The 20 Highest Hammer Costs For Whisky December 2024

December rounded off the public sale yr with a robust month for bottles of Macallan, Hibiki 40 yr outdated, and LeNell’s Pink Hook Rye, every making a number of entries on this month’s checklist of the 20-highest hammer costs. The month’s 20 bottles offered for a mixed sum of $862,186. Whereas Macallan The Pink Assortment 60 yr outdated topped the checklist, its worth has plunged by greater than $50,000 for the reason that begin of the yr. The primary bottle of Eagle Uncommon 25 yr outdated 2024 launch got here up on the market at Unicorn Auctions, however fetching a hammer value of $22,100, it fell simply in need of making December’s 20-highest hammer value checklist.

In different public sale information, Simply Whisky launched a brand new web site in December, solely to look at because the public sale site visitors crashed the server within the remaining hours. The public sale lastly concluded 24 hours later than deliberate. Speyside Whisky Auctions introduced that they have been making some adjustments within the firm, together with withdrawing the provide of storage amenities to clients. No additional public sale dates have been posted, and its final public sale concluded on November fifth.

Taking a step again to take a look at the yr as an entire, the 240 bottles that made the month-to-month 20-highest hammer costs throughout 2024 offered for a mixed sum of $10.03 million (for comparability, the 2023 determine was $15.6 million). The median hammer value of those 240 bottles was $31,805, down 6.5% or $2,222 from the equal worth in 2023. Scotch was the biggest class amongst these 240 bottles, accounting for 138 bottles (57.5%) valued at $6,164,899 (61.5%). There have been 52 (21.7%) bottles of Japanese whisky, which offered for $2,264,608 (22.6%). The checklist included 47 (19.6%) bottles of American whiskey, which made up $1,532,200 (15.3%) of the worth. Lastly, 3 (1.3%) bottles of Irish whiskey have been on the 2024 checklist, accounting for $68,815 (0.7%) of the worth.

One of the best-performing manufacturers have been assessed as people who noticed a rise within the web sum spent on their model in 2024 on bottles making the 20-highest checklist. Utilizing this measure, Van Winkle was the clear winner, with a web acquire of $363,200 over its 2023 complete, achieved by way of showing on the checklist 13 instances greater than final yr. LeNell’s and Hibiki have been two different manufacturers that made web good points in contrast with their 2023 efficiency, whereas Dalmore and Glenfarclas each made the checklist 6 instances every, having not appeared on the lists in any respect throughout 2023. Macallan made up 37.5% of the bottles throughout the yr, up 5 on its 2023 complete. The worth of those Macallan bottles made up 47.1% of the general worth of the 240 bottles on the checklist and accounted for 76.7% of the worth of scotch, however the worth of Macallan was greater than $2.6 million down from 2023. Now that we’re into January, it’s time to reset and begin once more as we start the seek for the very best hammer costs of 2025.

December 2024 – 20 Highest Single Bottle Hammer Costs

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20. Willett Household Property 18 yr outdated Personal Barrel C49 for 1789b
Offered on: December 2^nd at Unicorn Auctions
Hammer value: $24,200

19. Karuizawa Water of Life 1968 50 yr outdated Cask No. 6223
Offered on: December 2^nd at Whisky Auctioneer
Hammer value: $25,273

18. Outdated Rip Van Winkle 25 yr outdated
Offered on: December 7^th at Sotheby’s, New York
Hammer value: $26,000

17. Hibiki 40 yr outdated
Offered on: December 23^rd at Unicorn Auctions
Hammer value: $28,500

16. Karuizawa 1965 50 yr outdated Japonisme Version
Offered on: December 2^nd at Whisky Auctioneer
Hammer value: $30,074

15. Macallan Anniversary Malt 1928 50 yr outdated
Offered on: December eighth at Scotch Whisky Auctions
Hammer value: $31,862

14. Macallan Sir Peter Blake Anecdotes of Ages 1967 All the way down to Work
Offered on: December 2^nd at Whisky Auctioneer
Hammer value: $37,909

13. LeNell’s Pink Hook Rye 23 yr outdated Barrel No. 3
Offered on: December sixteenth at Unicorn Auctions
Hammer value: $39,300

12. LeNell’s Pink Hook Rye 24 yr outdated Barrel No. 4
Offered on: December 2^nd at Unicorn Auctions
Hammer value: $40,300

11. Hibiki 40 yr outdated
Offered on: December 2^nd at Whisky Auctioneer
Hammer value: $42,332

10. Hibiki 40 yr outdated
Offered on: December 2^nd at Whisky Auctioneer
Hammer value: $42,963

9. Macallan The Pink Assortment 74 yr outdated
Offered on: December third at Whisky.Public sale
Hammer value: $44,360

8. LeNell’s Pink Hook Rye 24 yr outdated Barrel No. 4
Offered on: December 7^th at Sotheby’s, New York
Hammer value: $45,000

7. Macallan in Lalique 55 yr outdated
Offered on: December 7^th at Sotheby’s, New York
Hammer value: $45,000

6. Macallan The Pink Assortment 78 yr outdated
Offered on: December third at Whisky.Public sale
Hammer value: $46,895

5. Macallan The Pink Assortment 77 yr outdated
Offered on: December 7^th at Sotheby’s, New York
Hammer value: $48,000

4. Macallan The Pink Assortment 78 yr outdated
Offered on: December 2^nd at Whisky Auctioneer
Hammer value: $48,650

3. Macallan The Pink Assortment 78 yr outdated
Offered on: December 7^th at Sotheby’s, New York
Hammer value: $50,000

2. Macallan in Lalique 60 yr outdated
Offered on: December 7^th at Sotheby’s, New York
Hammer value: $55,000

1. Macallan The Pink Assortment 60 yr outdated
Offered on: December 2^nd at Whisky Auctioneer
Hammer value: $110,568

Every month, we publish the 20 highest hammer costs for single bottles of whisky. This desk ranks the 20 manufacturers by the sum of their 20-highest hammer value gross sales and exhibits the newest month’s outcomes. Evaluating 2024 in opposition to 2023, the change within the variety of bottles and the sum for every model is proven because it’s the ultimate desk of the yr.