Auction
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Spirits marketplace Metacask has announced the auction of a Macallan 1988 Cask. Cask number #4178, a 35-year-old Butt, is “valued at over $3 million dollars,” according to the company. Currently, the cask holds approximately 495…
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Sotheby’s is set to auction two casks of whisky from the Brora and Port Ellen distilleries, estimated at between £700,000 ($880,000 USD) and £1,200,000 ($1,500,000 USD), in partnership with Diageo. The casks are part of…
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A piece of wine history has just been sold at auction for a record price. The bottle in question was a 1973 Stag’s Leap Cabernet, which won the 1976 Judgment of Paris and put California…
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Curtis Jackson, best known as 50 Cent, has purchased a bottle of 2017 Hye Meadow Winery Boooom Red, hailing from the Texas High Plains appellation, for $125,000. The rapper bid on the bottle at the…
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Sotheby’s inaugural auction partnership with Napa Valley Vintners will be headlined by an extremely rare set of Screaming Eagle magnums. Dubbed the Napa Valley Library Wine Auction, the collection going under the hammer is made…
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Back in October, we reported that a bottle of 1874 Perrier Jouët was head to auction where it was expected to fetch $13,500-20,500. As it turns out, that bottle of 1874 Perrier Jouët smashed estimates…
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A rare decanter of the Macallan Lalique 55-Year-Old was the top lot at Bonhams Whisky sale in Edinburgh on December 7, selling for £82,960 ($109,960 USD). Numbered 412 out of a limited edition of 420,…
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Bowmore is set to release Onyx 51 Year Old for the upcoming Distillers ‘One of One’ auction, which will be held on December 3rd in Edinburgh. The auction, led by The Distiller’s Charity, the philanthropic…
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The Dalmore Decades Collection has set a new record for the Scotch brand at auction, after selling for $1.1 million at Sotheby’s Hong Kong. The Highland whisky makers unveiled the series of six bottles back…
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The Burgundy Boom is here, as evidenced by this past weekend’s Acker’s Hong Kong auction. During the event, a rare methuselah of 2002 Domaine de la Romanée-Conti (DRC) sold for a record-breaking $398,400. The auction…