The Macallan Valerio Adami 60 Year Old Multiple World Records Broken in The Perfect Collection: Part One

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Whisky Auctioneer would like to thank everyone who took part across the globe in The Perfect Collection by Mr. Richard Gooding: Part One.  We are delighted that this auction has inspired the same level of passion and interest in whisky as was felt by Mr. Gooding.

We are thrilled to share with you all that whisky history has been made with a number of record breaking hammer prices in The Perfect Collection: Part One. Over 1642 bidders from 52 countries around the world took part in this monumental occasion.

The highly coveted and rare Macallan 1926 Valerio Adami 60 Year Old achieved a hammer price of £825,000 which broke the previous record hammer price of £700,000 which was set from October 2018. This also created a landmark moment within the secondary whisky market, as Whisky Auctioneer became the first online whisky auction to sell a bottle of such value. Bids for this highlight lot came in from across 11 countries, including UK, Germany, Singapore and Australia with the eventual winning bid coming from Europe.

Another record breaking achievement within the auction includes The Macallan 1928 Anniversary Malt 50 Year Old which sold at a hammer price of £92,000 which held a previous record hammer price of £72,000 when it was sold in October 2019 (an increase of over 27%!). In addition to these marquee bottles, fantastic results were also demonstrated across the diverse range independent bottlings and those from Scotland's lost distilleries.

Further highlights from part one of The Perfect Collection include:

 

LOST DISTILLERIES

O.O. Old Orkney Real Liqueur Whisky circa 1930s from Stromness Distillery set a record itself, bidding reached fever point on the last day of the auction with the price jumping from £6,600 to £26,000 with 4 different bidders from UK, Germany, Vietnam and Italy battling it out in the final moments.

 

 

THE MACALLAN

An exceptionally large offering of 201 bottles from The Macallan distillery featured, reaching a total hammer price of £1,997,000, including revered releases from their Lalique range. Record breaking hammer prices of note include Macallan 1949 Fine and Rare 52 Year Old #935 achieving a hammer price of £34,000. The previous hammer price record of £29,670 was set in August 2019. Macallan 1946 Select Reserve 52 Year Old 75cl US Import reached a hammer price of £19,600, the previous record hammer price was £13,500 achieved in April 2019. The Macallan 62 Year Old Lalique also set a record hammer price at £54,000 which exceeds the previous record hammer price of £50,000.

 

ARDBEG

Another bottle of note within the first part of Mr. Gooding’s Perfect Collection is the Ardbeg 1974 Double Barrel 2 x 75cl / US Import which achieved a hammer price of £21,250. The previous record was £17,000 and sold by whisky.auction in April 2019, one key difference is that this bottle was a 70cl but gives the closest comparative figure.

 

Founder of Whisky Auctioneer, Iain McClune comments

“We always knew that The Perfect Collection by Mr. Gooding could make whisky history, but with auctions anything can happen. Not only was the highest ever sale price for Macallan 1926 Valerio Adami achieved at over a million dollars, Whisky Auctioneer became the first online whisky auction to sell a million dollar bottle, with multiple other lots achieving hammer price world records. All in all the first part of the collection sale achieved $4,277,000 (£3,290,000) of sales over 1,932 bottles. Featuring show stopping Macallan bottlings from the Lalique range, astonishingly rare and iconic bottlings including a lost distillery Old Orkney from Stromness Distillery which set a record selling at £26,000 with bidders battling it out in the final moments as well as an Ardbeg 1974 Double Barrel reaching a hammer price of £21,250. For me it is the diversity within The Perfect Collection that is perhaps the most exciting aspect. The breadth makes it an opportunity accessible for all. The final part of the sale starts on 10th April and contains incredibly desirable and rare bottles such as The Macallan 1926 Fine & Rare and a 1937 Glenfiddich 64 Year Old. I would encourage those looking to bid to register to take part in the most exciting online whisky in the world to date.”

Rare whisky expert and regular contributor to Whisky Auctioneer's blog, Angus MacRaild also said:

“The results were significant for two key reasons in my mind. Firstly the top end hammer prices demonstrated clearly that, not only can the online auction model compete with the traditional auction houses with these kinds of bottles, but in Whisky Auctioneer’s case it demonstrably outperforms them. Secondly, and of more interest and relevance to the wider whisky community, the prices were still largely driven by perceived quality of liquid and overall scarcity of each individual bottle. Prices were generally high, but hundreds of beautiful, historic and superb old whiskies have found new homes across the world. Some will be kept but most will be opened and enjoyed sooner or later. Something I’m sure Mr Gooding would have wholeheartedly approved of."

The second part of The Perfect Collection will run from 10th April - 20th April and contains the remaining bottles from The Collection, including the incredibly coveted Macallan 1926 Fine & Rare, Glenfiddich 1937 Rare Collection 64 Year Old and The Balvenie 1937 Pure Malt 50 Year Old. Registering to bid is easy and no matter what whisky you are looking for, there is something for everyone.