Bidding at December’s auctions continued within the profitable trend of November’s gross sales, with robust costs achieved for Macallan, Hibiki 40 12 months previous, and bottlings of LeNell’s Pink Hook Rye particularly. Along with the highlights under, Whisky.Public sale obtained a profitable bid of $46,895 for a bottle of Macallan The Pink Assortment 78 12 months previous, whereas Scotch Whisky Auctions offered a Macallan Anniversary Malt 50 12 months previous for $31,862.
This month additionally noticed the primary public sale appearances of Macallan Time: House 84 12 months previous, starting with Whisky Auctioneer in Scotland after which at Sotheby’s, Hong Kong. Sadly, neither set discovered a purchaser, taking away the chance this 12 months for it to make historical past by changing into the oldest-ever whisky to promote at public sale. The holder of that report, Macallan The Attain 81 12 months previous, has additionally struggled to promote at public sale in the previous couple of months, although Macallan stays the main model in our month-to-month listing of high 20 hammer costs.
Look out for our listing of the 20-highest hammer costs for December in early January, and our annual reveal of the 20-highest hammer costs of 2024.
Unicorn Auctions November No Reserves II
Public sale ended December 2nd
Whisky Auctioneer November 2024 Public sale
Public sale ended December 2nd 
Sotheby’s, New York – Whisky & Whiskey | Seasonal Spirits
Public sale ended December 7th
- Scotch: Macallan in Lalique 60 12 months previous, $60,000. The fourth within the Six Pillars sequence was a launch of 400 bottles that got here out in 2011 at a retail value of $20,000.
- Rye: LeNell’s Pink Hook Rye 24 12 months previous Barrel No. 4, $45,000. The second bottle of LeNell’s to promote this December was two bids away from beating the world report of $48,500 for a bottle of LeNell’s Pink Hook Rye.
- Bourbon: Outdated Rip Van Winkle 25 12 months previous, $26,000. A modest consequence compared to bids on this version at different public sale homes, which have usually reached $30,000–$40,000.
Lot of the Week
Few meals will ever examine with The Final Dinner, a charity occasion in 2014 that was a collaboration between Macallan and the famend Roca brothers of El Celler de Can Roca in Spain. This partnership has since generated additional joint tasks and continues to this present day. Underneath Macallan’s Masters of Style program, six dinners had been held on the world-famous restaurant in Girona consisting of a luxurious menu of 10 snacks, 10 dishes, and a couple of desserts, costing $10,000 a head. The meals was paired with cocktails and 14 Macallan single malt whiskies, together with Macallan M, one of many distillery’s latest releases on the time. One of many uncommon and unique whiskies bottled to have a good time The Final Dinner was this single cask single malt whisky distilled in 1986, chosen by Macallan’s then-whisky maker Bob Dalgarno.
Lot: Macallan 1986 The Final Dinner Cask No. 191310
Offered at: Whisky Auctioneer
Hammer Worth: $13,900
Upcoming Auctions
There are many auctions operating over the vacations and thru into 2025.
Beginning December twentieth: Whisky Auctioneer
Beginning December twentieth: Whisky Hammer
Beginning January third: Scotch Whisky Auctions
January twenty fifth: America’s Most interesting Whiskey, Sotheby’s, New York. Count on loads of pre-Prohibition bottles and a wonderful choice of bourbon and rye whiskeys.
