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6th August 2019 |
The Macallan
50 Year Old 1949 Millennium Decanter set
a new UK auction record.
 Following an extended nail biting
finish to Just Whisky’s July auction,
The Macallan 50 Year Old 1949 Millennium
Decanter set a new UK auction record by
achieving a 270 per cent increase on the
bottle which was sold at auction in
November 2015.
The
1949 Millennium Decanter, surpassed its
£21,000 reserve price and pre-auction
estimate of £22 – 26k, selling on the
21st July for £34,720 including buyer’s
commission.r>
The Macallan 72 Year Old in Lalique
headed up the auction and sold for an
incredible £90,750. The retail price
last year was $60,000 (£45,800 at the
time USD>GBP) netting the seller £45,000
profit.
The online auction contained over 1150
bottles of whisky. The top bids
included:
The Macallan Range Rover bottle
absolutely smashed through the reserve
price of £900 and pre-auction estimate
of £1,000 – £1300 with a winning bid of
£4,850
The Macallan 52 Year Old sold for
£59,500 (£66,640 including buyer’s
premium), a £21,500 increase over the
retail price.
Graham Crane, Director at Just Whisky,
said: "We knew from the outset that this
was going to be a special auction and
last night’s figures demonstrated beyond
doubt that there remains high demand for
exceptional whiskies.
"With prices for rare whiskies only
likely to rise, savvy investors are
waking up to the returns to be made in
quality whisky."
You will find the current Macallan
whisky range available from specialist
online whisky retailers such as
The Whisky Exchange,
The Whisky Shop and
Master of Malt but who knows if any
of these bottlings will be breaking
auction records in the years to come.
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