Could 2025’s Whisky Public sale Recap

Bowmore and Dalmore vied for public sale management at Sotheby’s in Could, with Bowmore rising the winner. Bowmore ARC-54 The Iridos Version offered for $121,384 in London, whereas Dalmore 52 yr previous Luminary No. 3 The Uncommon went for $51,187 in Hong Kong. Each outcomes symbolize the very best hammer value for every model this yr.

The Bowmore sale is the third-highest hammer value for a bottle of whisky this yr. Bowmore has topped the very best public sale costs of the month for 2 months operating, and the distillery has moved as much as take second place in our desk behind Macallan.

Because the main model within the secondary market, Macallan was liable for 12 of Could’s 20-highest hammer costs, including greater than half one million {dollars} to its operating whole in our desk for 2025. Bottles from The Crimson Assortment, Advantageous & Uncommon, and a bottle of Macallan x Bentley Horizon made the record. The Macallan x Bentley Horizon was launched for $50,000 final yr, however fetched $32,369 on the secondary market, promoting for 35% decrease than retail.

Sotheby’s, London listed a Balvenie trunk containing 10 bottles of Balvenie 50 yr previous single cask No. 16560, bottled in 2021 for its non-public consumer program. They had been hoping for bids within the area of $324,000–$607,000 for this never-before-seen merchandise being offered for charity, however it didn’t obtain any bids.

Within the first 5 months of 2025, 100 bottles have made the 20-highest hammer costs of the month, and as could be seen within the desk beneath, Macallan claimed almost half of them. Total, Could’s mixed 20-highest hammer value whole was $901,317, 13% up on final Could’s whole of $797,967. After weak leads to April, the mixed prime 20 hammer value whole for January–Could 2025 is now simply 2% behind the equal interval for 2024.

June’s auctions have loads of effective whiskies to supply the collector. After just one bottle of American whiskey made the highest 20 record in Could, Sotheby’s, New York sale on June 12^th will embody a considerable classic whiskey assortment together with an Previous Stagg Particular Reserve 24 yr previous, a 4 Roses 16 yr previous from 1917, and lots of extra. Whisky Auctioneer’s sale features a uncommon bottle of Talisker 12 yr previous that it estimates to this point from the Nineteen Thirties–Nineteen Forties. Bonhams Skinner has three gross sales in June, with a bottle of Yamazaki 55 yr previous main their Whisky Immortal sale, additionally on June 12^th. The final bottle of Yamazaki 55 yr previous to promote at public sale offered in Hong Kong in July 2024, the place it fetched $256,162, the second highest bid of 2024. On the finish of June, Bonhams Skinner is providing The Encyclopedic Whisky Assortment, a single-owner assortment containing status bottles of Balvenie, Glenfiddich, Macallan, Karuizawa, and Yamazaki, with half two of the public sale providing over 250 bottles with no reserves.

20 Highest Single Bottle Hammer Costs of Could 2025

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20. Dalmore 52 yr previous Port Pipe End
Bought on: Could 16^th at Sotheby’s, Hong Kong
Hammer value: $23,034

19. Karuizawa 1965 50 yr previous Cask No. 8636
Bought on: Could 27^th at Bonhams, Hong Kong
Hammer value: $24,239

18. Hanyu Ichiro Malt Card Sequence The Monochrome Joker Cask No. 1024
Bought on: Could fifth at Whisky Auctioneer
Hammer value: $26,564

17. Macallan Advantageous & Uncommon 1954 47 yr previous Cask No. 1902
Bought on: Could fifth at Whisky Auctioneer
Hammer value: $29,353

16. Macallan Advantageous & Uncommon 1950 52 yr previous Cask No. 598
Bought on: Could fifth at Whisky Auctioneer
Hammer value: $30,548

15. Macallan Advantageous & Uncommon 1949 53 yr previous Cask No. 136
Bought on: Could fifth at Whisky Auctioneer
Hammer value: $30,548

14. Macallan x Bentley Horizon
Bought on: Could 29^th at Sotheby’s, London
Hammer value: $32,369

13. LeNell’s Crimson Hook Rye Barrel No. 2
Bought on: Could 27^th at Unicorn Auctions
Hammer value: $33,700

12. Macallan Distinctive Cask 1950 67 yr previous Cask No. 1683-13
Bought on: Could fifth at Whisky Auctioneer
Hammer value: $34,533

11. Macallan 1950 Tales of the Macallan Quantity I
Bought on: Could fifth at Whisky Auctioneer
Hammer value: $37,322

10. Samaroli Bowmore Bouquet 1966
Bought on: Could fifth at Whisky Auctioneer
Hammer value: $39,846

9. Hanyu Ichiro Malt Card Sequence 9 of Hearts 2000 Cask No. 9000
Bought on: Could fifth at Whisky Auctioneer
Hammer value: $46,487

8. Macallan The Crimson Assortment 78 yr previous
Bought on: Could 9^th at Sotheby’s, New York
Hammer value: $48,000

7. Dalmore 52 yr previous Luminary No. 3 The Uncommon
Bought on: Could 16^th at Sotheby’s, Hong Kong
Hammer value: $51,187

6. Macallan The Crimson Assortment 78 yr previous
Bought on: Could fifth at Whisky Auctioneer
Hammer value: $53,128

5. Macallan in Lalique 72 yr previous Genesis Decanter
Bought on: Could fifth at Status Whisky Public sale
Hammer value: $53,128

4. Macallan The Crimson Assortment 73 yr previous
Bought on: Could fifth at Whisky Auctioneer
Hammer value: $55,784

3. Macallan The Crimson Assortment 71 yr previous
Bought on: Could fifth at Whisky Auctioneer
Hammer value: $62,425

2. Macallan The Crimson Assortment 74 yr previous
Bought on: Could fifth at Whisky Auctioneer
Hammer value: $67,738

1. Bowmore ARC-54 The Iridos Version
Bought on: Could 29^th at Sotheby’s, London
Hammer value: $121,384

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 hammer value gross sales and exhibits the most recent month’s outcomes.