WHISKY // MARKET VALUES
McGinty asserts that collecting whisky is a thriving business: ‘People
are getting to the stage where they almost collect a complete set. With the desire to make the set complete, collectors are eager to pay extra to complete it, and then take the complete set to the market.’ Good prices were also reached by Ardbeg distillery, pre-dating the Glenmorangie ownership. The 10-year old single Islay malt whisky, 70cl., 46% volume, comes in a carton, together with a 17-year-old single Islay malt whisky, 70cl., 40% volume. As a result of management changes, there are fewer and fewer of these rarities, increasing the bottles’ collectable value. The two Ardbeg bottles reached the high end of their estimate at £120. ‘The concept of collecting whisky to invest is a reasonably recent
one,’ says McGinty, ‘certainly within my lifetime, whereas previously it was just bought and drunk.’ Earlier this year Macallan, who has a history of producing royal wedding whiskies, released The Royal Marriage in time for the wedding of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, featuring an exceptional single malt
A rare collection of EWC Chapter 10-year-old single English whiksy, Kilchoman single Islay malt whisky and EWC Chapter 7-year-old single English whisky went under the hammer for £200.
‘My God, so much I like to drink Scotch that
sometimes I think my name is Igor Stra-whisky.’ – Igor Stravinsky
Left: The famous Pattison’s ‘The Royal Golden Perfection’ Scotch Whisky from the nineteenth century reached an impressive £1,900 at auction.
Above: The Isle of Jura ‘Elements’ series, a case containing four of the island’s single malt whiskies, realising £420 at auction.
whisky taken from two casks. Both were filled on April 29, one in 1996 and one in 1999—producing a limited edition with only 1,000 bottles. Half of the bottles were sold online, while the other 500 bottles were made available to be bought directly in person. McTear’s Auctioneers offered one of these bottles at auction recently. McGinty says: ‘Since these bottles were only distributed within the UK, American collectors were highly interested, and the bottle from the auction was the only one they could get hold of. This is how Macallan doubled its money.’ In the long-term, the finite quantity and the non-deteriorating quality will promise whisky collectors a glowing future. Cheers! ●
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