.

REMARKABLE THE MACALLAN

Held over six dates in June and July 2014, The Ultimate Dinner was a series of charity events, co-hosted by The Macallan and the famous El Celler de Can Roca restaurant in Girona.

This exclusive single cask The Macallan was produced to accompany the eighth course of the dinner, and is one of no more than 12 bottled by the distillery, the majority of which would have been opened and poured at the dinner.

The events also featured charity auctions of rare, or again, exclusive bottlings of The Macallan. The latter is what we present here. A once in a lifetime opportunity, this single bottle of 1946 vintage The Macallan was drawn from cask #5 in 2014.

BOWMORE 12 YEAR OLD 1980s

Does rare Bowmore pique your interest? This unusual bottle of 12 year old whisky from the Bowmore distillery was exclusively produced for Japan. It bears the branding used by the distillery between 1979 and 1988 and is something of a curiosity.

BACK TO BACK BOURBON

American whiskey fans can rejoice at another extensive selection of rare novelties in our January Auction. Our top pick this month is the A.H. Hirsch Reserve 1974 15 Year Old, the second release of this legendary whiskey. Although stated as 15 years old, the whiskey was actually 16 years of age by the time it was bottled in 1990.

NOTEWORTHY NIKKA

One of just 1000 bottles, this incredibly rare vintage whisky from Nikka is sure to catch the eye of our Japanese whisky connoisseurs. Bottled in 1998, the whiskies in this blend were distilled in or before 1964 at Yoichi and Nishinomaya.

CASK OPPORTUNITIES

As we embrace a new year, there has been a lot of whisky in the news, including Bloomberg recently picking whisky casks as the hot alternative investment to watch for 2021.

If you are looking for a cask of whisky, our January Auction features some fantastic opportunities including casks distilled at Glenglassaugh, Ardmore and Dalmunach distilleries.