Whisky Forum - A Â£10.8m whisky collection to aspire to

DillyT · Master Of Malts Joined: 18 Oct 2017 Posts: 333

Here is a collection of whisky that we could all aspire to. But at Â£10.8 million it may take some time...

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-50516099?SThisFB&fbclid=IwAR0Ndv5GF86HlXZoQQNwbHl8BhDW9Y0iJ8JQV-NcKs_nYUxO8O8xCgU_UtY

soderd · Posted: Mon Nov 25, 2019 8:39 am Post subject:

How did he get his money?

its not hard to buy whisky... did he get it cheap? getting the bottles you want at a reasonable rate are often the challange...

How much has his collection gained in value?

Im not very impressed with rich people that buy fame and achivements.

If he did it from 0 tho... then im very glad for him and his success!

Uncle Bobby · Double Malt Member Joined: 06 Feb 2018 Posts: 93

A friend of mine has been steadily collecting for 30 years and now sits on a small fortune due to the huge increase in values., particularly his many Macallan bottles, most of which he paid peanuts for.
Another guy I know of came into a sizeable inheritence and not really needing the money bought up every old bottle he could get his hands on either on ebay or live (in the room) auctions. His strategy has paid huge dividends also. I recall sitting with him at local auctions shaking my head at the prices he paid. He just bid until he won. He had no previous whisky knowledge and just had a feeling they would be a good investment.
Both have done well value wise but I wonder if the second guys strategy would work today?

Dave h · Posted: Mon Nov 25, 2019 11:51 pm Post subject:

Wonder if they have it insured or just under the standard contents cover.

Nice value, never to be tasted.